Ontario Gas Prices Are Set To Rise This Weekend To The Highest They've Been In Over A Year

Prices are set to spike both Friday and Saturday.
Ontario Gas Prices Set To Rise The Highest They Have Been In Over A Year
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Next time you fill up your tank, it will probably cost you more than you're used to. 

Ontario gas prices are expected to spike this weekend, and it will be the highest we've seen in over a year. 

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According to Dan McTeague, gas analyst and president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, drivers will see a 1-cent hike per litre on Friday, and that's not even the worst of it.

Gas will shoot up another 2-cents per litre by Saturday, bringing the price to around $128.9 cents per litre.

The increase will bring Ontario's gas prices to the highest they've been since July 16, 2019.

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