Fascinating orders Canadians made on DoorDash this year
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Whether it’s a matter of convenience, inability or sheer laziness, getting food or other items delivered has become an increasingly common indulgence.
DoorDash’s end-of-year data reveals some curious things about Canadians and their orders.
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From huge deliveries to over-the-top orders, Canadians’ ordering styles on the delivery platform reveal surprising habits, unique trends and generally generous, polite behaviour (though some more than others).
The most expensive order in Canada came from a Surrey, B.C., resident.
At $1,916, their food consisted of 400 portions of French fries, chicken sandwiches, fish sandwiches, and cheeseburgers.
A Calgary shopper spent $1,230 on beauty essentials, including sunscreen, moisturizers, scrunchies, liquid blush, and more.
A consumer in Markham dished out $1,145 on six different types of men’s cologne and women’s perfume — as well as a pregnancy test.
And someone from Victoria, B.C, doled out $1,195 for bath bombs, shower jelly, shampoo, and lotion.
Canadians were true to the stereotype of loving poutine, maple syrup and peameal bacon, though three customers took the crown.
One shopper in Longueuil, Que., ordered 176 servings of poutine in a single delivery; another in Edmonton grabbed 30 litres of maple syrup in one order; and a third person in Camrose, Alta., indulged in six kilograms of peameal bacon.
And it wasn’t just orders of classic poutine, either.
An Edmonton resident was very specific with their order of 147 portions of chicken shawarma poutine, while someone in Saint John, N.B., ordered 104 portions of breakfast poutine.
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Customers were generous with their wallets and words, with customers choosing to add tips to more than 75% of their DoorDash orders, and more than 50%, adding a “please” or “thank you” in delivery notes, with those in Toronto and Scarborough showing their manners most in Ontario.
Yukon, Quebec, New Brunswick, Northwest Territories and Newfoundland and Labrador were considered to be the most generous.
As for cities, Lockport, Man., was the most giving.
The most generous city/region in Ontario was the Greater Sudbury area.
When it comes to Mediterranean food and salad, Toronto ordered the most compared to other Canadian cities.
Other favourites by region included sushi for those in Vancouver, Thai takeout in Winnipeg, pizza in Halifax and burgers in Yellowknife.
Edmonton is the most likely city to order fast food, followed by London, Ont., and Victoria.
Meanwhile, Vancouver is the most likely city in Canada to support small businesses on DoorDash, followed by Montreal and Toronto.
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