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Gas prices · Surveyed Thursday, Nov. 12
Calgary gas prices
Regular gas averaged 127.3¢ a litre in Calgary on Thursday, Nov. 12, 14.4¢ lower than a week earlier. Over the last 43 survey days it has run between 127.1¢ and 184.6¢. Alberta’s largest city and its biggest gas market.
Neither Alberta’s fuel tax nor the federal excise tax is being charged right now, which takes about 24.2¢ off every litre. Updated every weekday from Natural Resources Canada’s daily price survey.
Regular, cents a litre · Nov. 12
| City | Average | In a week |
|---|---|---|
| Lethbridge | 126.7 | −16.8¢ |
| Calgary | 127.3 | −14.4¢ |
| Edmonton | 128.5 | −16.0¢ |
| Lloydminster | 133.9 | −10.0¢ |
| Red Deer | 134.3 | −13.3¢ |
| Grande Prairie | 148.2 | −5.7¢ |
21.5¢ between the cheapest and the most expensive, or $12.90 on a 60-litre fill.
The price today, and how it got here
Pick a city. The figure is the average of what stations there were charging on the survey day, taxes in. It is not the cheapest sign in town, which can be 10¢ lower.
Calgary · regular · Nov. 12
127.3¢
a litre, or $1.27. The second-cheapest of the six Alberta cities surveyed.
| Since Nov. 11 | −1.9¢ |
|---|---|
| In a week | −14.4¢ |
| In a month | −33.6¢ |
| Against the November 2025 average (126.6¢) | +0.7¢ |
In the last 60 days Calgary has been as high as 184.6¢ (Sept. 17) and as low as 127.1¢ (Nov. 10).
The national average that day was 158.2¢, 30.9¢ more than Calgary.
Regular gasoline, cents a litre, taxes included. Weekdays only; a holiday repeats the day before. Source: Natural Resources Canada.
See the last 15 survey days as a table
| Day | Calgary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, Nov. 12 | 127.3¢ | −1.9¢ |
| Wednesday, Nov. 11 | 129.2¢ | +2.1¢ |
| Tuesday, Nov. 10 | 127.1¢ | −5.7¢ |
| Monday, Nov. 9 | 132.8¢ | −5.1¢ |
| Friday, Nov. 6 | 137.9¢ | −3.8¢ |
| Thursday, Nov. 5 | 141.7¢ | −4.1¢ |
| Wednesday, Nov. 4 | 145.8¢ | −1.4¢ |
| Tuesday, Nov. 3 | 147.2¢ | −4.0¢ |
| Monday, Nov. 2 | 151.2¢ | −4.6¢ |
| Friday, Oct. 30 | 155.8¢ | −0.8¢ |
| Thursday, Oct. 29 | 156.6¢ | −2.1¢ |
| Wednesday, Oct. 28 | 158.7¢ | −3.3¢ |
| Tuesday, Oct. 27 | 162.0¢ | −1.7¢ |
| Monday, Oct. 26 | 163.7¢ | −3.8¢ |
| Friday, Oct. 23 | 167.5¢ | no change |
What a fill-up costs
Set the size of your tank and how often you fill it. The cost uses Calgary’s average for regular gas; change the city above and it follows.
60 litres of regular in Calgary · Nov. 12
$76.38
At 4 fills a month that is about $306 a month and $3,666 a year, if the price stayed where it is.
| Same fill | ¢ a litre | Cost | Today is |
|---|---|---|---|
| A week earlier (Nov. 5) | 141.7 | $85.02 | $8.64 less |
| A month earlier (Oct. 13) | 160.9 | $96.54 | $20.16 less |
| 60-day high (Sept. 17) | 184.6 | $110.76 | $34.38 less |
| A year ago (the November 2025 average) | 126.6 | $75.96 | $0.42 more |
The same 60 litres costs $76.02 in Lethbridge, the cheapest of the six, and $88.92 in Grande Prairie, the most expensive.
What’s in a litre
Where the money goes once it leaves your card, and what the price would be if the fuel taxes that are switched off came back.
Calgary · regular · Nov. 11
| Part of the price | ¢ a litre | Share | On 60 L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude oilThe oil the litre is made from. It follows world prices, which is why Alberta pays more when oil is expensive even though the oil is produced here. | 71.7 | 55% | $43.02 |
| RefiningWhat the refinery adds turning crude into gasoline: the wholesale price less the cost of the crude. | 34.2 | 26% | $20.52 |
| Station and deliveryWhat is left for trucking the fuel, running the station and its profit. It is the part that moves when stations on the same corner undercut each other. | 17.1 | 13% | $10.26 |
| TaxesGST, plus the provincial fuel tax and federal excise tax when they are being charged. | 6.2 | 5% | $3.72 |
| Pump price | 129.2 | 100% | $77.52 |
This is Nov. 11, the newest day Ottawa has published the full split for. The refining and station figures are Natural Resources Canada’s estimates from wholesale and crude prices, not the companies’ own books. A station share below zero means stations were selling under that day’s wholesale price.
The taxes
| Tax | In the price now | Normally |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta fuel tax | 0¢, paused | 13¢ |
| Federal excise tax | 0¢, paused | 10¢ |
| GST, 5% of everything above | 6.1¢ | 5% |
| Federal carbon charge | 0¢ | Ended April 2025 |
With both fuel taxes back at their normal rates, the same litre in Calgary would be 151.5¢ instead of 127.3¢. That is 24.2¢ a litre, GST on the taxes included, or $14.49 on 60 litres.
Try it: what if the taxes change?
Everything else in today’s Calgary price held still.
127.3¢today’s price
Alberta. The rate is set each quarter from the average price of West Texas Intermediate oil: 0¢ at US$90 a barrel or more, 4.5¢ from US$85 to US$89.99, 9¢ from US$80 to US$84.99 and 13¢ below US$80. It can rise by no more than 9¢ in one quarter. The pause is confirmed until at least Dec. 31, 2026, so the earliest any of it returns is the day after. Alberta tax and levy rates
Ottawa. The excise tax of 10¢ on gasoline and 4¢ on diesel has been suspended since April 20, 2026. It returns at half rate (5¢ and 2¢) on Feb. 1, 2027 and in full on April 1, 2027. Department of Finance, Sept. 2, 2026
City by city
The same day’s average in each Alberta city the federal survey covers, cheapest first.
| City | Price as a bar | ¢ a litre | In a week | 60 L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126.7 | −16.8¢ | $76.02 | ||
| 127.3 | −14.4¢ | $76.38 | ||
| 128.5 | −16.0¢ | $77.10 | ||
| 133.9 | −10.0¢ | $80.34 | ||
| 134.3 | −13.3¢ | $80.58 | ||
| 148.2 | −5.7¢ | $88.92 |
21.5¢ separates Lethbridge from Grande Prairie, which is $12.90 on 60 litres. Tap a city to load it above. Each one also has its own page: Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Grande Prairie, Lloydminster.
Alberta against the rest of Canada
September 2026 averages for regular gas, the newest month Statistics Canada has published.
- Edmonton162.5
- Calgary167.3
- Winnipeg171.5
- Regina174.0
- Saskatoon175.5
- Ottawa178.4
- Toronto183.7
- Canada average184.3
- Halifax193.2
- Montréal198.4
- Vancouver209.5
- Victoria210.0
- St. John’s213.7
Against the national average of 184.3¢, Edmonton was 21.8¢ lower and Calgary was 17.0¢ lower. Statistics Canada
Questions drivers ask
- What is the average price of gas in Calgary today?
- Regular gasoline averaged 127.3¢ a litre ($1.27) in Calgary on Thursday, Nov. 12, the latest federal survey. That is 14.4¢ lower than a week earlier. Calgary ranked 2 of 6 among the Alberta cities surveyed, where 1 is the cheapest. A 60-litre fill at that price is $76.38.
- Which Alberta city has the cheapest gas?
- On Nov. 12 it was Lethbridge at 126.7¢ a litre, and the most expensive was Grande Prairie at 148.2¢. Over the last 43 survey days the lowest average was Lloydminster (155.7¢) and the highest was Grande Prairie (163.0¢). City averages hide a lot: discount and warehouse-club stations are often several cents under them.
- Is Alberta charging its fuel tax right now?
- No. Alberta stopped collecting its 13¢-a-litre tax on gasoline and diesel on Oct. 1, 2026, and the pause runs until at least Dec. 31, 2026. The province resets the rate each quarter from the average price of West Texas Intermediate oil: nothing at US$90 a barrel or more, 4.5¢ from US$85, 9¢ from US$80 and the full 13¢ below US$80. It cannot go up by more than 9¢ in a single quarter.
- When does the federal gas tax come back?
- Ottawa suspended its excise tax of 10¢ a litre on gasoline and 4¢ on diesel on April 20, 2026. It is due back at half rate, 5¢ and 2¢, on Feb. 1, 2027, and at the full rate on April 1, 2027. GST of 5% is still charged on every litre.
- How much are the fuel tax pauses saving on a fill-up?
- With Alberta’s 13¢ and Ottawa’s 10¢ both back in full, and GST charged on top of them, a litre of regular in Calgary would be about 151.5¢ instead of 127.3¢. That is 24.2¢ a litre: $9.66 on 40 litres, $14.49 on 60 and $19.32 on 80. It assumes stations pass the whole tax through, which the survey cannot confirm station by station.
- Is there still a carbon tax on gasoline?
- No. The federal consumer fuel charge, which had added 17.6¢ a litre to gasoline, ended on April 1, 2025, and nothing has replaced it at the pump.
- Why doesn’t this match the sign at my station?
- These are city averages across the stations surveyed that day, from discount brands to full-price ones, and the survey runs on weekdays only. One station can easily be 5¢ to 10¢ either side of the average, and a price that changed this morning will not show until the next survey is published. Use the average to judge whether a sign is a good price, not to predict it.
Where the numbers come from
Daily prices. Natural Resources Canada publishes an average pump price each weekday for about 70 Canadian cities, from a survey carried out for the federal government by Kalibrate. Six of those cities are in Alberta: Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Grande Prairie and Lloydminster. Medicine Hat and Fort McMurray are not surveyed. We copy each day’s figures as published and do not adjust them.
Older prices. Monthly averages for Calgary and Edmonton are from Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0001-01, self-service prices, published up to September 2026. It is a different survey from the daily one, so the two lines can sit a cent or two apart where they meet.
The split of a litre. Taxes, the station’s share and the refiner’s share are Natural Resources Canada’s figures. Crude oil is what remains. The department describes its margins as approximations worked out from wholesale and crude prices.
Taxes. Rates are from the Government of Alberta and the Department of Finance, checked Nov. 13, 2026. The what-if prices change only the tax and assume all of it reaches the pump.
What this is not. A station finder. An average tells you whether the sign in front of you is a good price for your city; it does not tell you which corner is cheapest this morning. Tell us if a number looks wrong.
Related reading
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