LONDON, ON and WASHINGTON, D.C. — The national average price of diesel remained steady in Canada this week while it resumed moving lower to the south.

The petroleum information services provider The Kent Group reports it was unchanged from last week at $1.055 per liter after adding $0.026 cents the week before.

The current average is $0.194 less than the same time a year ago.

Despite no change overall, the average price moved slightly higher in Ontario, hitting $1.002, a $0.006 increase from the week before, while it gained just $0.001 during the same time in Quebec for $1.098 per liter.

The average cost was unchanged in the Atlantic Provinces at $1.086 while it fell $0.004 in the Western Provinces to $1.076 per liter.

Meantime, in the U.S. the average cost of diesel fell US$0.025 cents over the past week to US$2.531 per gallon, according to the U.S. Energy Department’s Energy Information Administration. This follows a US$0.064 increase the week before, the largest in two years.

When compared with this week in 2014, the U.S. average is US$1.125 less.

Meantime, in the U.S. the average cost of regular grade gasoline fell. The US$0.06 drop from last week placed it at US$2.27, following a US$0.019 increase the week before.

Back in Canada the average cost of regular grade gasoline fell by $0.021 from last week to $1.046 per liter, its lowest level since Feb. 24.

When the current average is compared to this week last year it is down $0.173 cents per liter.