Top 25 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada – 2014 Year End

Canadian sales of the Ford Escape increased in 2014 for the second consecutive year to record-breaking levels. The Escape, Canada’s top-selling SUV/crossover, outsold the second-ranked Honda CR-V by 14,514 units despite trailing the CR-V in both November and December.

• All Vehicles Ranked By December & 2014 Year End Canadian Sales
• All SUVs/Crossovers Ranked By December & 2014 Year End Canadian Sales

Like the Escape – and the third-ranked Toyota RAV4 and fourth-ranked Nissan Rogue – broke its own sales record in the 2014 calendar year. The 25 vehicles shown here accounted for just under one-quarter of all new vehicle sales in Canada in 2014. The Escape, CR-V, RAV4, and Rogue alone generate 8% of the country’s automotive sales activity, up from 7% in 2013.

Three of Canada’s 25 top-selling utility vehicles wear premium badges. The top-ranked Lexus RX, Canada’s 22nd-best-selling SUV/crossover overall, scored a narrow 51-unit victory over the 23rd-ranked Audi Q5. Acura’s RDX was more than 1300 sales back of the increasingly popular Audi.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling SUVs can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC’s Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well. GoodCarBadCar has already published the list of Canada’s best-selling trucks, will soon publish the list of Canada’s best-selling cars in 2014, and has also posted December-specific editions.

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Rank	Best-Selling SUV/Crossover	2014	2013	% Change
#1	Ford Escape	52,198	45,141	15.6%
#2	Honda CR-V	37,684	34,481	9.3%
#3	Toyota RAV4	36,639	33,156	10.5%
#4	Nissan Rogue	28,827	16,868	70.8%
#5	Hyundai Santa Fe Sport *	27,580	26,010	6.0%
#6	Dodge Journey	24,715	27,745	-10.9%
#7	Jeep Wrangler	23,057	18,578	24.1%
#8	Jeep Cherokee	22,529	2906	675%
#9	Mazda CX-5	19,920	17,648	12.9%
#10	Chevrolet Equinox	19,559	19,819	-1.3%
#11	Ford Edge	17,940	17,274	3.9%
#12	Kia Sorento	13,982	14,542	-3.9%
#13	Jeep Grand Cherokee	13,150	11,587	13.5%
#14	Ford Explorer	12,677	10,772	17.7%
#15	Subaru Forester	12,302	11,239	9.5%
#16	Hyundai Tucson	11,856	11,685	1.5%
#17	GMC Terrain	11,524	11,802	-2.4%
#18	Volkswagen Tiguan	10,096	7385	36.7%
#19	Toyota Highlander	9749	7648	27.5%
#20	Nissan Pathfinder	9688	7936	22.1%
#21	Chevrolet Trax	8533	7013	21.7%
#22	Lexus RX	7913	7789	1.6%
#23	Audi Q5	7862	7547	4.2%
#24	Mitsubishi RVR	6594	7653	-13.8%
#25	Acura RDX	6557	6112	7.3%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* Including the XL, total Santa Fe sales in 2014: up 11.1% to 32,474.
Prefer to think of the Subaru Outback as an SUV and not a car? If so, it would have ranked 21st in Canadian sales in 2014, rather than ranking 25th among cars. The Toyota Venza would have ranked 24th with 7610 sales; the Subaru XV Crosstrek 25th with 6922.