I can't speak for Canada dealerships, but in the US you can almost always walk away up until the time you take delivery, for any reason, and get all your money back. If someone ever posted a US dealer pulling a $5k non refundable deposit game on a non special order (which is different than ordering from general available options), everyone would be yelling for you to run not walk away. Maybe it's different in Canada but $5k is way to much IMO.
I've learned that anyone who wants an unfair deposit has a reason to ask for it so if you aren't the reason then he is and I'd be cautious.
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