Toronto’s priciest Uber Eats order topped $6,000, company says
An Uber Eats order in Toronto exceeded $6,000, the highest delivery value recorded in Canada since the app launched here 10 years ago. The 2025 Cravings Report details shifts in what Torontonians order.
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By Torontoer Staff
An Uber Eats order placed in Toronto exceeded $6,000, making it the most expensive delivery recorded in Canada since the app launched in the city a decade ago. Uber Eats Canada would not disclose the restaurant or the date of the order, but included the detail in its 2025 Cravings Report, released Thursday.
The report also tracks how ordering habits in Toronto have changed over the last 10 years, and how the app has expanded from a meal delivery service into a broader marketplace for groceries, gifts and everyday items.
How Uber Eats grew in Canada
Uber Eats launched in Toronto, making the city the app’s first market worldwide. The service began with roughly 80 to 100 restaurants. Today it operates in more than 400 Canadian cities and lists over 50,000 merchants.
If we think specifically about Uber Eats, we’re a very big, cosmopolitan city with a really strong restaurant culture, lots of eaters or consumers who are willing to try new things, and we also had a highly engaged base of people who are willing to be delivery people. The combination of all these things made Toronto a really great testing route and launchpad for this product.
Lola Kassim, general manager, Uber Eats Canada
Beyond takeout: unexpected deliveries
Over the decade the app expanded from hot meals to items such as flowers, cannabis, groceries, clothing and personal care products. Some orders in Toronto were notably unusual, and the report highlights a range of non-food items couriers have delivered across Canada.
- Glue glitter sticks
- Plush emoji pillow
- Bermuda shorts
- Wild grass bush
- Space cowgirl Halloween costume
- Monogram dragon ornament
- Disco ball
What Torontonians ordered most
The Cravings Report provides a decade-long tally of popular orders in Toronto. Over 10 years Torontonians requested roughly 30 million burgers and 28 million orders of fries. They also ordered about 7 million bananas.
Classic Canadian items remained popular, with about eight million orders for poutine, ketchup chips, Nanaimo bars, Caesars and butter tarts combined.
How tastes changed since 2016
The report shows clear shifts in favourite dishes. In 2016 the most popular orders included burgers, tacos and pad thai. By 2025 diners were more often choosing burrito bowls, chicken and rice, and bagels.
Side preferences also shifted. Garlic dipping sauce is now the first-choice add-on, followed by hash browns and fries. In 2016 fries were the top side and gravy and spring rolls featured more frequently.
Cuisine preferences have remained broadly consistent at the top. Asian food remained the most ordered category over the decade. Rankings below that changed: Indian and Chinese were higher in 2016, while American and Canadian options rose in popularity by 2025.
Toronto did not make the report’s list of the most generous tipping cities, but it did rank among the politest markets. More Toronto orders included the words “please” and “thank you.”
What the report suggests next
Uber Eats frames the decade of data as evidence that the platform has evolved into a place to find almost anything people want delivered quickly. The variety of orders, from meals to novelty items, demonstrates both changing tastes and the company’s broader ambitions.
The $6,000-plus burger order stands out as an extreme example of that demand. The company did not provide further context, leaving the purchase as a curiosity in a report focused on broader trends.
Toronto’s ordering habits show steady change rather than a sudden shift. Preferences have diversified, but staples such as burgers and Asian cuisine remain central to how residents use delivery apps.
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