The CRV/Rav4/CX-50/Forester are all nice too, but local CAD website listed prices for the base hybrid trims are respectively $49k/$40k (with an 8 month wait time, or $56k for the plug-in)/$46k (but unavailable due to tariffs and being built in the US)/$51k (but effectively unobtainable).

Meanwhile I can go buy a plug-in hybrid Escape tomorrow with effectively the same 2.5L/eCVT powertrain as Toyota/Subaru for $44k. (Assuming no discounts and that I’m in a province with no PHEV rebates.) So yeah, you might like a CRV better for an extra $5k, or you might have 8 months to wait for a Rav4 and not care about the plug-in, but the field of available options at the price isn’t that crowded.