Forget something? Someone? Uber reveals most unique items left behind in Vancouver
Posted April 8, 2025 9:58 am.
Last Updated April 8, 2025 12:32 pm.
Foreign rocks, rare instruments, and loved ones— Vancouver residents have left behind some unique items in Ubers, according to the company’s latest Lost and Found Index.
Uber releases its Lost and Found Index list annually, which uncovers the most surprising, uncommon, and commonly forgotten items left behind by Canadian riders over the past year.
Canada’s most forgetful cities, in order, are Lethbridge, Alta., Kelowna, B.C., Victoria, B.C., Windsor, Ont., Saskatoon, Sask., Red Deer, Alta., Winnipeg, Man., Regina, Sask., London, Ont. and St. John’s, N.L.
Vancouver dropped off the list from the fifth-highest spot in the previous year.
Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary are listed as the least forgetful.
The top 10 most unique items left across Canada
- Snare drum, Toronto
- Physics test, Ottawa
- Stuffed sloth, Edmonton
- Piano, Toronto
- Grandparents, Vancouver
- Fuchsia pink cane, Ottawa
- A rock from Japan, Vancouver
- Gold teeth, Toronto
- Cat urine sample, Toronto
- Euphonium (similar to a tuba), Vancouver
For the curious, in a statement to CityNews, Uber said explanations are harder to share, and “the rider just typed in ‘grandparents.'”
According to Uber’s Lost and Found Index, the most forgetful days of the year in Canada are New Year’s Day and Father’s Day, with Saturday being the most forgetful day of the week.
The hour in which Canadians most frequently lost their items was 11 p.m. ET.
The easiest way to retrieve a lost item is to contact the Uber driver, but if you left your phone in the car, you can log into your account from a computer instead.
–With files from Lucas Casaletto, and Charles Brockman
