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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
Our community filled over half a million seats in 2025, that’s nearly 1,400 seats per day or 57 seats per hour 🚀
Drivers and passengers shared an astounding 59M km in 2025, the equivalent of nearly 1,500 trips around the Earth 🌎
That’s equivalent to removing 4,642 vehicles from the road for a year.
That’s 3,200 connections made every day in real life.
That’s an average saving of $694 per driver, per year.
That’s 1.7% of all km shared on Poparide.
OUR THREE PILLARS FOR IMPACT
FIRST PILLAR
Social impact
Poparide members have reported finding new housing and work opportunities on trips, and sometimes even making new friends.
Each Poparide connects new and existing members from different communities, allowing people to get to work, medical appointments or see their loved ones.
Our community’s diversity is our strength, and is represented by members of all ages from all different walks of life 🌈
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 reviewPhil
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 reviewJulie
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 reviewOyahki
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 reviewKV
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 reviewMore reviews on Trustpilot
SECOND PILLAR
Economic impact
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 💸
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.
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.
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
That’s equivalent to removing 4,642 vehicles from the road for a whole year.
That’s more than double the average vehicle occupancy of 1.6 people/vehicle in Canada.
That’s 1.6% of all Poparide trips, and 2,800 km driven in EVs every day on Poparide.
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
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
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
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?
We’re working on new safety features and a streamlined booking experience to make the Poparide experience even more safe and reliable.
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.
We’re doubling-down on partnerships with local communities, influencers and our members to provide more value and spread the word.
We’d love if you could share our report with your community.
Impact Report
Share on LinkedIn

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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
Our community filled over half a million seats in 2025, that’s nearly 1,400 seats per day or 57 seats per hour 🚀
Drivers and passengers shared an astounding 59M km in 2025, the equivalent of nearly 1,500 trips around the Earth 🌎
That’s equivalent to removing 4,642 vehicles from the road for a year.
That’s 3,200 connections made every day in real life.
That’s an average saving of $694 per driver, per year.
That’s 1.7% of all km shared on Poparide.
OUR THREE PILLARS FOR IMPACT
FIRST PILLAR
Social impact
Poparide members have reported finding new housing and work opportunities on trips, and sometimes even making new friends.
Each Poparide connects new and existing members from different communities, allowing people to get to work, medical appointments or see their loved ones.
Our community’s diversity is our strength, and is represented by members of all ages from all different walks of life 🌈
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 reviewDara
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 reviewPhil
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 reviewJulie
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 reviewOyahki
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 reviewSayata
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 reviewJustin
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 reviewBrandon
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 reviewKV
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 reviewBisman
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🌟
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 reviewSayata
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 reviewMore reviews on Trustpilot
SECOND PILLAR
Economic impact
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.
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.
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 💸
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
That’s equivalent to removing 4,642 vehicles from the road for a whole year.
That’s more than double the average vehicle occupancy of 1.6 people/vehicle in Canada.
That’s 1.6% of all Poparide trips, and 2,800 km driven in EVs every day on Poparide.
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
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
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
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?
We’re working on new safety features and a streamlined booking experience to make the Poparide experience even more safe and reliable.
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.
We’re doubling-down on partnerships with local communities, influencers and our members to provide more value and spread the word.
We’d love if you could share our report with your community.
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