As car theft finally decelerates in Canada after a surge in recent years, the country’s top 10 stolen vehicles for 2023 have been revealed – and they’re mostly SUVs.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.after a surge in recent years, the country’s top 10 stolen vehicles for 2023 have been revealed – and they’re mostly SUVs.“The Toyota Highlander is a popular model in Canada , which is globally serviceable and has a high resale value both domestically and internationally,” Équité said in news release Tuesday.
“It also shares similarities with nearly all of the vehicles on the national list, where the vehicles are 2019 or newer models, and have vulnerabilities that come with keyless ignitions, particularly as these vehicles do not come equipped with anti-theft devices aligned to the ULC 338 Anti-theft Standards.”
The Dodge Ram 1500 Series truck came in second place with 3,078 thefts across the country last year, followed by the Lexus RX Series, which was stolen 3,037 times.New programs using tracking devices to fight auto theft Here is the complete list of the Canada’s top 10 stolen vehicles for 2023 :Between 2021 and 2023, auto theft rose by 48.2 per cent in Ontario, 57.9 per cent in Quebec, 34 per cent in Atlantic Canada and 5.5 per cent in Alberta, according to Équité .numbers gathered by the Insurance Bureau of CanadaCanada Post strike explained: What you need to know about your mail
The Canada Border Services Agency also intercepted more than 1,900 stolen vehicles in railways and ports in that time period,that the promising trend of car theft decline can be attributed to the collaborative efforts of the federal and provincial governments, law enforcement agencies, the CBSA and the insurance industry.
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