Visit Équité Association to view this year's list of top 10 stolen vehicles.
Stolen Vehicles Cost Everyone
Auto theft is more than an insurance problem; it's an expensive social menace. Beyond replacing or repairing stolen vehicles, auto theft costs include inflated health care and treatment costs, and investigative and judicial costs linked to detecting and penalizing fraudsters and thieves.
Learn about This Year’s Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles
See if your vehicle is a potential target by visiting Équité Association.
Why Does a Criminal Target a Vehicle?
How often your make and model of vehicle is stolen is one of the factors insurers use to set your insurance premium. Thieves generally steal vehicles for one of four reasons:
- To sell abroad: Stolen vehicles are often immediately packed – with their vehicle identification numbers (VINs) still intact – and shipped abroad, where they are sold for many times their original market value.
- To sell to unsuspecting consumers: Stolen vehicles may be given a false VIN and then sold to unsuspecting consumers. They can also be dismantled and sold for parts.
- To get somewhere: This may be referred to as “joyriding.” Auto theft of any kind is a crime and innocent people may get hurt or killed as a result.
- To commit another crime: Stolen vehicles used to commit other crimes are often recovered – abandoned and badly damaged – within 48 hours of their theft.
All about the Top 10 Most Stolen Vehicles List
From 2003 to 2020, IBC published the annual list of top 10 stolen vehicles in Canada. Since 2021, Équité Association now publishes the list of top 10 stolen vehicles in Canada.
IBC represents the vast majority of the non-government home, vehicle and business insurance companies across Canada. It is highly regarded as a provider of automobile insurance rating information.
*The list of the top 10 stolen vehicles in the individual Atlantic provinces is equal to the combined experience of all the Atlantic provinces.