Expect bumps in CP/courier fuel surchages in the next 1-2 weeks | Selling

electronicsextraordinaire · 2026-03-08T07:11:05.882000Z

tl;dr: try to get your shipments out Fri/Sat/Sun for the next few weeks instead of waiting until Monday. Canada Post fuel surcharges are based on: "* Average prices for the 1 week period ending 2 weeks before the Monday of the effective week.". Their delay means we can predict the future. UPS and Fedex do similar. Just a 0.5% increase starting Monday March 9th for domestic based on$1.65$1.6723.50% but Canadian average diesel prices have been jumping:2026-02-24166.32026-03-03171.12026-03-10193.3how the gov has March 10th numbers, I don't know, maybe it will become worse as more days get averaged in. so we'll go up to a 25% surcharge starting March 16:$1.71$1.7325.00% and starting March 23rd, 30.50% surcharge: $1.93$1.9530.50% US/International have 0.25% step increases for each 2 cent increase in fuel price, so half the domestic increase, for CP. Harder to compare Fedex/UPS here.

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