He's called "The Vaulter Bandit" and the reward for his capture has jumped to $100,000.

Considered armed and dangerous, he has been robbing banks in York Region, Peel, Hamilton, Ottawa and Calgary for at least the past five years.

He's about 50 years old, athletic and carries a handgun.

"We don't want anybody trying to tackle him," Det.-Sgt. Mike Fleischaker said in an interview.

On Friday, York Regional Police and Peel Regional Police and the Canadian Bankers Association plan to hold a news conference in Aurora to publicize the $100,000 reward.

The robber is known at the Vaulter Bandit for the way in which he jumps over the counter during robberies, and he has been linked to about 20 bank heists over a five-year period across Canada.

He routinely wears baseball caps – including one for the Yankees – and hoodies and is clean-shaven, with closely-cropped hair.

Investigators from the Toronto area, Ottawa, Hamilton, and Calgary have joined forces to use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Pinterest to spread surveillance images and video of him.

Fleischaker said that the crisp images of him from bank cameras video have been studied by various police forces, with limited success.

"We've run a number of different facial recognition programs," Fleischaker said. "We've had well over 100 names come up in the course of this investigation."

"He's obviously got a little more of a generic look than you would think," he said.

Last year, Toronto police Det. Sgt. Mike Earl described him as very athletic — jumping over bank counters like a hurdler while holding a handgun.

Once, he tussled with a female bank employee and a police scanner fell on the floor, Fleischaker said. He managed to retrieve it before fleeing.

He appears to work alone and may use rental cars.

"He's probably pretty hush hush about it," Fleischaker said.

He has used a silver Jetta and a Chevy Cruz for his escapes, and police are investigating whether they were rental cars.

"These are cars that are frequently rented out as economy cars," Fleischaker said.

His method of robbery has changed over the course of his career.

Originally, he went into banks during regular hours and jumped the counter, taking whatever he could quickly from tellers.

Since May 2011, he has started to show up in the morning as employees prepare to open branches for business.

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Last June, the Canadian Bankers Association raised the reward to $50,000 from $20,000.

He's described as male, white, 5'8" to 5'10" and 170 to 190 lbs with an athletic build, and a shaved head or balding.

In December 2011, police said they don't believe he is supporting a drug habit because of the physical shape he's in although they wondered if he might have another vice like gambling.