INTERACTIVE: Gas prices at GTA pumps
Posted January 12, 2015 5:25 pm.
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Natural Resources Canada says gasoline prices can be difficult to understand because they do not behave like the prices of many other consumer goods.
Gasoline is a commodity like gold and its wholesale price reacts to a number of factors, including supply and demand, the federal department said.
One factor that has the greatest influence on gas prices is the cost of crude oil, the raw material from which gas is made.
In the GTA the price of gas continued Monday to drop as crude prices slid to their lowest levels since April 2009.
Explore the below interactive map of GTA gas pumps and their prices. Mobile viewers, click here.
Tap also the interactive map and chart for a breakdown on retail fuel prices and their taxes across Ontario for Jan. 6. Mobile viewers, click here.
