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Newegg is consistently absurd, I gave up on them for drives ages ago.
I'd just suggest looking past Seagate, WD's 'buy 2' bundle deals are consistently among the lowest I can find on new drives up here. 2x 18TB Red Pro are on for $375 CAD/drive right now (20.83/TB).
But they run different bundles all year, I picked up 4x 20TB this year with those deals. Those were $410 (20.5/TB) in June or July, then $420/drive a couple weeks ago ($21/TB).
Ships from the US, but it's via UPS Worldwide Saver that avoids brokerage fees. Paid nothing extra both times.