The Honda CR-V was Canada’s most-stolen vehicle in 2025, according to rankings released Nov. 10 by Équité Association, a Toronto-based insurance crime prevention organization.
The CR-V led the national list with 2,137 reported thefts, followed by the Honda Civic with 1,813 and Toyota RAV4 with 1,147. The Ram 1500 and Ford F-150 rounded out the top five with 1,072 and 1,057 thefts, respectively.
The remaining vehicles were the Lexus RX, Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra 1500, Toyota Tundra, Jeep Wrangler and Hyundai Elantra.
The rankings distinguish between the total number of vehicles stolen and theft frequency, which measures thefts against the number of insured vehicles. While the CR-V led by volume, the Lexus TX topped the frequency ranking, with more than 11% of insured vehicles stolen.
“We must make vehicles harder to steal,” said Heather Masterson, president and chief executive officer of Équité Association. “But enforcement alone won’t solve this.”
Masterson called for stronger prevention measures, including updated federal vehicle security requirements. According to Équité’s release, Canadian anti-theft standards were last updated in 2007.
The new rankings follow an overall decline in theft. Équité’s 2025 Auto Theft Trend Report, released Feb. 11, recorded an 18% national decrease from 2024. Despite that improvement, vehicle theft insurance claims totalled an estimated $900 million in 2025.
That earlier report recorded theft declines of 22% in Ontario and 25% in Quebec. Recovery rates were 51% and 48%, respectively, meaning approximately half of the stolen vehicles in those provinces had not been recovered.
The report also identified a 72% increase in detected vehicle finance fraud at the ports of Montreal and Halifax. That involves criminals obtaining vehicles through fraudulent financing, including the use of stolen identities or fabricated identity information.
Bryan Gast, Équité’s national vice-president of intelligence and investigations, said in the Nov. 10 release that key fob relay attacks and reprogramming remain methods used to steal vehicles. He called for security weaknesses to be addressed during manufacturing.
“We cannot let our guard down,” Gast said.
