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Winter Gas Bill Estimator for Alberta

Estimate your November to March gas bills in your town, from each month's default gas price and how cold it usually gets.

By BillRobin · Read 5 October 2026 · Updated 31 October 2026

November to March: about C$890

Before GST · Typical home

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Monthly estimates

November 2026: about C$161

30 days; 663.33 heating degree-days at EDMONTON CITY CENTRE A (1981–2004). Provisional typical-home model: scale 1.0000 × (0.08 GJ per day × days + 0.0233 GJ per heating degree-day × degree-days).

Gas used
17.9 GJ
Energy
C$46.81
Admin
C$9.9
Delivery
C$74.5
Town fees
C$30.25

Same month last winter. This month's price is not set yet.

Default gas price: C$2.579/GJ, 2025-11-01 to 2025-11-30. Checked 2026-10-05.

Delivery charge sources
December 2026: about C$206

31 days; 830.98 heating degree-days at EDMONTON CITY CENTRE A (1981–2004). Provisional typical-home model: scale 1.0000 × (0.08 GJ per day × days + 0.0233 GJ per heating degree-day × degree-days).

Gas used
21.8 GJ
Energy
C$75.27
Admin
C$10.23
Delivery
C$85.45
Town fees
C$34.69

Same month last winter. This month's price is not set yet.

Default gas price: C$3.390/GJ, 2025-12-01 to 2025-12-31. Checked 2026-10-05.

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January 2027: about C$212

31 days; 881.13 heating degree-days at EDMONTON CITY CENTRE A (1981–2004). Provisional typical-home model: scale 1.0000 × (0.08 GJ per day × days + 0.0233 GJ per heating degree-day × degree-days).

Gas used
23.0 GJ
Energy
C$77.92
Admin
C$10.23
Delivery
C$88.36
Town fees
C$35.88

Same month last winter. This month's price is not set yet.

Default gas price: C$3.331/GJ, 2026-01-01 to 2026-01-31. Checked 2026-10-05.

Assumes these ended charges continue: reg:default-gas:atco-gas-north:admin:2026-07-01, reg:atco-gas-north:rider-l-load-balancing-deferral:all:2026-05-01.

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February 2027: about C$162

28 days; 722.92 heating degree-days at EDMONTON CITY CENTRE A (1981–2004). Provisional typical-home model: scale 1.0000 × (0.08 GJ per day × days + 0.0233 GJ per heating degree-day × degree-days).

Gas used
19.1 GJ
Energy
C$46.99
Admin
C$9.24
Delivery
C$75.57
Town fees
C$30.68

Same month last winter. This month's price is not set yet.

Default gas price: C$2.422/GJ, 2026-02-01 to 2026-02-28. Checked 2026-10-05.

Assumes these ended charges continue: reg:default-gas:atco-gas-north:admin:2026-07-01, reg:atco-gas-north:rider-l-load-balancing-deferral:all:2026-05-01.

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March 2027: about C$146

31 days; 635.05 heating degree-days at EDMONTON CITY CENTRE A (1981–2004). Provisional typical-home model: scale 1.0000 × (0.08 GJ per day × days + 0.0233 GJ per heating degree-day × degree-days).

Gas used
17.3 GJ
Energy
C$31.33
Admin
C$10.23
Delivery
C$74.05
Town fees
C$30.06

Same month last winter. This month's price is not set yet.

Default gas price: C$1.784/GJ, 2026-03-01 to 2026-03-31. Checked 2026-10-05.

Assumes these ended charges continue: reg:default-gas:atco-gas-north:admin:2026-07-01, reg:atco-gas-north:rider-l-load-balancing-deferral:all:2026-05-01.

Delivery charge sources
Estimate basis

Estimated before GST, using climate normals, each month's default gas price once it is set (otherwise last winter's for the same month) and today's delivery charges.

Winter total rounded to the nearest C$10; monthly totals to whole dollars. Calculations use unrounded amounts.

Months with ended charges assume today's delivery charges continue.

This shows what a typical home pays on the default rate. Your own bills show whether another plan costs less.

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How we worked this out

Prices: each month's default gas price once it is set, otherwise the same month last winter, and today's checked delivery charges for your town. Future prices are not known yet.

We spread a typical home's gas use over the year by how cold each month usually is, from Environment and Climate Change Canada normals. Hot water and cooking stay about the same all year.

The typical-home model is provisional, anchored to Utilities Consumer Advocate examples. An optional bill scales every month's gas use by your bill's gas use divided by the typical use for that calendar month. Actual weather, insulation and heating habits will change your bills.

We multiply gas use by that month's default energy price once it is set, including any gas taken in kind. Until then, we use the same month's price from last winter. Admin and fixed delivery charges use the number of days in each month. Variable delivery charges use gas consumed. Each town fee percentage applies to its published base separately, without compounding. A conservation charge applies only to gas above its monthly threshold. These estimates are before GST.

Open any month for its weather basis, prices, charge dates and source links. A charge checked today stays in the estimate even when it ends before that month; each month identifies those assumptions.

Contains information licenced under the Data Server End-use Licence of Environment and Climate Change Canada

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