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Prices are based on daily closing prices posted on NYMEX in US dollars per barrel. Prices are converted to Canadian dollars per cubic metre using the Bank of Canada’s daily noon exchange rate and applying a volumetric ratio (6.29:1) to convert the price per barrel to a price per cubic metre.
Western Canadian Select (WCS) is a specific crude oil product used as a benchmark for most Western Canadian crude oil blends. WCS is a heavy sour blend of bitumen blended with synthetic sweet crude and condensate.
Crude Oil Prices - 70 Year Historical Chart. Interactive charts of West Texas Intermediate (WTI or NYMEX) crude oil prices per barrel back to 1946. The price of oil shown is adjusted for inflation using the headline CPI and is shown by default on a logarithmic scale.
YearAverageclosing PriceYear OpenYear High2024$78.82$71.65$87.012023$77.64$80.26$93.842022$94.53$76.08$123.702021$68.17$47.62$84.65Crude oil exports account for 10% of Canada's GDP. USD/CAD and the oil price have a positive correlation. (The y-axis to USD/CAD is reversed.) When oil prices rise, the Canadian dollar appreciates. CAD peaked out and reversed before oil prices did in 2008 and 2014.
Find Historical End-of-Day Western Canadian Select (WCS) Crude Oil Futures prices on the Price History page.
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Data Legend. The chart shows prices in Canada, in USA Dollar per oil barrel ( USD / Bbl ), as follows: Crude Oil (Sweet), spot, CA (Canada): Crude Oil (sweet), spot price, dap, Alberta. Crude Oil Price, Canada (May 2019).