{"id":957060,"date":"2026-11-03T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/957060\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T18:30:13","slug":"gas-prices-plunge-in-ottawa-in-overnight-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/957060\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices plunge in Ottawa in overnight drop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drivers across the nation\u2019s capital are set to get some relief at the pumps this week as gas prices are expected to fall sharply overnight.<\/p>\n<p>According to Roger McKnight, chief petroleum analyst with En-Pro International, the price of regular gasoline is forecast to drop 11 cents per litre at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday, bringing<a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.citynews.ca\/toronto-gta-gas-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> the average price down to 166.9 cents per litre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The decrease would mark one of the largest single-day price drops in recent months and push pump prices to their lowest levels since the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The projected decline comes after gas prices remained unchanged over the past two days following a four-cent increase on Nov. 1.<\/p>\n<p>For commuters who regularly travel across the National Capital Region, the reduction could provide meaningful savings as fuel prices have fluctuated significantly throughout 2026. Historical CityNews data shows gas prices reached highs of more than 190 cents per litre in October before trending lower in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawa.citynews.ca\/toronto-gta-gas-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Click here<\/a> to stay up to date daily on gas prices in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"577\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/iStock-2267189406-e1793729788149-1024x577.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\tMan holding a red gas nozzle fueling a car at a gas station. Photo: iStock\/Getty Images. <\/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 loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793730613_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drivers across the nation\u2019s capital are set to get some relief at the pumps this week as gas&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":957061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-957060","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\/957060","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=957060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/957060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/957061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=957060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=957060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=957060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}