Opinion: British Columbians hammered with Canada’s highest gas taxes in 2024

Filling up the family minivan in British Columbia isn’t just expensive, it’s a painful reminder that government tax policies are leaving us all in the dust.

Vancouver and Victoria top the charts for highest taxes on gas in Canada in 2024.

Vancouver drivers pay about 81 cents in taxes per litre of gasoline. In Victoria, drivers are being hit with a 74-cent-per-litre tax bill. Across the rest of the province, that tax bill is just over 61 cents per litre.

On a 64-litre fill-up, that works out to $52 worth of taxes in Metro Vancouver, $47.50 in Victoria and $43.60 in the rest of the province. And that’s just

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