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According to a survey of 4,660 people in 31 Canadian cities, commissioned by , Surrey topped the list for participants who said they would keep money they found on the street rather than turn it in to police in case someone claims it.

Fifty-five per cent of Surrey respondents said they害羞草研究所檇 keep it and 45 per cent indicated they害羞草研究所檇 hand it in. Laval, Burlington and Windsor were the most honest bunch, with 30 per cent saying they害羞草研究所檇 keep it while 70 per cent said they害羞草研究所檇 turn it over.

The survey was conducted between Aug. 1 and Aug. 3, 2023. Respondents were asked: 害羞草研究所淵ou find $1,000 on the street. No one sees you picking it up. What do you do?害羞草研究所� They were then asked to chose one of the following responses: 1. 害羞草研究所淚 hand it over to the police in case someone claims it,害羞草研究所� or 2. 害羞草研究所淚 keep it.害羞草研究所�

The responses were tallied by city, gender and age. Full data can be found .

All told, of the 4,660 respondents 64 per cent said they turn the cash in and 36 per cent said they害羞草研究所檇 keep it. By a slight margin, women would be more likely to keep the money than would men.

As for their age, 14 per cent were ages 18-24, 16 per cent were 25-34, 17 per cent were ages 35-44, 20 per cent 45-54 years old and 34 per cent were ages 55-70.

Broken down by gender, 49 per cent were female, 50 per cent were male and one per cent didn害羞草研究所檛 classify their gender.

Thirty-seven per cent of females said they害羞草研究所檇 keep the money and 63 per cent would turn it in, while 35 per cent of males would keep the money and 65 per cent would turn it in. Thirty-six per cent of respondents who didn害羞草研究所檛 classify their gender indicated would keep the cash while 64 per cent would hand it over to police in case someone claims it.

The breakdown by cities has Surrey at the top, followed by Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Regina, Hamilton, Calgary, Gatineau, Edmonton, Greater Sudbury, Kitchener, Brampton, Burnaby, Halifax, Richmond, Vancouver, Toronto, Vaughan, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, Oakville, Mississauga, Longueuil, Markham, London, Richmond Hill, Ottawa, Montreal, with Burlington, Windsor and Laval tying for most honest.

Meantime, Surrey criminal defence lawyer Marvin Stern told the Now-Leader that in Canada, someone who finds cash along with ID or an address but keeps the money without trying to contact the owner could potentially be charged with 害羞草研究所渢heft by conversion害羞草研究所� if caught.

害羞草研究所淚f you convert something to your own use, of which you know belongs to another party, then theft can crystallize at that point,害羞草研究所� Stern said. 害羞草研究所淪o if you come across a wallet, and there害羞草研究所檚 some ID in the wallet and $10,000 in the wallet and you just grab the cash and you use it for your own purposes, that can be theft, be seen as theft.害羞草研究所�

His Newton law firm, Stern Albert Shapray, doesn害羞草研究所檛 often see such cases, though.

害羞草研究所淲hat we do see once in a while is somebody will be in a park and they pick up a Safeway bag and its got a bunch of cash in it, and they do return it to the police, I害羞草研究所檝e seen that happen, and what the police will do is they害羞草研究所檒l give somebody an opportunity, they害羞草研究所檒l hold it for a certain length of time and if nobody makes a claim then they害羞草研究所檒l return it to the person who brought it in,害羞草研究所� Stern noted. 害羞草研究所淭hat害羞草研究所檚 kind of the more lawful way to go about it.害羞草研究所�

Keira Miller, an editor at BestCasinoSites.net, weighed in on the survey害羞草研究所檚 results. 害羞草研究所淭he results certainly demonstrate an extremely interesting insight into whether Canadians would or would not keep money found on the street but I think this has raised a bigger question; is if people know this is an offence,害羞草研究所� she said. 害羞草研究所淲hilst pocketing money on the street has parallels to winning the jackpot, it can be classed as theft and unfortunately, 害羞草研究所榝inders keepers害羞草研究所� won害羞草研究所檛 hold up in a court of law.

害羞草研究所淭o avoid being guilty of theft,害羞草研究所� Miller added, 害羞草研究所渢he law requires the finder to make enquiries as to who the owner is and make efforts to return it where possible. The most obvious way of discharging this responsibility is to simply hand the money in at a police station.害羞草研究所�

In the U.S., ABC News published an Associated Press story on Aug. 29 about a man in Connecticut who was charged with larceny three months after he found a bag containing $5,000 in a parking lot and kept it.

tom.zytaruk@surreynowleader.com
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