Gas prices: With Canada-U.S. tariffs on pause, why are pump rates rising?

Apr 01, 2025

Canada's gas price average climbed this week, moving higher with fuel costs in the United States, according to data from Kalibrate.

However, drivers would be wrong to blame Canada-U.S. trade tensions casting uncertainty over North America's highly integrated oil industry. Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, says it's all about the annual switch to summer blends of gasoline.

“This increase has nothing to do with politics or tariffs — which remain paused for now — but is instead the result of seasonality, and is something that happens almost every year," he wrote in a blog post this week.

Canada's elimination of the federal consumer carbon tax could deliver some savings after April 1. According to Randall Bartlett, deputy chief economist at Desjardins, drivers should see a drop of 18 cents per litre on April 1 in provinces where the carbon tax has been in effect.

These include Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, as well as the territories of Nunavut and Yukon. British Columbia's government plans to eliminate its consumer carbon tax on April 1.

The Canada-wide average, spanning nearly 80 cities, rose two cents per litre between March 20 and March 27. North Bay, Ont. saw the biggest weekly increase, at 16.6 cents per litre of regular fuel. The biggest discount was in Brandon, Man., at 13.2 cents per litre.

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(All figures in CAD cents)

Location

Mar. 20

Mar. 27

Price Change

Canada Average (V)

158.8

160.8

2

WHITEHORSE

174.9

179.9

5

VANCOUVER*

184.4

188.3

3.9

VICTORIA

179.6

179.6

0

PRINCE GEORGE

159.2

157.6

-1.6

KAMLOOPS

166.9

164.1

-2.8

KELOWNA

168.6

159.7

-8.9

FORT ST. JOHN

161.4

174.9

13.5

ABBOTSFORD

169.9

181.5

11.6

YELLOWKNIFE

162.9

161.9

-1

CALGARY*

155.9

149.5

-6.4

RED DEER

149.5

146.4

-3.1

EDMONTON

150.6

145.3

-5.3

LETHBRIDGE

145.4

152.5

7.1

LLOYDMINSTER

147

146.8

-0.2

GRANDE PRAIRIE

151.9

151.9

0

REGINA*

152.7

152.7

0

SASKATOON

153.7

153.7

0

PRINCE ALBERT

152.8

153.5

0.7

MOOSE JAW

153.9

153.9

0

WINNIPEG *

153.2

155.8

2.6

BRANDON

149.9

136.7

-13.2

CITY OF TORONTO*

153.3

157.2

3.9

BRAMPTON

153.4

157.4

4

ETOBICOKE

153

157.5

4.5

MISSISSAUGA

152.2

156.3

4.1

NORTH YORK

153.7

157.6

3.9

SCARBOROUGH

153.3

157.5

4.2

VAUGHAN/MARKHAM

153.5

156.6

3.1

OTTAWA

153.6

157.6

4

KINGSTON

148.2

147.2

-1

PETERBOROUGH

146

148.3

2.3

WINDSOR

152.5

155.9

3.4

LONDON

153.3

157.6

4.3

SUDBURY

147.6

148.9

1.3

SAULT STE MARIE

150.3

148.8

-1.5

THUNDER BAY

158.8

161

2.2

NORTH BAY

150.1

166.7

16.6

TIMMINS

159.5

158.2

-1.3

HAMILTON

152.2

154.9

2.7

ST. CATHARINES

151.3

153.9

2.6

BARRIE

152.8

156.5

3.7

BRANTFORD

148

150.2

2.2

GUELPH

152

155.6

3.6

KITCHENER

150.8

154.4

3.6

OSHAWA

153.1

157.2

4.1

SARNIA

149.1

152.5

3.4

MONTRÉAL*

157.8

161.3

3.5

QUÉBEC

153.8

151.5

-2.3

SHERBROOKE

151.8

155.3

3.5

GASPÉ

162.4

162.4

0

CHICOUTIMI

138.4

139.3

0.9

RIMOUSKI

154.4

154.4

0

TROIS RIVIÈRES

141.9

145.1

3.2

DRUMMONDVILLE

151

150.9

-0.1

VAL D'OR

159.6

159.6

0

GATINEAU

139.9

146.8

6.9

SAINT JOHN*

154

156.3

2.3

FREDERICTON

154.7

156.7

2

MONCTON

154.6

156.7

2.1

BATHURST

153.2

153.5

0.3

EDMUNDSTON

153.5

155.7

2.2

MIRAMICHI

156

157.7

1.7

CAMPBELLTON

155.9

157.9

2

SUSSEX

154.7

156.1

1.4

WOODSTOCK

155.9

158

2.1

HALIFAX*

155.3

160

4.7

SYDNEY

157.2

162

4.8

YARMOUTH

156.3

161.1

4.8

TRURO

156.4

161.2

4.8

KENTVILLE

155.8

160.6

4.8

NEW GLASGOW

156.4

161.2

4.8

CHARLOTTETOWN*

161.8

163

1.2

ST JOHNS*

165.6

167.9

2.3

GANDER

165.6

171.6

6

LABRADOR CITY

167.6

170.4

2.8

CORNER BROOK

166.6

168.9

2.3

GRAND FALLS

166.9

171.6

4.7

SOURCE: KALIBRATE • All figures in CAD cents

(*) Denotes markets used in Volume Weighted Canada Average

Jeff Lagerquist is a senior reporter at Yahoo Finance Canada. Follow him on Twitter @jefflagerquist.

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