Uber to allow Canadian teens to set up ride-share accounts this summer

​Canadian teens will soon be able to hitch a ride with Uber as the ride-hailing app works to expand its market.

The U.S. tech giant announced at its global product showcase Wednesday that it will begin allowing Canadians between the ages of 13 and 17 to make passenger accounts on the ride-hailing platform over the summer.

Teen accounts will first roll out in Western Canada and Quebec followed by Ontario and Nova Scotia.

The move to allow teens to use the service is a departure from its current policy that banned anyone under the age of 18 from holding an Uber account, or using an account to call an Uber for someone under the age of 18 who planned to ride unaccompanied by an adult.