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Trip cost calculator: gas, EV charging and moving trucks

Enter where you’re starting and where you’re going. The calculator finds the driving distance and time, then works out what the trip costs in gas for your exact car, in electricity for an EV (at home or at fast chargers), or in fuel for a rental moving truck, using current prices for your area.

  • Official fuel ratings for 9,600 models
  • Gas prices from Statistics Canada
  • 2,600 fast-charging sites
  • Cars, EVs and moving trucks
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What it calculates

Distance and drive time
The fastest route on Canada’s main roads and ferries, calculated by MoverDash from OpenStreetMap data. The time assumes normal traffic and no stops.
Gas cost by vehicle
Natural Resources Canada’s official rating for your model (2015–2026), or the median of 2025–2026 models in your vehicle class.
EV charging cost
Your EV’s energy use, the home electricity rate where you start and end, and a fast-charging rate you can change. Suggested charging stops along the way.
Moving-truck fuel
10, 15, 20 and 26 ft rental trucks, from the fuel economy the rental company publishes.
Winter, trailers, tolls and ferries
Winter and trailer adjustments from published tests; toll roads and ferries flagged on your route.

How the cost is calculated

Gas
Cost = distance (km) × fuel use (L/100 km) ÷ 100 × price per litre.
Electric
Cost = distance × energy use (kWh/100 km) ÷ 100 × electricity price per kWh, split between home charging and fast charging.
Moving truck
L/100 km = 235.215 ÷ miles per US gallon. U-Haul publishes up to 12 mpg for its 10 ft truck, 10 mpg for 15 and 20 ft, and 8–10 mpg for 26 ft: about 19.6, 23.5 and 23.5–29.4 L/100 km. A loaded truck usually uses more.
Winter
In fueleconomy.gov’s cold-weather tests at −7 °C, a gas car’s fuel economy drops about 15% in city driving (about 18% more fuel) and an EV’s about 39% (about 64% more energy), mostly from heating the cabin. These are cold, city-driving figures; milder days and steady highway driving use less.
Trailer
In an SAE test, an SUV towing a 3,500 lb (about 1,600 kg) enclosed trailer lost 30% of its fuel economy in city driving and 50% at 130 km/h: about 43% to 100% more fuel. We use the lower figure; highway towing uses more. We haven’t found a published figure for a moving truck towing a car.

Worked example: Toronto to Montréal

Toronto to Montréal: 540 km, about 5 h 12 min. In a typical car at 9.4 L/100 km and 184.6¢/L (the average of both ends: Ontario’s weekly survey and Statistics Canada for Montréal, August 2026): about $94. In an EV at 23.9 kWh/100 km charged at home (11.9¢/kWh, the average of the Toronto and Montréal rates): about $15; at fast chargers ($0.50/kWh): about $65. In a 15 ft rental truck (23.5 L/100 km): about $234. Before tolls; not winter.

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Questions

How do I calculate the gas cost of a trip?

Multiply the distance by your car’s fuel use and the price of gas: km × L/100 km ÷ 100 × $/L. For 500 km at 8 L/100 km and 173.8¢/L (Canada average, Statistics Canada, August 2026), that’s 40 L, about $70. The calculator does this with your car’s NRCan rating and the price where you’re driving.

How much does it cost to drive from Toronto to Montréal?

About $94 in gas for a typical car (540 km at 9.4 L/100 km and 184.6¢/L), or about $15 for an EV charged at home. Tolls aren’t included.

How much does it cost to charge an EV in Ontario?

At home in Toronto, electricity costs about 15.57¢/kWh before tax (Hydro-Québec’s 2025 comparison of city rates). An EV using 18 kWh per 100 km spends about $2.80 per 100 km at that rate; at a fast charger at $0.50/kWh, about $9.00. Time-of-use plans change the home rate.

Is charging an EV cheaper than gas?

Usually, if you charge at home: about $2.80 per 100 km at home in Toronto (18 kWh/100 km), against about $14.74 for a gas car at 8 L/100 km and 184.3¢/L (Ontario’s weekly survey, week of October 5, 2026). At fast chargers the gap shrinks.

How much gas does a moving truck use?

U-Haul publishes up to 12 mpg for its 10 ft truck, 10 mpg for 15 and 20 ft, and 8–10 mpg for 26 ft: about 19.6, 23.5 and 23.5–29.4 L/100 km. A loaded truck usually uses more. For a 500 km move in a 20 ft truck, that’s at least 118 L of gas.

Does winter driving use more fuel?

Yes. In fueleconomy.gov’s tests at −7 °C, a gas car’s economy dropped about 15% in city driving (about 18% more fuel) and an EV’s about 39% (about 64% more energy), mostly from cabin heating.

How much more fuel does towing a trailer use?

In an SAE test, an SUV towing a 3,500 lb enclosed trailer lost 30% of its fuel economy in city driving and 50% at 130 km/h, which means about 43% to 100% more fuel.

Sources and licences

  • Routes, roads and fuel stations: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL). Routing data files: see Data licences.
  • Map: OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles.
  • Place names and postal areas (first three characters): GeoNames, CC BY 4.0, modified.
  • Vehicle fuel and energy ratings: Natural Resources Canada, Fuel Consumption Ratings (October 6, 2026). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
  • Fuel prices: 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. Ontario weekly prices: Fuels price survey information (week of October 5, 2026). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  • Québec chargers and prices: Circuit électrique, “Liste des bornes de recharge”, Données Québec, updated October 15, 2026, CC BY 4.0, modified.
  • Other chargers: U.S. Department of Energy Alternative Fuels Data Center (National Laboratory of the Rockies), October 15, 2026.
  • Home electricity defaults: Hydro-Québec, Comparison of Electricity Prices in Major North American Cities 2025 (rates at April 1, 2025).
  • Truck fuel use: estimates published by the rental company (U-Haul) under ideal conditions; trademarks belong to their owners.
  • Winter and trailer: fueleconomy.gov (U.S. Department of Energy), “Fuel Economy in Cold Weather”; SAE technical paper 2014-01-1614.

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