Canadian gas prices climb
Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press – Sep 9, 2026 / 10:38 am | Story: 630700
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A gull flies overhead as a boy stands with his bicycle on a beach overlooking commercial vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Fuel prices tend to ease off around this time of year, but one industry expert says drivers should expect no such relief this time.
The high-demand summer driving season winds down after Labour Day and refineries will soon switch to producing cheaper winter fuels.
But international crude oil prices have surged above US$100 a barrel as fighting once again escalates in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping route out of the Persian Gulf.
Price-tracking website Gasbuddy.com says the national average for a litre of regular unleaded gasoline in Canada is almost $1.80, a more than three-cent jump from a day earlier.
Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at Gasbuddy, says pump prices could further creep up as high as $1.85 a litre in the next week or two.
He says diesel prices are also seeing a surge at a particularly bad time for farmers who are in the middle of their fall harvest.