Government of Canada Mileage Rate by Province and Territory

The National Joint Council calls the figure a kilometric rate and prints it in cents per kilometre with taxes included. From October 1, 2026 the table runs from 58.5 cents a kilometre in Saskatchewan to 74.5 cents in the Northwest Territories.

The October review moved 10 of the thirteen jurisdictions. , , and undefined stayed where the July table had them. The table prints both columns beside each other, because travel priced before the review uses the figure that was in force on the day.

Cents per kilometre, taxes included, as the National Joint Council prints them. When the travel runs through more than one province or into the United States, the agency pays the rate of the province or territory where the vehicle is registered.

The next review takes effect January 1, 2027, and the National Joint Council has not published a rate for that date. Every January 1 it reviews the full table. Three fuel-price updates can then move the figures on April 1, July 1 and October 1, which is why the National Joint Council dates the figure to a quarter rather than to a year.

Until the January 2027 review is posted, the October 1, 2026 table remains the rate for travel on government business, and a 2027 figure quoted anywhere else is a projection rather than a published rate.

An independent consultant calculates the rates and the Government Travel Committee reviews them each year. The consultant uses new vehicle prices, depreciation and financing rates, fuel prices, insurance premiums and operating costs in each province, which is why the thirteen figures do not move in step.

The Executive Committee approves the figures before the National Joint Council posts them as Appendix B of the Travel Directive, and the directive then applies to public service employees, exempt staff and other persons travelling on government business.

An employer measures a per-kilometre allowance for a private vehicle against the CRA limit, not against this table. For 2026 the limit is 73 cents for the first 5,000 kilometres in the provinces and 67 cents after that, and 77 cents and 71 cents in the territories. The part above the limit is a taxable benefit, and an allowance at or below it is not.

The National Joint Council rate is what the federal government pays a traveller on government business. The CRA limit decides how much of an employer's allowance is tax free, which is a question the travel table does not touch.

Provincial and territorial governments set their own rates for their own staff, and those tables do not follow the National Joint Council figures. Alberta pays its own staff 57 cents, against the 59.5 cents the federal table pays for government business in the same province. British Columbia pays 67 cents against 63 cents, and several provinces revise on their own schedule rather than on January 1.

The claim records four facts, and each one changes the figure.

• The province or territory where the vehicle is registered, because that province's figure decides a trip that crosses a border.
• The date the travel happened, because a review in January, April, July or October can change the figure mid year.
• The kilometres driven on government business, kept apart from any personal driving on the same trip.
• The authorization to use a private vehicle, since the table prices authorized government business travel rather than a commute.