{"id":3165,"date":"2019-08-11T16:35:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T22:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/?p=3165"},"modified":"2024-05-16T14:34:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:34:40","slug":"interesting-canadian-car-related-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/interesting-canadian-car-related-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Interesting Canadian Car Related Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Interesting Canadian Car-Related Facts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Love cars? So do we. Here are some interesting facts related to vehicles in Canada just for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stolen vehicles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, CBC News reported that car theft<\/a> is up in Canada by 6% with some provinces affected more than others. And interestingly, the most stolen car is the Ford F-350, with 8 different versions in the top 10 stolen cars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, 85,000 vehicles were reported <\/a>stolen in Canada. Stolen Canadian vehicles are smuggled into countries such as Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Belgium, Germany, and Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accidents <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is estimated that there are 160,000 car accidents every year in Canada.  Over $1 million worth of vehicle damage<\/a> is caused by moose-related car accidents each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Snow removal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many city budgets go towards snow removal each year, but one Canadian city<\/a> spends more than the others. Montreal has half the population of Toronto but spends double (about $155 million) on snow removal each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Left or right?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Driving in Canada was mixed in the provinces with being left or right-sided until 1947, when Newfoundland made the final switch to the right-hand side. The differences occurred because of the British (left) and French (right) influences. The right-hand side was preferable because driving is on the right in the US; therefore, the border changes would have become an issue if Canada continued to drive on the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most popular vehicles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best-selling vehicles in Canada in 2018 were the Ford F-series, Ram 1500, and Honda Civic. The Canadian vehicle market is leaning increasingly towards SUVs and pick-up trucks, and small vehicles such as the Fiat 500 and Smart Car will soon disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Vehicle production<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, 1.3 million vehicles were produced in Canada<\/a>. Canada contributes 13% of all vehicles produced in North America and is the 10th leading vehicle producer in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter tires<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quebec is the only province where it is legally mandatory<\/a> to have winter tires between December 15th<\/sup> and March 15th<\/sup>. It isn\u2019t legally mandatory across the entirety of British Columbia, but there are some places, particularly in mountainous areas, where winter tires are also required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Canada is one of the coldest countries in the world, it is surprising that winter tires are not required by law. In Germany, the rules regarding winter tires have recently been tightened<\/a>, and Germans know that they should ideally have winter tires on from October to Easter. If they are caught without them and there is snow or ice, or if they are involved in an accident, they must pay a special fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to learn more about purchasing an extended warranty<\/a> or replacement insuranc<\/a>e online in Western Canada?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Interesting Canadian Car-Related Facts Love cars? So do we. Here are some interesting facts related to vehicles in Canada just for you. Stolen vehicles In 2018, CBC News reported that car theft is up in Canada by 6% with some provinces affected more than others. And interestingly, the most stolen car is the Ford F-350,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":3174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[13],"class_list":["post-3165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extended-car-warranty","tag-extended-auto-warranty"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":4,"label":"Extended Car Warranty"}],"post_tag":[{"value":13,"label":"extended auto warranty"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/88\/2019\/07\/interestingcarfacts.jpg",800,533,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Ryan Feragen","author_link":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/author\/rferagen\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":4,"name":"Extended Car Warranty","slug":"extended-car-warranty","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Interested in learning about what we do? Read all about extended car warranty from Obvi here on the Obvi Blog.","parent":0,"count":34,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":4,"category_count":34,"category_description":"Interested in learning about what we do? Read all about extended car warranty from Obvi here on the Obvi Blog.","cat_name":"Extended Car Warranty","category_nicename":"extended-car-warranty","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":13,"name":"extended auto warranty","slug":"extended-auto-warranty","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":13,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":18,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obvi.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}