The majority of Canadians are willing to drive further and waste gas in order to save a dollar or two when filling up their tanks, according to a new poll.

The poll conducted by Canadian Automobile Association found two-thirds of Canadians will drive a kilometre out of their way to save three cents a litre and more than 80 per cent will drive an extra kilometre to save 5 cents a litre.

An average gas tank size is about 50 litres meaning that driving the extra distance will save drivers $1.50.

"Gas prices are something that Canadian watch closely," CAA Vice-President of Public Affairs Jeff Walker said in a statement. "Canadians often feel helpless about the cost of gas."

But online tools are now helping to educate drivers about price fluctuations and find the cheapest prices.

GasBuddy.com shows the current prices for all gas stations in a given city or area and Tomorrow's Gas Price Today indicates how much prices will increase or decrease at midnight. The latter also explains why prices fluctuate in the context of geopolitical events and economic news.

Now, CAA has launched a new app that not only displays prices at thousands of stations across Canada, but shows motorists the nearest stations with the cheapest prices.

CAA's Ian Jack told CTV News Channel that gas is a commodity so the price will naturally change based on world events. That fluctuating price is the second biggest conversation topic in Canada according to the same poll. It ranks only behind the weather and ahead of celebrity news.

"What we've done at CAA is put online for everyone to see not just the national average prices, but also provincial and local ones and individual gas stations…updated seven or eight times a day," he said. "Look at all of those gas stations and maybe on your route to work, maybe on your route to go pick up the kids and figure out where the best gas prices are."

CAA surveyed 1,252 Canadians for the poll. In the past 12 months the average price at the pumps has fluctuated 19 cents between $1.20 to $1.39.