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Chart 5 
Gap between provincial gasoline price indexes closes as crude oil price differential shrinks

Line chart – Chart 5: Gap between provincial gasoline price indexes closes as crude oil price differential shrinks, from January 2008 to July 2013

Chart description

The title of the graph is "Gap between provincial gasoline price indexes closes as crude oil price differential shrinks."
This is a line chart.
There are in total 67 categories in the horizontal axis. The primary vertical axis starts at 20 and ends at 220 with ticks every 20 points. The secondary vertical axis starts at 20 and ends at 220 with ticks every 20 points.
There are 6 series in this graph.
The units of the horizontal axis are months by year from January 2008 to July 2013.
The title of series 1 is "Quebec gasoline index."
The vertical axis is "index (2002=100)."
The minimum value is 110.3 occurring in December 2008.
The maximum value is 197.4 occurring in July 2008.
The title of series 2 is "Ontario gasoline index."
The vertical axis is "index (2002=100)."
The minimum value is 110.1 occurring in December 2008.
The maximum value is 196.8 occurring in April 2012.
The title of series 3 is "Saskatchewan gasoline index."
The vertical axis is "index (2002=100)."
The minimum value is 110.7 occurring in December 2008.
The maximum value is 190.9 occurring in June 2008.
The title of series 4 is "Alberta gasoline index."
The vertical axis is "index (2002=100)."
The minimum value is 111.7 occurring in December 2008.
The maximum value is 202.4 occurring in July 2008.
The title of series 5 is "West Texas Intermediate monthly average price (right vertical axis)."
The vertical axis is "price ($US/barrel)."
The minimum value is 39.09 occurring in February 2009.
The maximum value is 133.88 occurring in June 2008.
The title of series 6 is "Brent monthly average price (right vertical axis)."
The vertical axis is "price ($US/barrel)."
The minimum value is 39.95 occurring in December 2008.
The maximum value is 132.72 occurring in July 2008.

Gap between provincial gasoline price indexes closes as crude oil price differential shrinks
  Quebec gasoline index Ontario gasoline index Saskatchewan gasoline index Alberta gasoline index West Texas Intermediate monthly average price (right vertical axis) Brent monthly average price (right vertical axis)
  index (2002=100) index (2002=100) index (2002=100) index (2002=100) price ($US/barrel) price ($US/barrel)
January 2008 156.1 152.1 148.8 156.2 92.97 92.18
February 2008 157.3 152.2 149.7 157.4 95.39 94.99
March 2008 160.5 156.6 157.8 164.9 105.45 103.64
April 2008 168.2 167.5 169.2 177.2 112.58 109.07
May 2008 185.7 182.1 180.9 190.2 125.4 122.8
June 2008 196.9 192.4 190.9 199.3 133.88 132.32
July 2008 197.4 193.9 189.7 202.4 133.37 132.72
August 2008 178.6 182 181.8 191.2 116.67 113.24
September 2008 182.8 182.2 188.2 195.5 104.11 97.23
October 2008 157.5 156.2 163.9 169.8 76.61 71.58
November 2008 123.4 122.6 128.4 131.7 57.31 52.45
December 2008 110.3 110.1 110.7 111.7 41.12 39.95
January 2009 115.5 116 118.7 117.8 41.71 43.44
February 2009 123.3 120.4 126 126.8 39.09 43.32
March 2009 124.5 124.5 126.8 128.5 47.94 46.54
April 2009 123.9 125.1 130.4 130.4 49.65 50.18
May 2009 137.1 137.6 135.4 137.4 59.03 57.3
June 2009 146.2 145.5 149.1 148.7 69.64 68.61
July 2009 139.5 138 143 142.5 64.15 64.44
August 2009 144.2 143.5 143.8 146.5 71.05 72.51
September 2009 141.6 139.8 141.1 144.6 69.41 67.65
October 2009 138.5 139.8 135 139.2 75.72 72.77
November 2009 142.7 144 140 142.1 77.99 76.66
December 2009 139.6 139.6 132.2 135.8 74.47 74.46
January 2010 144.8 144.6 139.4 143 78.33 76.17
February 2010 142.4 142.1 137.2 138.3 76.39 73.75
March 2010 149.1 147.5 140.8 142.2 81.2 78.83
April 2010 148.4 147.1 143.4 144.7 84.29 84.82
May 2010 147.5 144.4 146.7 146.9 73.74 75.95
June 2010 143.1 140.9 140.1 138.5 75.34 74.76
July 2010 142.9 151 139.4 141 76.32 75.58
August 2010 143 149 138.6 144.3 76.6 77.04
September 2010 144.4 148.1 140.6 143.4 75.24 77.84
October 2010 150.6 155.2 144 145.5 81.89 82.67
November 2010 155.5 159.2 143 142.5 84.25 85.28
December 2010 158.9 162 145.8 149.7 89.15 91.45
January 2011 163.5 167.1 154.8 159.3 89.17 96.52
February 2011 164.9 168.1 155.7 159.4 88.58 103.72
March 2011 176.7 177.6 166.4 172.5 102.86 114.64
April 2011 188.7 191.4 175.3 179.5 109.53 123.26
May 2011 187.3 195.8 184.6 189.8 100.9 114.99
June 2011 181.3 189.3 176.3 176.5 96.26 113.83
July 2011 182.4 189.5 170.1 173.5 97.3 116.97
August 2011 181.7 186.8 169.2 172.5 86.33 110.22
September 2011 180.3 184 174.2 172.1 85.52 112.83
October 2011 180.6 182 169.9 171.5 86.32 109.55
November 2011 178.4 177.7 166.8 164 97.16 110.77
December 2011 174.7 173.2 160.7 157.3 98.56 107.87
January 2012 182.1 178.2 161.3 159.9 100.27 110.69
February 2012 187 184.1 160.2 164.6 102.2 119.33
March 2012 191.1 190.4 169.1 176.4 106.16 125.45
April 2012 196.4 196.8 175.8 183.5 103.32 119.75
May 2012 187.7 188.7 175 177.3 94.66 110.34
June 2012 181.3 179.8 173.9 177.3 82.3 95.16
July 2012 181.9 182.4 173.9 174 87.9 102.62
August 2012 190.1 187.4 174.3 177.2 94.13 113.36
September 2012 193.9 190.7 177.4 184.5 94.51 112.86
October 2012 193.0 186.1 179.5 181.1 89.49 111.71
November 2012 182.7 179.6 167.9 163.0 86.53 109.06
December 2012 177.9 176.2 155.0 159.2 87.86 109.49
January 2013 179.4 178.2 147.1 148.3 94.76 112.96
February 2013 194.5 190.6 163.9 170.9 95.31 116.05
March 2013 191.3 189.6 168.5 174.8 92.94 108.47
April 2013 185.3 183.7 165.2 170.0 92.02 102.25
May 2013 186.3 182.2 173.3 180.2 94.51 102.56
June 2013 188.0 187.0 185.0 193.6 95.77 102.92
July 2013 193.6 192.5 178.6 183.3 104.67 107.93
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Consumer Price Index, 2009 basket, CANSIM Table 326-0020 and U.S. Energy Information Administration. Petroleum and Other Liquids, Data, Spot Prices. http://www.eia.gov/
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