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Vegetable oil (3 litres): average price in Canada
The average price of vegetable oil (3 litres) was $9.24 in September 2026 (▲ 2.8% in a year). Shoppers in Ontario paid the least: $8.38. Use it to spot a bad price before you pay.
Canada average$9.24September 2026
Cheapest: Ontario$8.38Dearest: Whitehorse $14.94
Price by province, September 2026
Ontario
▼ 9.3% vs Canada · 1 yr ▼ 3.3%
$8.38Manitoba▲ 5.7% vs Canada · 1 yr ▼ 11.3%
$9.77Alberta▲ 7.6% vs Canada · 1 yr ▼ 10.6%
$9.94British Columbia▲ 14.8% vs Canada · 1 yr ▼ 4.9%
$10.61Saskatchewan▲ 15.2% vs Canada · 1 yr ▼ 4.0%
$10.64Quebec▲ 15.4% vs Canada · 1 yr ▲ 25.6%
$10.66Prince Edward Island▲ 27.8% vs Canada · 1 yr ▲ 7.4%
$11.81Newfoundland and Labrador▲ 27.9% vs Canada · 1 yr ▲ 19.2%
$11.82New Brunswick▲ 32.1% vs Canada · 1 yr ▲ 9.2%
$12.21Nova Scotia▲ 34.0% vs Canada · 1 yr ▲ 14.2%
$12.38Yellowknife▲ 51.7% vs Canada · 1 yr ▲ 15.3%
$14.02Whitehorse▲ 61.7% vs Canada · 1 yr ▲ 6.9%
$14.94Price over the last 12 months
CanadaOntario (cheapest)Whitehorse (dearest)
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Price your whole basket →Questions and answers
What does vegetable oil (3 litres) cost in Canada?
$9.24 on average in September 2026, according to Statistics Canada.
Where is vegetable oil cheapest?
Ontario ($8.38). The most expensive was Whitehorse ($14.94).
Has the price gone up?
Compared with September 2025 ($8.99), the Canadian average is up 2.8%.
How is the average price measured?
Statistics Canada collects prices for the Consumer Price Index from retailers across the country and publishes monthly averages for a fixed product description and size.
Source: Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0245-01, Monthly average retail prices for selected products (Statistics Canada Open Licence). Data to September 2026.