33,500 lost items at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Ontario [Video]

Luggage, phones, laptops, sunglasses and keys were among more than 33,500 items lost by travellers at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga in 2024. (Photo: Pearson Airport)

Either travellers at Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga have become increasingly forgetful or more people used Canada’s biggest and busiest airport in 2024.

Perhaps both are behind the significant increase in the number of lost-and-found items turned in at Pearson this past year compared to 2023 — though the final traveller numbers for the year have yet to be unveiled.

On Tuesday, Pearson officials revealed they recovered more than 33,500 lost items in the past 12 months, with electronics being the most common. Officials say nearly 14,000 tech gadgets including laptops, phones, tablets and chargers were among the tens of thousands of items turned in to the airport’s lost-and-found department in 2024.

By comparison, some 27,500 items — roughly 6,000 fewer — were lost …