The Canada Day long weekend might not be a bad time for a road trip.
GasBuddy-dot-com says motorists can expect to find the lowest average gasoline prices in seven years.
The retail fuel price tracking company says that drivers will pay an average of 104.4 cents per litre -- which is well below the 10-year average of $1.17 and the lowest Canada Day long weekend price since 2010.
GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst Dan McTeague says the prices are a welcome relief after years of summer price increases.
He says this weekend will ``put to rest the myth'' that gas prices always go up for the holidays.
Michael Ervin, a fuel market analyst with the Kent Group, says lower gasoline prices mainly result from North American refineries being able to buy oil at lower prices.