Gasoline prices continued to trend upward across much of Canada over the weekend and experts warn more increases are coming this week.
National average gas prices rose to about $2.06 on Sunday, up almost three cents from the day before and 11 cents higher compared with a week ago, according to the Canadian Automobile Association. Read more: Ever wonder how the price of fuel is set at the pumps? “We’re seeing gas price records repeatedly shattered across the country,” said Dan McTeague, president of Canadians for Affordable Energy.
On Sunday, Vancouver hit an eye-watering price of nearly $2.37 a litre over the weekend while Montreal posted gas prices just shy of $2.24 a litre, according to Gas Wizard, which is run by McTeague.
St. John’s hit $2.23 and Toronto approached $2.15 for a litre of regular unleaded gasoline. <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/GasPrices?src=hash&ref_src=» https: globalnews.ca>#GasPrices in Canada will hit an average of $2.12 a litre by Monday afternoon, June 6.