Retire My Ride

Retire My Ride has its roots in the original National Vehicle Scrappage Program introduced by the federal government to provide incentives for people to trade in their older, higher-polluting vehicles, resulting in cleaner air and a healthier environment.

There are currently 18 million light vehicles registered for use on Canadian roads. The average lifespan of a vehicle in the 1960s was just less than 162,000 km. Today this is approaching 225,000 km.¹ This means that Canadians can and often do keep their old vehicles on the road for years longer than they used to.