Ontario Gas Is Set To Spike To The Highest Prices In Over 2 Years This Week

Prices are expected to rise on Wednesday and Thursday!

Ontario Editor

If you fill up your tank this week, you might notice your bill looks higher than usual. Ontario gas prices are set to spike and will reach the highest numbers we've seen in two years.

Dan McTeague, gas analyst and president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, states that prices will rise by $0.01 per litre on Wednesday and another $0.02 on Thursday.

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This will bring gas prices up to $1.329 per litre across the Greater Toronto Area.

Other parts of Ontario, including London, Ottawa, Windsor and Sudbury will also see this hike.

According to GasBuddy, these prices will be the highest that the province has seen in over two years. However, we did see higher prices in May of 2018 when gas reached around $1.337 per litre.

  • Allysha Howse was the Ontario Editor for Narcity Canada. Based in Toronto with seven years of experience as a leading journalist, she has been able to bring breaking news to readers across the country. Over the past year, she has been able to help Narcity reach record-breaking growth and bring original Ontario-focused stories to the fingertips of millennials. Allysha specialized in Books and Media Studies at the University of Toronto and has publications in Snapd Media.

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