Car thefts have declined in the first half of 2025 compared to last year, even in Ontario and Quebec, which have experienced the highest auto theft rates, a recent report indicates.
Nationally, auto thefts decreased by 19.1 percent in the first half of 2025 compared to that of 2024. The provinces with the most significant decline in car thefts this year include Ontario, down 25.9 percent, and Quebec, down 22.2 percent, according to a July 28 report released by Équité Association, the national authority on insurance crime and fraud prevention.
“Canada is a safer place today than it was at the height of the auto theft crisis,” Équité President and CEO Terri O’Brien said in a July 28 statement. Canada’s vehicle theft crisis began in 2021 and reached a peak in 2023 when 34,338 vehicles were stolen in the first half of the year….