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  1. Apr 1, 2024 · The Alberta government fully reinstated its fuel tax — an increase of four cents per litre. The 13-cents-per-litre tax was suspended for 2023 and partially reinstated in January 2024.

  2. Apr 18, 2024 · Quebec drivers were also seeing prices rise on Thursday, with a hike of 7.5 cents taking the province’s average cost past $1.80 a litre, according to the gas data.

  3. Mar 8, 2024 · The average cost per litre of regular gasoline added 0.7 cents between Feb. 29 and March 7, rising to $1.578 per litre. Peterborough and North Bay, Ont. joined cities in Alberta with roughly...

    • Jeff Lagerquist
    • What's The Main Contributor to High Gas Prices?
    • What About Taxes?
    • Are Gas Stations Making A Lot of Money?
    • Is More Oil Being Produced to Increase Supply?
    • How Are Oil Companies Faring?
    • Will Gas Prices Fall Anytime Soon?

    The price of gas can be broken down to four components: the price of crude oil, the cost to refine it into gasoline, the markup from the gas station owner and, of course, taxes. The primary driver of high gas and diesel prices is the price of crude oil, a barrel of which now costs 75 per cent more than it did in May 2021. "That is the overwhelmingl...

    There are several taxes levied on gasoline, both at the federal and provincial levels. The federal carbon tax adds 11 cents to the cost of each litre of gas, a figure that's drawn criticism as fuel becomes more expensive. "It … engenders a lot of political anger from people, because it's another tax," said David Detomasi, an associate professor of ...

    When you fill up your vehicle, you might be under the illusion that gas stations are making lots of money. But retailers keep very little of what you pay at the pump. In fact, they're making less profit on every fill up today than they were a year ago. Retailers currently add, on average, 6.9 cents to the price of a litre of gas, down from an avera...

    American oil companies have increased their drilling activity by nearly 60 per cent over the last year, according to a closely watched weekly count of rigs in operation conducted by oil services firm Baker Hughes. In Canada, drilling activity in April was up 134 per cent compared to a year ago, according to Alberta'sMinistry of Treasury Board and F...

    Oil companies are seeing their profits spike alongside gas prices. Shell's profits last quarter tripled in comparison to the same period last year, raking in $9.1 billion. Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's primarily state-owned oil company, has seen its profits rise by 82 per cent, netting nearly $40 billion. But Tombe said high profits are a function o...

    Gas prices are historically volatile and difficult to predict, the economist said. They also tend to be cyclical in nature, meaning they rise during economic booms and fall during downturns. At the start of the pandemic, for example, gas prices fell dramatically to a low of 78 cents a litre, leading oil producers to slow production. In the short-te...

  4. Mar 26, 2024 · At the average price of US$79.99 or less, Albertans pay the full 13 cents per litre. Between US$80 and US$84.99, a nine-cent tax is added per litre of fuel. Between US$85 and US$89.99, a 4.5 cent...

  5. Feb 9, 2024 · According to the data firm Kalibrate, the nationwide average price for a litre of regular gasoline rose 0.8 cents to $1.511 between Feb. 1 and Feb. 8. Sarnia, Ont. and Sudbury, Ont. saw the...

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    The following charts illustrate the daily and monthly index prices of natural gas for the current and prior month. Alberta Natural Gas Prices - Current Month Actual prices are based on a volume weighted average of transacted prices for all physically delivered natural gas at the Alberta AB-NIT market center.