Plans for the BC Day long weekend may be dampened this year with talk that gas prices are on the rise again.
According to Gas Wizard’s price predictions, the cost of gas in Vancouver is expected to jump four cents in just a single day this Thursday.
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Gas prices are predicted to hit $2.069 per litre on August 3. This is the highest gas has been in a month, with Gas Buddy reporting that gas cost around $1.922 or lower for most of July.
Vancouver’s gas prices are notorious for being excessively high. According to Kalibrate’s Canadian Pump Price Survey, Vancouver is the only area in Canada where the average price for regular gas exceeds $2.000 per litre.
This is staggering compared to the rest of BC, where gas costs around $1.880 per litre, according to GasBuddy. Vancouver’s price difference is mostly blamed on higher taxes.
Vancouver prices hit even harder when compared to the national average of around $1.666 per litre. That’s a 40 cents difference. Ouch.
Vancouverites are understandably frustrated with the already high prices and are fed up with the continually rising costs.
Some users on Twitter are saying they would rather stay inside than face the city’s gas prices.
Lowest price of gas in Vancouver is 1.89 a litre. So thankful I became agoraphobic during the lock down and I don’t want to leave the house anyway . #gas #Canada 🇨🇦
— TheAnchorite2023 (@BeverlyLew43590) August 2, 2023
Others are noting how the gas price increases are signalling the long weekend ahead.
This is how can you tell a long weekend is about to roll up in #vanpoli pic.twitter.com/itrlt1ZlyL
— themsteri (@teririch) August 1, 2023
If you plan on travelling for the upcoming long weekend, gear up to spend some extra cash on gas.
Let’s hope these prices are just temporary.