Name: Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography
Creator: Statistics Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography — AI AnalysisStatistics Canada's Table 18100001 provides nearly 47 years of monthly retail fuel prices across 19 Canadian regions and 7 fuel types, revealing a clear long-term upward trend from a low of 18.3 cents/litre in 1979 to a peak of 275.5 cents/litre, with an overall mean of 91.7 cents/litre. All fuel tyKey Findings

The dataset spans 47 years (January 1979 – February 2026), covering 566 monthly periods, 19 geographic regions, and 7 fuel types across 45,772 records, forming 119 unique geography × fuel-type time series.

Retail fuel prices range from a historical low of 18.3 cents/litre to a high of 275.5 cents/litre, with an overall mean of 91.7 cents/litre, reflecting decades of inflation, supply shocks, and market volatility.

Premium unleaded gasoline at self-service stations is the most expensive fuel type on average (109.8 cents/litre), while regular unleaded at full-service stations is the lowest (69.8 cents/litre).

All fuel types are highly correlated with one another (r > 0.995), with regular unleaded gasoline at full-service vs. self-service stations being the strongest pair at r = 0.9989, confirming shared crude oil market drivers.

Household heating fuel shows the greatest price volatility of any fuel type, with a standard deviation of 44.4 cents/litre, followed closely by self-service diesel at 42.6 cents/litre.

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