Alcohol to Canada

exchange rage

I think that sums it up nicely!

dcmac214 wrote:

John & Angela wrote:

qtla9111 wrote:
And be prepared to pay through the nose. In 2014, gas was 5.75 a gallon in Langley, BC. The cheapest vodka was $25. We were almost dry on both accounts.

Gas is no where near 5.75 per US gallon. Right now gas is 1.11 Canadian per litre in my hometown in BC. That works out to 3.11 US dollars per US gallon. I know Vancouver area is a little more but no where near 5.75. Probably 3.50 ish.

1 Liter = 1.05 US Quart. An equivalent US gallon is pretty close to 4 liters, would cost about $4.44 at $1.11/L.

Nope. A US gallon is 3.8 litres. That's is 4.21 Canadian or about 3.11 US dollars. You can't use American gallons and Canadian dollars. Makes no sense. If an American puts a US gallon in a tank it will cost him about 3.11 US dollars. On our trip back from the US this year we saw as low as 2.79 US to as high as 3.07 US. In Alberta it was about 94 cents Can per litre at Costco so around 2.67 US dollars for a US gallon.

Generally people have no problem keeping foreign currency separate in their minds when it has a different name like the pound or the Euro or peso or dinar or whatever. But it gets confusing when two countries have the same name for their currency...the DOLLAR...and even worse when the countries are co-located on the same continent.

SoundGuy wrote:

1 US Gal = 3.7854 Litres. Gas prices vary daily here in Canada, from one region to another, from one gas chain to another, just as they do in the US, but comparing the US average national cost ($2.37 US yesterday) confirms what has always been true for years - gas here in Canada, factoring in exchange rage, averages ~ 33% more. :M

That's nothing - the cost of BEER is outrageous here when compared to buying it in the US, including Canadian beer brewed here and exported to the US. :M

Today here in Michigan, I purchased a 20 pack of Labatts Blue (bottles) for $14.99 US or $20.21 CDN at today's exchange rate.

drsteve wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:

1 US Gal = 3.7854 Litres. Gas prices vary daily here in Canada, from one region to another, from one gas chain to another, just as they do in the US, but comparing the US average national cost ($2.37 US yesterday) confirms what has always been true for years - gas here in Canada, factoring in exchange rage, averages ~ 33% more. :M

That's nothing - the cost of BEER is outrageous here when compared to buying it in the US, including Canadian beer brewed here and exported to the US. :M

Today here in Michigan, I purchased a 20 pack of Labatts Blue (bottles) for $14.99 US or $20.21 CDN at today's exchange rate.

I wouldn't want to be a smoker in Canada. I think its something like 11 or 12 bucks a pack. eek. We have a couple of smokers at work. Between smoking and fuel he pays around 550 bucks a month. I don't smoke and we only drive electric cars so that becomes fun money. (Power is all hydro in our province and its cheap)
Thats like 7000 bucks a year. woo hoo

SoundGuy wrote:
That's nothing - the cost of BEER is outrageous here when compared to buying it in the US, including Canadian beer brewed here and exported to the US. :M

drsteve wrote:
Today here in Michigan, I purchased a 20 pack of Labatts Blue (bottles) for $14.99 US or $20.21 CDN at today's exchange rate.

$34 Cdn for a two-four of Blue here at The Beer Store. :M

John & Angela wrote:

Generally people have no problem keeping foreign currency separate in their minds when it has a different name like the pound or the Euro or peso or dinar or whatever. But it gets confusing when two countries have the same name for their currency...the DOLLAR...and even worse when the countries are co-located on the same continent.

We can at least be glad when talking about gas prices that we don't also have to keep two different gallon sizes in mind!

John & Angela wrote:
Generally people have no problem keeping foreign currency separate in their minds when it has a different name like the pound or the Euro or peso or dinar or whatever. But it gets confusing when two countries have the same name for their currency...the DOLLAR...and even worse when the countries are co-located on the same continent.

DrewE wrote:
We can at least be glad when talking about gas prices that we don't also have to keep two different gallon sizes in mind!

Surprisingly some here in Canada, unbelievably even some dealers, do still refer to Imperial gallons instead of US gallons. :S That's why whenever I'm talking fuel mileage I make clear I'm talking about miles per US gallon. ;)

SoundGuy wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:
That's nothing - the cost of BEER is outrageous here when compared to buying it in the US, including Canadian beer brewed here and exported to the US. :M

drsteve wrote:
Today here in Michigan, I purchased a 20 pack of Labatts Blue (bottles) for $14.99 US or $20.21 CDN at today's exchange rate.

$34 Cdn for a two-four of Blue here at The Beer Store. :M

Ouch! That's brutal. I thought Canada was moving away from the brewer's cartel that is the Beer Store?

drsteve wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:

SoundGuy wrote:
That's nothing - the cost of BEER is outrageous here when compared to buying it in the US, including Canadian beer brewed here and exported to the US. :M

drsteve wrote:
Today here in Michigan, I purchased a 20 pack of Labatts Blue (bottles) for $14.99 US or $20.21 CDN at today's exchange rate.

$34 Cdn for a two-four of Blue here at The Beer Store. :M

Ouch! That's brutal. I thought Canada was moving away from the brewer's cartel that is the Beer Store?

Varies from province to province. Many of the pubs have off sales here in BC. Lots of private beer and wine stores as well. Prices vary but touristy places can cost north of 36 bucks for a 24 of Molson's beer. (about 27 bucks US plus or minus) We brew our own wine. Not bad, and works good as paint remover.

Thamks for the link Tim.
That's what I neeeded.
...never had to actually calculate daily alcohol consumption for a camping trip before.