Ford F-Series Pickups are Canada’s Most Stolen Vehicle

Ford trucks are eight of country’s top 10 most-stolen vehicles.

Earlier this week, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) announced that auto theft is up 6% through the first three quarters of the year and Canadian thieves favorite target is the Ford F-Series. To be more specific, the 2007 Ford F-350 Super Duty Four-Wheel-Drive pickups are the most commonly stolen vehicles across the country.

According to a report by local news site My Cowichan Valley Now, the 2007 F-350 is joined by eight other Super Duty pickups and a 2015 Lexus GX460 as the top 10 most stolen vehicles in Canada, showing that the thieves are focusing on vehicles with big price tags.

Canadian Crooks Love those Fords

During the first nine months of 2018, automotive theft was up 6% across Canada, with New Brunswick leading the way with a climb of 28% over the first three quarters of 2017. Ontario, home of the nation’s capital, has 15% more vehicle theft than it did last year, and across the country, the Ford F-Series leads the list of the thieves’ choice.

The most popular vehicles in these thefts is expensive trucks and SUVs, partially because they have more value on the black market,but also because they are able to be stolen by means of modern technology.Crooks have a high tech system that can pick up the signal from the key fob in a house and use that signal to open, start and drive away in the vehicles.

Cars, trucks and SUVs that require a key to be insert into the ignition switch are not subject to this technology, but of course, those vehicles can be stolen by old-school means. Also, if a crook has a roll-back truck, they don’t need anything more than a winch to steal a vehicle.

“There’s a large amount of vehicles that are coming from registered owners or reported stolen from the GTA, southern Ontario area,” said John Tod, national director of the IBC’s Investigative Services. “We’re seeing them leaving primarily right now through to the ports in Montreal and through Halifax … we’re seeing them going over to Africa, over to the Middle East and to some extent down to the Caribbean countries as well.”

F-Series Leads the Nation

The Ford F-Series pickup is by far the most popular truck and vehicle in general among American buyers, but in Canada, it is the top target for thieves.For the 2017 year, nine of the 10 vehicles on the list of Canada’s most commonly stolen vehicles are Ford F-Series Super Duty pickups.

The top eight stolen vehicles in Canada in order are the 2007 F-350, the 2006 F-350, the 2005 F-350, the 2004 F-350, the 2003 F-350, the 2006 F-250, the 2001 F-350 and the 2000 F-250. The Lexus GX460 is ninth and the 2001 F-250 rounds out the top ten.

Interestingly enough, Canadian thieves seem to stay away from the F-150, but if you live in Canada and you drive a Super Duty built since 2000, you might want to take extra measures to keep your truck safe and sound.

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Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

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