Most people who walk onto our lot looking at a Ram 1500 end up standing beside a Big Horn. It is the trim that sits right where a working truck buyer actually lives: past the bare bones work truck, well short of the leather and air suspension end of the range. And yet it is the trim nobody writes a straight guide about, because the interesting copy is all up at Limited and Tungsten. So here is the guide, built from Ram Canada's own trim data, with our new Ram 1500 inventory open in the other tab if you want to see what is actually on the ground.

One warning before we start, and it is the reason this page exists. Almost every Big Horn article you will find online is American content wearing a maple leaf. The Canadian Ram 1500 trim ladder is genuinely different from the US one, in ways that will send you looking for a truck that does not exist here. We will show you exactly where it diverges.

Key Takeaways

• Big Horn sits fifth by price in the Canadian 2026 Ram 1500 ladder, above Tradesman and the Express family, below Warlock and Sport. Ram Canada's advertised starting figure for a Big Horn is $61,890, against $55,790 for a Tradesman.
• That advertised figure is not an MSRP, and this trips up almost everyone. Ram Canada's own disclaimer defines it as MSRP plus freight, air conditioning surcharge, and applicable levies, minus current manufacturer discounts. It moves when incentives move.
• What Big Horn adds over Tradesman: 18 inch silver aluminum wheels in place of steel, chrome front and rear bumpers in place of black, adaptive cruise control with stop and go, and a full length floor console. The 8.4 inch Uconnect 5 screen and the bench seat carry over from Tradesman.
• The big Canada versus US divergence: in Canada, Express, Black Express, Warlock, and Sport are standalone trims with their own prices, not Big Horn appearance packages the way they are in the States. Sport is a Canadian exclusive.
• The HEMI is available on Big Horn. Stellantis Canada confirmed the 5.7 litre HEMI V8 eTorque, at 395 horsepower and 410 lb ft, as an available engine on the Big Horn. The 3.6 litre Pentastar V6, at 305 horsepower and 269 lb ft, is standard.

Where Big Horn Actually Sits in the Canadian Ladder

Here is the Canadian 2026 Ram 1500 price ladder as Ram Canada publishes it, in order:

Laramie, Rebel, Limited, Limited Longhorn, Tungsten, and RHO all sit above these and are part of the Canadian lineup, but Ram Canada was not publishing clean starting figures for them at the time of writing, so we are not going to guess at numbers. Ask us and we will pull the current one on the exact build you want.

Now the part that matters more than the numbers. Look at that ladder again and notice that Express, Black Express, and Warlock all sit as their own trims with their own prices. In the United States, those are appearance packages you add to a Big Horn. In Canada they are separate trims. Sport, at the top of that list, is labelled by Ram Canada as a Canadian exclusive and does not exist in the American lineup at all.

This is not trivia. It means an American review telling you to "get the Big Horn with the Night Edition package" is describing a truck you cannot order here. It means the Big Horn to Warlock decision in Canada is a trim change, not a box you tick. And it means that when you compare our prices to a US article's prices, you are comparing two different products.

What the Money Actually Buys Over a Tradesman

The honest version of a trim walk is a short list, because the real deltas are usually fewer than the brochure implies. From Ram Canada's published standard equipment, moving from Tradesman to Big Horn gets you:

18 inch silver aluminum wheels in place of the Tradesman's 18 inch steel wheels, on the same 275/65R18 all season tire. Same size, better looking, and easier to keep clean through a salty winter.

Chrome front and rear bumpers in place of black. This is the single most visible change and it is the one that reads across a parking lot as "not a fleet truck."

Adaptive cruise control with stop and go. This is the delta we would argue is worth the most and gets talked about the least. On a Winnipeg run down the Trans Canada, or crawling through construction on the perimeter, adaptive cruise is a genuine fatigue reducer. Tradesman gets the safety basics, blind spot monitoring with rear cross path detection, forward collision warning with mitigation, and the active lane management system, but adaptive cruise with stop and go arrives at Big Horn.

A full length floor console. Sounds minor until you have lived with a truck. It is where the laptop, the binder, and the thermos actually go.

What does not change: the Uconnect 5 system with the 8.4 inch touchscreen is standard on both, and so is bench seating. If you were expecting the big vertical screen to arrive with Big Horn, it does not. That is an equipment group conversation, and the Canadian group contents differ enough from the US ones that we are not going to publish a package list we cannot source. Come ask us and we will read you the current Canadian order guide off the screen.

Engines: What You Can Get on a Big Horn

Standard: the 3.6 litre Pentastar V6 with eTorque. 305 horsepower and 269 lb ft, paired to the eight speed automatic. This is a genuinely good engine for a truck that mostly runs empty, does the school run, and pulls a light utility trailer or a small boat a few weekends a summer. It is also the fuel economy pick of the range.

Available: the 5.7 litre HEMI V8 with eTorque. 395 horsepower and 410 lb ft. Stellantis Canada confirmed the HEMI as available on the Big Horn in its 2026 Canadian press material, which matters because a lot of buyers assumed the V8 had left the lineup entirely. Ram's own leadership has been blunt about that being a mistake they reversed. If you want a V8 in the trim most people actually buy, you can have one.

The Hurricane twin turbo inline six is in the Canadian lineup, and the high output version lives further up the range in the premium and performance trims rather than on a Big Horn. Availability by trim shifts through a model year, so confirm the engine against the specific truck or the specific order rather than against any article, including this one. If you are weighing engines against a trailer, our full Ram 1500 towing capacity chart breaks the ratings down by engine, cab, box, and axle ratio.

Who Should Buy a Big Horn, and Who Should Not

This is the part a trim guide usually skips, so here is our honest read from the desk.

Buy the Big Horn if you want a truck that works hard during the week and does not look like a work truck on the weekend, and you want adaptive cruise for the highway kilometres that come with living out here. It is the trim we sell most of for a reason: it is the point on the ladder where the truck stops feeling like a compromise and before you start paying for luxury features.

Step down to Express or Black Express if the chrome and the aluminum wheels genuinely do not matter to you. Those trims exist in Canada precisely for the buyer who wants the truck without the trim jewellery, and they sit thousands below a Big Horn. Do not let anyone talk you up a rung you do not want.

Step up instead if your real need is capability or comfort rather than appearance. If you want the blacked out look, Warlock is its own Canadian trim and going there directly is cleaner than trying to package a Big Horn into one. If you want off road hardware, look at the BackCountry package, which is a Canadian offering. If the pull is toward a nicer cabin, the honest comparison is our read on Rebel versus Laramie, and the top of the range is covered in our Ram 1500 Tungsten guide.

A note on the price you will see advertised. We flagged this in the takeaways and it is worth its own paragraph, because it is the single most common source of confusion on a Ram Canada price. That $61,890 figure is not a sticker price. Ram Canada defines its "Starting At" number as the MSRP plus freight, plus the federal air conditioning surcharge, plus Green Levy and Luxury Tax where they apply, minus whatever manufacturer discount is running that month. So the true MSRP is higher, and the advertised number moves as programs change. That is not a trick, it is just how the advertising is structured in this market, but it does mean any figure printed on any website has a shelf life. We will give you the real, current, all in number on the actual truck, and you can start a finance application or get an instant cash offer on your trade once you know what you are working with.

Every new Ram 1500 we sell also carries the Eh+ value stack, which includes the maintenance plan, anti theft protection, walkaway coverage, and zero dealer fees, so the number we quote is the number you pay.

FAQs

What does Ram 1500 Big Horn mean?

Big Horn is the name of a mid level trim in the Ram 1500 range, sitting above the Tradesman work truck and the Express trims and below Warlock, Sport, and the premium trims. In Canada it is called Big Horn across the country. The "Lone Star" badge you may have read about is a Texas market alias in the United States only.

What does Big Horn add over a Tradesman?

From Ram Canada's published standard equipment: 18 inch silver aluminum wheels instead of steel, chrome front and rear bumpers instead of black, adaptive cruise control with stop and go, and a full length floor console. The 8.4 inch Uconnect 5 touchscreen and bench seating are standard on both.

How much is a Ram 1500 Big Horn in Canada?

Ram Canada's advertised starting figure for the 2026 Big Horn is $61,890, but read that carefully: their disclaimer defines it as MSRP plus freight and surcharges, minus current manufacturer discounts. It is not a fixed sticker price and it changes with incentive programs. Ask us for the real current number on a specific truck.

Can you get a HEMI V8 in a Big Horn?

Yes. Stellantis Canada confirmed the 5.7 litre HEMI V8 with eTorque, rated at 395 horsepower and 410 lb ft, as an available engine on the Big Horn for 2026. The standard engine is the 3.6 litre Pentastar V6 with eTorque at 305 horsepower and 269 lb ft.

Is Big Horn the same in Canada as in the United States?

No, and this catches people out. In the US, Express, Black Express, Warlock, and Night Edition are appearance packages layered onto a Big Horn. In Canada, Express, Black Express, Warlock, and Sport are their own trims with their own prices, and Sport is a Canadian exclusive. American reviews and package advice frequently describe configurations you cannot order here.

Is the Big Horn worth it over the Express?

It depends entirely on whether the appearance upgrades and adaptive cruise matter to you. The safety basics are on the Tradesman already. If you drive a lot of highway, adaptive cruise with stop and go is the piece we would pay for. If you mostly run in town and do not care about chrome, an Express saves you real money and does the same work.

The Bottom Line

The Big Horn is the trim most Manitoba Ram buyers should at least drive, because it lands where the truck stops making you give something up without asking you to pay for a leather interior you did not want. Over a Tradesman you are buying aluminum wheels, chrome bumpers, a proper console, and adaptive cruise, and whether that is worth roughly six thousand dollars of advertised difference is a decision only you can make.

What we would ask is that you make it against Canadian information. The trim ladder here is its own thing, the advertised prices are structured differently, and the packages an American article recommends may not exist on this side of the border. Come see the new Ram 1500 inventory, tell us what you actually do with a truck, and we will tell you honestly whether Big Horn is your rung on the ladder or whether you should be one step either side of it. If it is already time for a service on the truck you own, you can book that with us at the same time.

Tyler Dunn, Dunn Ram Trucks, Portage la Prairie