Towing Guides (Canada)

The right hitch for your vehicle, with the price in Canadian dollars
Your truck, your Crosstrek, even your Civic can pull more than groceries. A CURT hitch is the part that makes it happen, and the right one for your vehicle costs less than a tank of diesel. Find your year below, read the thirty-second answer to whatever's nagging you, and get it ordered with free shipping anywhere in Canada.
- Free shipping to any address in Canada
- Every price in CAD, no surprises at the border
- Hitch, wiring and ball mount matched to your year
- Toronto-based, selling parts since 2000
Find the hitch for your vehicle
386 vehicles, every one with the CURT hitch that fits it, the price and the wiring harness that goes with it. The popular ones first, then every make we cover.
























Every make, A to Z
Audi
BMW
Buick
Chevrolet
Chrysler
Dodge
Fiat
Ford
GMC
Genesis
Honda
Hyundai
Jaguar
Jeep
Kia
Land
Lexus
Lincoln
Mazda
Mercedes
Mercury
Mitsubishi
Nissan
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Porsche
Ram
Smart
Subaru
Toyota
Volkswagen
Volvo
New to towing? Start here
Short reads, and you'll know more than the guy at the counter.






Guides by the job
Pick the thing you're trying to do. Each guide is a few minutes long and names the exact CURT part when there is one.

Bike racks and cargo carriers
The most common reason to put a hitch on a car or crossover, and the easiest install of all.
- A hitch just for a bike rack
- Bike racks and cargo carriers on a hitch
- Tray-style bike racks
- Hatch clearance with a rack on
- Tilting racks for trunk access
- Check the straps before every ride
- Pin or lock the rack in
- Loading a cargo carrier
- Carriers with a fold-down ramp
- Open basket or enclosed box?
- Cargo nets
- Receiver extensions
- 2-inch to 1-1/4 inch reducer sleeves
- Hitch-mounted spare tire carriers
- Hitch step or bumper step?
- Hitch steps

Wiring and lights
If the trailer has lights, you need a harness. If the lights flicker, start here before you buy anything.
- Trailer wiring harness guide
- Trailer lights not working
- The two-minute lights check
- Test the plug before you blame the trailer
- Flickering lights and bad grounds
- When the fuse keeps blowing
- Where the trailer fuse hides
- Taillight converters
- Adapter mistakes that cost a weekend
- Four-flat to seven-way adapters
- Green plugs and salt
- Dielectric grease, the right amount
- Side marker lights
- The plate light that gets you pulled over

Ball mounts, balls and couplers
The bit between the receiver and the trailer. Get the drop and the ball size right and everything else is easy.
- Ball mount guide
- Measure your drop in five minutes
- Rise or drop?
- Trailer ball sizes
- Drawbar or ball mount, same thing?
- Adjustable ball mounts
- Loaded ball mounts, ball already on
- Aluminum ball mounts
- Sway-tab ball mounts
- Torque the ball nut
- When the pin hole won't line up
- 1-1/4 inch or 2-inch receiver
- Lifted trucks and lowered cars
- Coupler latch walk-around
- Coupler latch pins
- Grease the coupler, not the plug
- Coupler grease fittings
- Pintle hook or ball coupler?
- Pintle mounts
- Dual receivers for a rack and a trailer

Trailer brakes and breakaway
Anything with electric brakes needs a controller in the cab and a breakaway kit on the tongue. Here's what each one does.

Weight distribution and sway
When the back of the truck squats and the trailer starts to wag, this is the fix.
- Weight distribution guide
- Do I need weight distribution?
- Setting up a weight distribution hitch
- Spring bars
- Round-bar kits
- Weight distribution shanks
- Trailer sway control
- Do I need a sway bar?
- Stabilizer or sway bar?
- Friction sway kits
- The first kilometres with a new trailer
- Weigh the tongue at home

Fifth wheel and gooseneck
Big trailers ride in the bed. Which setup, what the truck needs, and how the rails and pucks work.

Before you pull out
Ten minutes in the driveway beats an hour on the shoulder.
- First tow day checklist
- Pin, clip and safety chains
- How long should the chains be?
- Chain hooks
- Keep the clip on a lanyard
- Trailer tire pressure
- Old trailer tires
- The trailer spare
- Hub bearings
- Axle U-bolts
- Do I need towing mirrors?
- Wheel chocks
- Tongue jacks
- Jack wheel or foot?
- Swivel jack mounts
- Caster wheels
- Crank handles
- Jack foot pads
- Winch straps
- Boat trailer winch hooks

Winter, salt and keeping it quiet
Canadian roads are hard on a hitch. A little grease and a cover go a long way.

Your vehicle, your situation
Factory hitch, hybrid, EV, dual exhaust, lifted truck: the questions that come up before you pick a part.
- How to choose a hitch, with videos
- Factory hitch: keep it or replace it?
- Hitch rating versus vehicle tow rating
- Class 3 or Class 4
- Towing with a hybrid
- Can I put a hitch on an EV?
- Dual exhaust and hitch fit
- When the bumper needs a trim
- Hidden hitch or visible receiver
- Flat towing is a different thing
- Using the CURT install videos
- Torque the hitch bolts
- What's in the hitch box
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Popular year pages
Towing questions, answered
How do I know which trailer hitch fits my vehicle?
Find your make and model above and open the guide. It lists every CURT hitch by year, with the class, the rating and the price, and each year page narrows it to the exact part, the wiring harness and a ball mount that go together.
Can I install a trailer hitch myself?
On most cars, crossovers and half-ton trucks, yes. CURT rates the majority of its hitches a novice install of 30 to 60 minutes with a socket set and a jack, and the guides embed CURT's own install video where one exists. A few need the bumper fascia trimmed or a shop with a lift; the guide says so.
Does the hitch come with wiring?
No. A hitch is the receiver and its hardware. If you're only putting a bike rack on, that's all you need. For a trailer you add a plug-in wiring harness so the trailer lights follow yours, and the year pages name the harness for your vehicle.
Do you ship trailer hitches across Canada for free?
Yes. Every CURT hitch, harness and ball mount on the site ships free to any address in Canada, and the prices you see are in Canadian dollars.


