Tax on Fuel and Gasoline
Gasoline tax is collected on gasoline, aviation fuel and propane. Fuel tax is collected on every purchaser of clear middle distillate fuel including fuel oil or diesel.
What You Pay at the Pump
Gasoline and diesel fuel are taxed by the federal and provincial governments. In Ontario, the provincial tax rate on gasoline is 14.7 cents a litre and 14.3 cents a litre on diesel fuel. These rates have remained unchanged since 1992.
At the federal level, the excise tax on gasoline is 10 cents per litre; while the excise tax on diesel fuel and aviation fuel is 4 cents per litre. Effective July 1, 2010, the HST is 13% of the final price paid for fuel.
Programs of Interest
- ecoENERGY for Personal Vehicles
- Electric Vehicle Incentive Program
- International Fuel Tax Agreement
- International Registration Plan
- Ontario's Drive Clean
Forms and Publications
- Accessible Parking Permit
- Attention Truckers: No Dyed Diesel on the Highway
- Automobile Insurance in Ontario
- Driver's Handbooks
- Electric Vehicle Incentive Program
- Forms and Publications by Client Group: Motorists
- Interjurisdictional Carrier's Manual
- International Registration Plan Carrier Manual
- Private Sales of Motor Vehicles
- Motor Vehicle Appraisal Record [PDF - 157 KB]
- Vehicles Powered by Alternative Fuels
Points of Reference
- Automobile Insurance in Ontario
- Fuel Consumption Figures for all Vehicles
- Fuel Focus
- Ministry of Transportation
