Canada’s gas price average slips to $1.61 per litre: CAA – National

Drivers throughout Canada have been bracing for an enormous bump within the worth on the pumps Wednesday, with whispers of a 10-cent hike.

However in keeping with the CAA’s gasoline worth tracker, as of 4 a.m., the nationwide common worth of gasoline slipped from $1.64 per litre to $1.61.

Nonetheless, in oil-rich Alberta, costs inched a shade greater, up from $1.58 per litre to $1.59.

In the meantime, Ontario costs averaged two cents lower than the day earlier than, with Toronto seeing a lower than half-a-penny change.

Additional north, gasoline costs in Thunder Bay skilled a a lot larger drop, falling from yesterday’s common of $1.89 per litre, all the way down to $1.80 this morning.

On the subject of filling up, the very best worth listed remains to be in British Columbia, with a provincial common of $2.24 per litre, whereas the associated fee per litre in Vancouver set the excessive mark of $2.36.

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