Page me: Uber reveals most unique items forgotten in Edmonton
Posted April 8, 2025 10:58 am.
Last Updated April 8, 2025 1:30 pm.
From a stuffed sloth and a pager to a mouse and canola oil, Edmontonians have left behind some rather 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, peculiar 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.
Toronto, Ottawa and Calgary are the least forgetful.
Top 10 most commonly forgotten items in Edmonton:
- Phone / camera
- Backpack / bag / folders / box / luggage
- Wallet / purse
- Headphones / speaker
- Keys
- Glasses
- Clothing
- Passport
- Vape / e-cig
- Jewelry / watch / make-up
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
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
