{
  "query": {
    "country": "CA",
    "fuel": "petrol95",
    "town": "Vancouver, British Columbia",
    "service": "self"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "CAD",
    "unit": "per litre",
    "value": 2.067,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-08-01",
    "to": "2026-08-31"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2026-08",
    "note": "A monthly average for August 2026, not today's pump price: pump prices move daily and Statistics Canada publishes about two weeks after each month ends. Self-service stations only. Statistics Canada's grades carry no octane number. Regular is normally 87 AKI (about 91 RON) and premium 91 AKI or higher, so petrol95 here is the standard regular grade, not the 95 RON grade sold in Europe."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-14T21:32:02.766Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "ca-statcan-fuel",
    "name": "Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography (Statistics Canada table 18-10-0001-01)",
    "publisher": "Statistics Canada",
    "licence": "Statistics Canada Open Licence. \"Subject to this licence, Statistics Canada grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to: use, reproduce, publish, freely distribute, or sell the Information; use, reproduce, publish, freely distribute, or sell Value-added Products; and, sublicence any or all such rights, under terms consistent with this licence.\" Conditions include accurate reproduction, no suggestion that Statistics Canada endorses the user, and the acknowledgment of source notices below.",
    "licence_url": "https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence",
    "attribution": "Source: Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0001-01 Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography (reference month stated in each answer). Reproduced and distributed on an \"as is\" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0001-01 Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.",
    "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1810000101"
  },
  "method": "Canada (fuel): Statistics Canada's monthly average retail price per litre of regular unleaded gasoline, premium unleaded gasoline and diesel at self-service stations for 18 cities and Canada (table 18-10-0001-01, published with the Consumer Price Index). We read the latest months through the Web Data Service and pass on the published average for the city and its month, converted from cents to dollars; no range is calculated. It is a monthly average, not today's pump price.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "The average retail price of regular unleaded gasoline at self-service stations in Vancouver, British Columbia was CA$2.067 per litre (206.7 cents) in August 2026. That is 22.5% higher than a year earlier (CA$1.688 in August 2025). This is a monthly average, not a live pump price. Official average published by Statistics Canada for 2026-08.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "country_name": "Canada",
    "place": {
      "name": "Vancouver, British Columbia",
      "wds_member_id": 16
    },
    "fuel": {
      "requested": "petrol95",
      "definition": "Regular unleaded gasoline at self service filling stations",
      "grade_note": "Statistics Canada's grades carry no octane number. Regular is normally 87 AKI (about 91 RON) and premium 91 AKI or higher, so petrol95 here is the standard regular grade, not the 95 RON grade sold in Europe."
    },
    "published_value": {
      "cents_per_litre": 206.7,
      "note": "Statistics Canada publishes cents per litre; the answer value is that figure divided by 100 (Canadian dollars per litre)."
    },
    "reference_month": "2026-08",
    "reference_month_label": "August 2026",
    "change_on_previous_month": {
      "reference_month": "2026-07",
      "cents_per_litre": 200.7,
      "value": 2.007,
      "change_percent": 3
    },
    "change_on_year_earlier": {
      "reference_month": "2025-08",
      "cents_per_litre": 168.8,
      "value": 1.688,
      "change_percent": 22.5
    },
    "last_12_months": [
      {
        "month": "2025-09",
        "cents_per_litre": 171.5,
        "cad_per_litre": 1.715
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-10",
        "cents_per_litre": 161.8,
        "cad_per_litre": 1.618
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-11",
        "cents_per_litre": 161.7,
        "cad_per_litre": 1.617
      },
      {
        "month": "2025-12",
        "cents_per_litre": 147.4,
        "cad_per_litre": 1.474
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-01",
        "cents_per_litre": 153.3,
        "cad_per_litre": 1.533
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-02",
        "cents_per_litre": 171.3,
        "cad_per_litre": 1.713
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-03",
        "cents_per_litre": 197.9,
        "cad_per_litre": 1.979
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-04",
        "cents_per_litre": 213.1,
        "cad_per_litre": 2.131
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-05",
        "cents_per_litre": 220.6,
        "cad_per_litre": 2.206
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-06",
        "cents_per_litre": 201.5,
        "cad_per_litre": 2.015
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-07",
        "cents_per_litre": 200.7,
        "cad_per_litre": 2.007
      },
      {
        "month": "2026-08",
        "cents_per_litre": 206.7,
        "cad_per_litre": 2.067
      }
    ],
    "other_fuels_same_city_and_month": [
      {
        "fuel": "petrol98",
        "definition": "Premium unleaded gasoline at self service filling stations",
        "cents_per_litre": 233,
        "cad_per_litre": 2.33
      },
      {
        "fuel": "diesel",
        "definition": "Diesel fuel at self service filling stations",
        "cents_per_litre": 251.7,
        "cad_per_litre": 2.517
      }
    ],
    "what_this_is": "Average retail price per litre for the month, published by Statistics Canada with the Consumer Price Index. Not a station price and not a live price.",
    "dataset": {
      "name": "Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography",
      "table": "18-10-0001-01",
      "url": "https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1810000101",
      "released": "2026-09-14T08:30"
    },
    "attribution_notice": "Source: Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0001-01 Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography, August 2026. Reproduced and distributed on an \"as is\" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 18-10-0001-01 Monthly average retail prices for gasoline and fuel oil, by geography, August 2026. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_88f165488a7800507df3",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-14T21:32:02.766Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  }
}