Impact Report

Our Impact in 2025

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  • A word from our CEO

    As we enter the 12th year at Poparide, we wanted to lean into transparency and publicly share important data about how we impacted communities through our carpooling activities across Canada in 2025.

     

    We hope that this will inspire others to do the same and create a positive, constructive future built on fact, trust and transparency, which we believe are key ingredients to a functioning democratic society and to building technology that makes a difference.

     

    We’d like to thank everyone who supported us this last year, including our team, all our members and our partners. Your trust and feedback are drivers of our success and hold us accountable to stay on track. We are so grateful for all your support.

     

    Here’s to another great year of building technology that helps people share more, connect in real life, and have a positive impact on each other and on the planet.

     

    Flo Devellennes

    Poparide CEO & Co-founder

     

  • Big wins in 2025

  • 505,302 Seats filled

    Our community filled over half a million seats in 2025, that’s nearly 1,400 seats per day or 57 seats per hour 🚀

    58,921,975 km shared

    Drivers and passengers shared an astounding 59M km in 2025, the equivalent of nearly 1,500 trips around the Earth 🌎

    19.9 kt of CO2 reduced

    That’s equivalent to removing 4,642 vehicles from the road for a year.

    1.2M Connections made

    That’s 3,200 connections made every day in real life.

    $16,709,218 Saved

    That’s an average saving of $694 per driver, per year.

    1M km Shared in EVs

    That’s 1.7% of all km shared on Poparide.

OUR THREE PILLARS FOR IMPACT

  • FIRST PILLAR

    Social impact

    1.2M Connections made

    Poparide members have reported finding new housing and work opportunities on trips, and sometimes even making new friends.

    747Communities connected

    Each Poparide connects new and existing members from different communities, allowing people to get to work, medical appointments or see their loved ones.

    Diversity of our community

    Our community’s diversity is our strength, and is represented by members of all ages from all different walks of life 🌈

  • What members say about Poparide

    Here’s our favourite selection of how our members experienced Poparide in 2025.

    • Bob

      May 2025

      I have been a member of Poparide for over 11 years. I have driven 671 people and shared 45,000 kms and saved over $9,000. And I can say without reservation I have been extremely happy with the services that Poparide has provided me and my passengers during those 11+ years. I have used the service primarily to travel between Vancouver and Whistler.

      Link to review

      Phil

      June 2025

      I love this ridesharing app. It’s super intuitive and easy to book a ride in minutes. I use it a lot to travel because it’s cheaper than the bus or train and covers most big cities in Canada. I’ve driven more than 75 people myself between Quebec and Montreal and have been a passenger on 40+ occasions. I recommend this app wherever I go. All the passengers and drivers I’ve met were exceptional and we had a great experience together. My trick is to always bring a 20-pack of timbits when I share a ride; everyone appreciates it!

      Link to review

      Julie

      August 2025

      I drive every two weeks and almost each trip gets a booking. Each passenger have been a great experience. I look forward to make new acquaintances and friends.

      Link to review
    • Oyahki

      September 2025

      This app is a game changer for me. I normally travel to Ottawa alone in my car. Now I drop with people making the journey more enjoyable.

      Link to review
    • KV

      October 2025

      I’ve been using Poparide for quite some time now — first as a passenger and now sometimes as a driver. It’s an excellent platform for easy, affordable, and reliable travel. Hosting rides has been a great way to share fuel costs and meet amazing people along the way. Highly recommend it for anyone who loves travelling smart and connecting with good company!

      Link to review
  • More reviews on Trustpilot

  • SECOND PILLAR

    Economic impact

    $15 / 100kmAverage cost per passenger

    Carpooling on Poparide costs an average of $15 / 100 km per passenger, which is the cheapest mode of transportation in Canada, and nearly five times cheaper than driving alone in a private vehicle 💸

    $16.7MDriver savings

    Driver savings offset the cost of gas, maintenance and insurance on each trip, and allow thousands of drivers to reduce the financial toll of their commutes and weekend trips every month.

    $73MPassenger savings

    Passengers saved $73M in 2025, or an average of $481 each by not using their own private vehicle. These savings represent the true value of affordable, shared and accessible transportation.

    Top 10 routes

    Popular routes on Poparide included commuter and weekend routes across the four most populated Canadian provinces of Ontario, Québec, British Columbia and Alberta 🇨🇦.

  • THIRD PILLAR

    Environmental impact

    19.9 ktCO2 Saved

    That’s equivalent to removing 4,642 vehicles from the road for a whole year.

    3.3Vehicle occupancy

    That’s more than double the average vehicle occupancy of 1.6 people/vehicle in Canada.

    1MEV km shared

    That’s 1.6% of all Poparide trips, and 2,800 km driven in EVs every day on Poparide.

    Carpooling vs other modes

    Poparide is the second least polluting mode of transportation after the train, and before the bus, single-vehicle occupancy and flying 💚

  • Poparide’s growth story

  • Over 2 million members

    The Poparide community has grown exponentially since we first launched in 2010 and reached 2M members in 2025, or about 5% of Canada’s population 🍁

    Membership Growth

    0.4M

    0.6M

    1.1M

    1.7M

    2.1M

    2025

    2021

    2022

    2023

    2024

    414 Million km shared since 2015

    Collectively, Poparide members have shared 414 million km since 2015, the equivalent of over 10,000 trips around the earth, 538 trips to the moon or 2.8 times the distance between the earth and the sun ☀️.

    km Shared Annually

    on Canadian Roads

    2015

    2016

    2017

    2018

    2019

    2020

    2021

    2022

    2023

    2024

    2025

    1.0M

    11.1M

    0.2M

    1.8M

    39.3M

    21.0M

    4.2M

    7.2M

    6.5M

    54.0M

    58.9M

    1,744,025 Seats filled since 2015

    The number of seats filled on Poparide has increased gradually since 2015, reaching 505,317 seats filled in 2025. This represents 1,347 seats every day that would otherwise have gone empty on trips all over Canada 🚘

    Seats Filled Annually

    505,317

    2025

    53,642

    2021

    172,139

    2022

    335,661

    2023

    442,155

    2024

  • What’s in store for 2026?

    • Smooth rides

      We’re working on new safety features and a streamlined booking experience to make the Poparide experience even more safe and reliable.

    • New routes

      We’ll be expanding our service to new routes in 2026, with a focus on serving communities that need us the most across the continent.

    • Partnerships

      We’re doubling-down on partnerships with local communities, influencers and our members to provide more value and spread the word.

Want to help spread

the word?

We’d love if you could share our report with your community.

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Impact Report

Our Impact in 2025

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  • A word from our CEO

    As we enter the 12th year at Poparide, we wanted to lean into transparency and publicly share important data about how we impacted communities through our carpooling activities across Canada in 2025.

     

    We hope that this will inspire others to do the same and create a positive, constructive future built on fact, trust and transparency, which we believe are key ingredients to a functioning democratic society and to building technology that makes a difference.

     

    We’d like to thank everyone who supported us this last year, including our team, all our members and our partners. Your trust and feedback are drivers of our success and hold us accountable to stay on track. We are so grateful for all your support.

     

    Here’s to another great year of building technology that helps people share more, connect in real life, and have a positive impact on each other and on the planet.

     

    Flo Devellennes

    Poparide CEO & Co-founder

     

  • Big wins in 2025

  • 505,302 Seats filled

    Our community filled over half a million seats in 2025, that’s nearly 1,400 seats per day or 57 seats per hour 🚀

    58,921,975 km shared

    Drivers and passengers shared an astounding 59M km in 2025, the equivalent of nearly 1,500 trips around the Earth 🌎

    19.9 kt of CO2 reduced

    That’s equivalent to removing 4,642 vehicles from the road for a year.

    1.2M Connections made

    That’s 3,200 connections made every day in real life.

    $16,709,218 Saved

    That’s an average saving of $694 per driver, per year.

    1M km Shared in EVs

    That’s 1.7% of all km shared on Poparide.

OUR THREE PILLARS FOR IMPACT

  • FIRST PILLAR

    Social impact

    1.2M Connections made

    Poparide members have reported finding new housing and work opportunities on trips, and sometimes even making new friends.

    747Communities connected

    Each Poparide connects new and existing members from different communities, allowing people to get to work, medical appointments or see their loved ones.

    Diversity of our community

    Our community’s diversity is our strength, and is represented by members of all ages from all different walks of life 🌈

  • What members say about Poparide

    Here’s our favourite selection of how our members experienced Poparide in 2025.

    • Bob

      May 2025

      I have been a member of Poparide for over 11 years. I have driven 671 people and shared 45,000 kms and saved over $9,000. And I can say without reservation I have been extremely happy with the services that Poparide has provided me and my passengers during those 11+ years. I have used the service primarily to travel between Vancouver and Whistler.

      Link to review

      Dara

      June 2025

      I’ve been using Poparide as both a driver and a passenger for over 8 years, and I’ve shared more than 16,000 km with fellow travellers - safely, affordably, and with great company.

      Link to review

      Phil

      June 2025

      I love this ridesharing app. It’s super intuitive and easy to book a ride in minutes. I use it a lot to travel because it’s cheaper than the bus or train and covers most big cities in Canada. I’ve driven more than 75 people myself between Quebec and Montreal and have been a passenger on 40+ occasions. I recommend this app wherever I go. All the passengers and drivers I’ve met were exceptional and we had a great experience together. My trick is to always bring a 20-pack of timbits when I share a ride; everyone appreciates it!

      Link to review

      Julie

      August 2025

      I drive every two weeks and almost each trip gets a booking. Each passenger have been a great experience. I look forward to make new acquaintances and friends.

      Link to review
    • Oyahki

      September 2025

      This app is a game changer for me. I normally travel to Ottawa alone in my car. Now I drop with people making the journey more enjoyable.

      Link to review

      Sayata

      December 2025

      Back in the day ride-sharing was over forums and you had to hope and trust everything was safe and worked out. This is a major step up, with a great process and reasonable prices. I have felt safe, connected, and valued on rides I've taken so far, and will definitely keep using it. Do much more pleasant and affordable than flying!

      Link to review

      Justin

      September 2025

      Poparide is fantastic. With two kids in university, each about 2 hours away in opposite directions, I was spending a lot of time alone in the car on the way to pick them up or after dropping them off. This app has allowed me to meet so many amazing people. I’ve heard very interesting stories from such a wide variety of riders. It’s also given me an opportunity to help a few young people who were brand new to the country and half a world away from home. 

      Link to review

      Brandon

      October 2025

      Well designed and easy to use app is the main reason I have kept using the program since I started in late 2018. I also appreciate that all communications are recorded via the app so there’s no question of who said what, as well as the effort Poparide has put into it’s driver & passenger ID verification process.

      Link to review
    • KV

      October 2025

      I’ve been using Poparide for quite some time now — first as a passenger and now sometimes as a driver. It’s an excellent platform for easy, affordable, and reliable travel. Hosting rides has been a great way to share fuel costs and meet amazing people along the way. Highly recommend it for anyone who loves travelling smart and connecting with good company!

      Link to review

      Bisman

      December 2025

      It’s being so helpful nowadays, as i have to go back and forth to visit my family and friends. Its affordable and genuine. I trust this app, and I would rate 5🌟

      Link to review

      Patience

      September 2025

      Poparide makes it easy to move between different cities. It is faster than traveling on a regular bus, and the fares are reasonable.

      Link to review

      Sayata

      December 2025

      Back in the day ride-sharing was over forums and you had to hope and trust everything was safe and worked out. This is a major step up, with a great process and reasonable prices. I have felt safe, connected, and valued on rides I've taken so far, and will definitely keep using it. Do much more pleasant and affordable than flying!

      Link to review
  • More reviews on Trustpilot

  • SECOND PILLAR

    Economic impact

    $16.7MDriver savings

    Driver savings offset the cost of gas, maintenance and insurance on each trip, and allow thousands of drivers to reduce the financial toll of their commutes and weekend trips every month.

    $73MPassenger savings

    Passengers saved $73M in 2025, or an average of $481 each by not using their own private vehicle. These savings represent the true value of affordable, shared and accessible transportation.

    $15 / 100kmAverage cost per passenger

    Carpooling on Poparide costs an average of $15 / 100 km per passenger, which is the cheapest mode of transportation in Canada, and nearly five times cheaper than driving alone in a private vehicle 💸

    Top 10 routes

    Popular routes on Poparide included commuter and weekend routes across the four most populated Canadian provinces of Ontario, Québec, British Columbia and Alberta 🇨🇦.

  • THIRD PILLAR

    Environmental impact

    19.9 ktCO2 Saved

    That’s equivalent to removing 4,642 vehicles from the road for a whole year.

    3.3Vehicle occupancy

    That’s more than double the average vehicle occupancy of 1.6 people/vehicle in Canada.

    1MEV km shared

    That’s 1.6% of all Poparide trips, and 2,800 km driven in EVs every day on Poparide.

    Carpooling vs other modes

    Poparide is the second least polluting mode of transportation after the train, and before the bus, single-vehicle occupancy and flying 💚

  • Poparide’s growth story

  • Over 2 million members

    The Poparide community has grown exponentially since we first launched in 2010 and reached 2M members in 2025, or about 5% of Canada’s population 🍁

    Membership Growth

    0.03M

    0.06M

    0.2M

    0.3M

    0.1M

    0.4M

    0.6M

    1.1M

    0.01M

    1.7M

    2.1M

    TOTAL MEMBERS ACROSS CANADA

    2016

    2017

    2018

    2019

    2020

    2025

    2015

    2021

    2022

    2023

    2024

    0.5M

    1.0M

    1.5M

    2.0M

    2.5M

    0

    414 Million km shared since 2015

    Collectively, Poparide members have shared 414 million km since 2015, the equivalent of over 10,000 trips around the earth, 538 trips to the moon or 2.8 times the distance between the earth and the sun ☀️.

    km Shared Annually on Canadian Roads

    2015

    2016

    2017

    2018

    2019

    2020

    2021

    2022

    2023

    2024

    2025

    1.0M

    11.1M

    0.2M

    1.8M

    39.3M

    58.9M

    54.0M

    21.0M

    4.2M

    KM SHARED

    7.2M

    6.5M

    10M

    20M

    30M

    40M

    50M

    60M

    0

    1,744,025 Seats filled since 2015

    The number of seats filled on Poparide has increased gradually since 2015, reaching 505,317 seats filled in 2025. This represents 1,347 seats every day that would otherwise have gone empty on trips all over Canada 🚘

    Seats Filled Annually

    9,930

    21,143

    46,929

    101,712

    52,915

    53,642

    172,139

    335,661

    2,482

    442,155

    505,317

    SEATS FILLED

    2016

    2017

    2018

    2019

    2020

    2025

    2015

    2021

    2022

    2023

    2024

    100,000

    200,000

    300,000

    400,000

    500,000

    0

  • What’s in store for 2026?

    • Smooth rides

      We’re working on new safety features and a streamlined booking experience to make the Poparide experience even more safe and reliable.

    • New routes

      We’ll be expanding our service to new routes in 2026, with a focus on serving communities that need us the most across the continent.

    • Partnerships

      We’re doubling-down on partnerships with local communities, influencers and our members to provide more value and spread the word.

Want to help spread

the word?

We’d love if you could share our report with your community.

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