More pain at the pumps for drivers. Gas prices in Metro Vancouver are higher than anywhere else in Canada and some analysts are predicting they could go even higher.

Gas prices have jumped more than 25 cents per litre in the past four months and with the May long weekend – the unofficial start to the? summer driving season – still more than a month away, those same analysts are saying we could see those prices soon climb into record-breaking territory.

“We're trapped. We can't do anything about it. You’re helpless. You have to pay it,” said Kelly Turner who was filling up his collector car up in Langley on Saturday. “I do drive up the valley though and get out of the GVRD to get it cheaper.”

According to GasBuddy.com, a website that tracks average gas prices across the country, Metro Vancouver has the most expensive gas in Canada at $1.48 per litre.

Robert Levy, financial analyst at Border Gold Crop., says while the peak oil consumption that coincides with summer driving hasn’t arrived yet, the falling loonie is giving gas prices an early push.

“We’ve seen oil sit around $100 per barrel, so it's not that oils moving or higher oil prices. It’s the fact that the Canadian dollar has gotten weaker over the first few months of the year,” he told CTV News.

And when oil is priced in American dollars, that means Canadians have to pay more.

He predicts? As the May long weekend approaches and more drivers take to the road, demand will increase and gas prices could hit record highs not seen since 2008 when the price for petrol maxed out at $150.6 per litre.

“If oil stays the same like many analysts are calling for and then we see the loonie starts to slump again, there's no reason why we couldn't see gas prices shoot up again another ten cents a litre in Canada,” said Levy.

While Vancouver’s prices top the list, we would have to drive quite a ways to find the best deal in Canada. That honour goes to Edmonton with an average price of $120.5 per litre of gasoline, according to GasBuddy.com.