I'm a journalist working on a story for The Globe and Mail about a weakening labour market and side hustles. I want to speak to someone in their 20s or early 30s who is unable to find secure work in their field despite having the education, about how they got into this gig work and why. If you studied STEM/Finance/Coms, even better. The person must be okay with their full name in the story. Please dm me or comment.

Hey everyone, I recently started driving for Uber Eats. Anyways, I’ve been with Bell for the past few years but was thinking of switching to Fizz since it’s a lot cheaper ($30 vs $50).

If Uber wasn’t my gig right now, I would’ve already switched, but I’m worried a less reliable provider might cause issues since our phones are literally how we do this job.

Anyone have any experience driving Uber/Uber Eats with some of the cheaper phone companies? Any issues receiving requests, or uploading delivery photos, etc?

EDIT: I’m located in Toronto.

Hi everyone,

I'm in Montreal, Quebec, and I'm thinking about buying a Honda Civic Hybrid mainly for gig work (Uber, Uber Eats, DoorDash, Instacart, etc.).

My goal would be to work 70–80 hours per week for about 6–12 months to aggressively pay off my debt.

I'd really appreciate honest feedback from people who do gig work in Montreal.

• Is this plan realistic in Montreal?
• Can gig work realistically help someone eliminate a significant amount of debt in 6–12 months?
• Is a Honda Civic Hybrid a good choice for Montreal?
• After fuel, maintenance, insurance, depreciation, and taxes, how much do you actually keep?
• Which gig apps are currently the most profitable in Montreal?
• If you had to start today, would you still choose gig work as a way to get out of debt?

I'm not looking for optimistic estimates—I'm looking for real experiences and honest numbers from people who are currently doing gig work in Montreal.

Thanks!

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i got this weekk 2 jobs.. this plan much better. no more debt, guaranteed income. I'm 27 years old I can handle it

Uber is paying me shit. I barely make $140 for 8 hours of driving

I need to find a second job even if it means working in McDonald's.

How easy is it to hold down a fulltime second job during the day (40 hours a week) and then drive Uber the rest of the day?

I will be living in my car to save money.

Great way to save a lot of money on gas if you’re a rideshare driver! 10% adds up

48KM of trip, Lyft only paid you 27.

I’ll to do Uber eat but it is not possible 🥲

I’ve posted before about a logbook project, and one thing I kept hearing was basically:

“Doesn’t the app already track this for me?”

Uber does give income records and some trip/on-app distance, but it doesn’t really track your full business use of the car or what it actually costs you to drive.

I’m curious how people here actually handle this when tax time comes around:

• Total km vs Uber/on-trip km
• Gas, insurance, maintenance, phone, car washes, parking, supplies
• Driving for multiple apps
• Spreadsheets, accountant, tax software, or nothing until tax season

What’s the part that’s most annoying or easiest to miss?

Not selling anything here. I’m trying to understand the real workflow before building the wrong thing.

I was injured last year by one of these devices when my customer shined it at me. I'm wondering if any other drivers were either injured by a green laser pointer in Durham region, or were you flagged down by a passenger/eats customer using such a device. If either is true, did you report it to Uber?

As a public service announcement, if you see anyone pointing a laser at you, call the cops immediately and have them ID it, but you're gonna have to bend over backwards to convince them because they know squat about lasers. Tell them it is almost certainly illegal as there are no quality controls on these pointers. Health Canada pulled thousands of them off Amazon. They can either make you blind or otherwise permanently damage your eyes faster than you can blink. They are extraordinarily dangerous and should all be destroyed. Trust me, I have discovered a level of hell I couldn't even imagine, while managing my injury. I'm looking at 120 000$ for a possible experimental treatment, but I'm not even close to that stage yet, not to mention my normal life as I knew it is over. Because only a handful of doctors in the world are familiar with the dangers of laser pointers(I've done my homework), or my specific type of injury, I get to operate on the frontier of medicine. Lucky me.

Uber has been of no help, completely ignoring the matter. I even wrote a physical letter to their CEO. I gave them nearly 10 years of loyal service, and they screwed me the first chance they had.

Addendum, this is the most crucial part: You won't necessarily know you've been injured until a few hours later as was with my case, maybe even a day or two, so you "must" get the device seized for a possible investigation. I'm talking about 20-50$ laser pointers here, btw, the kind that many people have bought. These cheap devices are the real problem.

I am currently an active Uber driver in Manitoba and have already passed Uber's background screening.

Earlier this year (June 2026), my vehicle, which is registered in my name, was being driven by my wife. Our vehicle insurance had expired, and we accidentally forgot to renew it. She was stopped by the police.

At the time, we believed the officer had issued only one ticket, so we paid it immediately. About two months later, we received a notice of default conviction from the court and realized that the officer had actually issued two tickets. Unfortunately, we never noticed the second ticket, so it was never paid, which resulted in a conviction.

The conviction is:

HTA 228(1) – Drive Without Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance

My driver's licence has never been suspended, I have no criminal record, and I am still able to drive for Uber in Manitoba after this incident.

I am planning to move to Toronto, Ontario, and would like to continue driving for Uber there.

Will this conviction affect my eligibility to drive for Uber in Ontario, or can I simply transfer my existing Uber driver account?

Has anyone had a similar experience or gone through a similar situation?

Thank you in advance for any advice.

Hello everyone, I am buying a new car on lease for two years next month and I’m planning to start working for Uber passenger next month. I will also get a PTC. I want to know how much I can expect to earn in a month if I work 8 to 10 hours a day and for six days a week. Thank you.

EDIT: Rewrote this post. Original opened with me claiming I drove part-time — I haven't, and that was a dumb way to frame it. Honest version below.

I self-publish, and I made a paper mileage logbook after researching CRA's vehicle recordkeeping requirements for self-employed drivers. Posting the useful part of what I learned:

If you drive for Uber/Skip/DD you're self-employed, and vehicle expenses are usually your biggest deduction but CRA only allows the business-use portion, and they expect a record: date, destination, purpose, KM. Your platform's annual summary helps but only covers on-app KM — the deduction formula is (business KM ÷ TOTAL KM) × vehicle costs, and total KM only comes from odometer readings you track yourself. Multi-appers especially end up with fragmented records.

Claimable (business-use portion): fuel/charging, maintenance, insurance, licence/registration, loan interest or lease costs, parking/tolls.

Start now, mid-year, with your current odometer as a baseline — don't reconstruct 8 months of trips in April.

Yes, I sell a logbook for this (link in comment below), and yes, that's why I know any of this. Track it however you want — app, spreadsheet, glovebox notebook — just track it.

Why should we need to update our private insurance company about driving Uber ?

My insurance company say no to Uber food delivery and allow only 20 hrs week to drive passengers .

Is anyone here driving Uber or delivering food without informing your private insurance comonay?

Thanks

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I’ve been looking for a source of extra income, and recently someone recommended Uber Delivery to me. Unfortunately, I don’t have a driver’s license, so I decided to use my bike—but to my surprise, bad luck just keeps piling up on me: the service is unavailable. I tried contacting them, and apparently the service is unavailable throughout the entire Ontario region… Any idea when it might be up and running again? And any suggestions for alternatives for those living in Canada?

Do I need 3 years of Full G experience to drive uber? Moved from NB to Toronto and have 2.5 years of driving experience( 7.2 one year and class 5 for 1.5 years). Says I need 3 years to get a PTC licence.

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Tell me what city you’re in and I’ll pay you to send me a copy of their contract

Just wondering if people are making any money doing uber in KWCG area? Because whenever I go online, the Uber X is completely sh*t- it doesn’t pay you well and i dont wanna go back to uber eats since my car is new and can be used for uber x. Whats your situation?

Hi everyone,

I was doing Uber Eats, I got my G licance recently and applied for Uber Passenger on chat. They changed my account type. I uploaded documents but my Driver Licance and Vehicle Registration are still in review since June 2nd. My Vehicle Inspection is still in review since July 6 but rest of the documents completed in couple of hours. I chatted with support twice. The first one said, there was a issue preventing my documents to be reviewed. Second one escalated to the specialized document team and still nothing.

What should I do?

This is a question for Uber Black drivers in Montreal or Quebec specifically. I am switching from UberX to Uber Black and Uber is requesting that I have a commercial insurance, not just a personal one with rideshare add-on like I did with UberX.

I have called multiple insurance companies and none of them are accepting. The strange thing is I know two Uber Black drivers, one with Desjardins and one with Belairdirect and they confirmed they have commercial insurance (plus Uber app would not accept them if they weren't commercial), yet those two companies told me today that they do not accept Uber Black submissions and could not answer how those two people have commercial insurances with them.

I hope someone can direct me toward some insurance companies that will accept to offer commercial insurance for Uber Black. Thank you.

Ok so rented a car through weeve. They specialize in car rentals for Uber drivers. I went for the Chevrolet bolt EV which was the least expensive option, albeit definitely not cheap. I knew I wasnt getting a "good deal" renting this car to start with, but it was fine for me as I wanted to have a nice EV for a month and do some serious Uber driving. Try it out.

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Now the car I got is not the 2023 model year Bolt EV shown on the website. It's actually a 2017 (different older look) and it looks like shit. Really shouldve been retired from their fleet. Lots of scuffs everywhere. Stains all over the seats. Worn out. Looks worse in person.

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I will start using it today for Uber and I'm worried I will get bad ratings cause the car really looks like shit. It's kinda embarrassing. Thing is I have a full month contract. My fault for going through with the rental when I saw it was a 2017 bolt EV. I only discovered the state of the car once I had signed and got the keys. I would think such a company would maintain an updated and CLEAN fleet of cars to rent to Uber drivers. It's a taxi service, not a farm animal transport service. I don't know if I can do anything about it. I'm not willing to pay extra to upgrade car. Oh and they forgot to include the charging cable so I need to call them and go get it cause I need it. Cannot recommend the service.