{"id":684449,"date":"2026-05-21T16:11:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/684449\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:11:16","slug":"ottawa-gas-prices-to-plunge-friday-lowest-since-early-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/684449\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa gas prices to plunge Friday; lowest since early May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers across the nation\u2019s capital will finally see some relief at the pumps heading into the weekend, <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/toronto-gta-gas-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">with gas prices expected to fall eight cents on Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Roger McKnight, chief petroleum analyst at En-Pro International, this will take gas prices to 183.9 cents per litre at most stations on May 22.<\/p>\n<p>The decrease follows a period of volatility driven by global supply concerns, shifts in refinery output, and fluctuating wholesale prices.<\/p>\n<p>The drop marks the lowest price GTA motorists have seen since May 8 and 9, according to CityNews\u2019 historical gas price data.<\/p>\n<p>The expected decrease on Friday follows a series of sharp increases earlier this month \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/2026\/05\/05\/toronto-gta-gas-prices-10-cents-highest-since-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">including a 10\u2011cent jump on May 6<\/a>, which pushed prices to their highest level since 2022. That spike, combined with broader inflationary pressures, contributed to Canada\u2019s national inflation rate rising to 2.8 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>You can monitor updated forecasts and historical trends at <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/toronto-gta-gas-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">CityNews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore affordability stories\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7137d759-9dbb-4a03-9345-9c56a07f079c-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" ratio=\"16x9\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tA motorist fills up the tank of a vehicle at a gasoline pump at a Costco warehouse Friday, May 31, 2024. (AP Photo\/David Zalubowski)  <\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Ottawa as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=ottawa.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778352312_74_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers across the nation\u2019s capital will finally see some relief at the pumps heading into the weekend, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-684449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}