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The pump price for gasoline in Montreal and Laval hit a rarely seen high on Tuesday morning, with a litre of regular selling for $1.48.

A day earlier, most service stations were selling their fuel in the same markets for 18 cents a litre less.

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As usual, no other region in Quebec had posted similar hikes, although the average price in the rest of the province of a little more than $1.40 a litre is higher than that seen over the past few months.

According to GasBuddy.com, the average price of regular gasoline in Canada at noon on Monday was about $1.33 per litre, up 22 cents from the average of $1.11 per litre at the same time last year.

The record high for the same day was just over $1.37 set in 2014.

GasBuddy pegged average Vancouver prices at over $1.58 per litre, up 28 cents from last April 30. Some stations are north of $1.60 a litre.

Meanwhile, many gas stations in Ottawa were posting a pump price of $1.27 a litre — 21-cents cheaper than Montreal or Laval. In Vancouver, prices hit $1.62 a litre, the highest price in North America.