October 2013 Canada SUV And Crossover Sales Rankings – Top 87 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada – Every SUV Ranked

Canada’s auto industry reported nearly 10,000 more sales in October 2013 than it did in October 2012. The SUV/CUV market produced an increase of 4549 units. The remainder of the increase was not made up by passenger cars alone. Indeed, pickup truck sales rose by nearly 3500 units.

Much of the increase in utility vehicle sales came at the top of the heap, where smaller crossovers steal sales, we often presume, from buyers who consider compacts to be too small and midsize cars to be a sign of old age.

The Ford Escape was up by 467 units. Toyota RAV4 sales rose by 539 units. Dodge Journey volume was up by 327 units. Jointly, the Nissan Rogue and Pathfinder were up by 1001 sales. Compared with October 2012, when they weren’t on sale, GM added 1072 sales via the Chevrolet Trax and Buick Encore.

The increases from those seven vehicles alone adds up to 3406 sales which didn’t exist one year ago. Of the 87 SUVs and crossovers which have found buyers in 2012, only 31 reported year-over-year Canadian sales declines in October. In a handful of cases, those decreases belong to expired vehicles like the Jeep Liberty, Hyundai Veracruz, and Subaru Tribeca.

• Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings – October 2013 YTD
• All 257 Vehicles Ranked By October 2013/YTD Canadian Sales
• All 148 Cars Ranked By October 2013/YTD Canadian Sales

All in all, sales of SUVs and crossover were up 11% in Canada in October 2013 and are up 7% through the first ten months of 2013.

The Ford Escape is Canada’s top-selling utility vehicle. The Lexus RX ranks first among premium brand utilities. Among SUVs and CUVs with base prices in excess of $50,000, the Mercedes-Benz M-Class continues to lead the way, although BMW’s X5 was Canada’s 20th-best-selling utility vehicle in October.

There are exciting improvements in this month’s ranking of vehicle sales. Prior year figures now include the actual numbers from last year, not just the percentage increases/decreases from last year. As a result, we’ve also included vehicles like the Dodge Nitro and Honda Element, nameplates which collected sales in 2012 but not this year. At any time, click the Rank column to return to the original format. If you’re on a mobile device, you may need to choose the full version of the site (at the bottom of the page) in order to use the sortable function.

Reminder: these are year-to-date rankings, but you can sort SUVs and crossovers by October volume by clicking the October 2013 column header, or you can rank utility vehicles by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the SUV/Crossover column header. Just remember, the list is horizontally flipped from the norm: YTD on the left, monthly data on the right.

As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these vehicles by selecting a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • October 2014 • November 2013 • September 2013

Rank	SUV/Crossover	October 2013 YTD	October 2012 YTD	% Change	October 2013	October 2012	% Change
#1	Ford Escape	38,480	37,485	2.7%	4,820	4,353	10.7%
#2	Toyota RAV4	27,996	22,438	24.8%	3,051	2,512	21.5%
#3	Honda CR-V	27,581	28,754	-4.1%	2,578	2,577	0.04%
#4	Dodge Journey	24,817	25,219	-1.6%	2,525	2,198	14.9%
#5	Hyundai Santa Fe Sport ³	22,167	19,029	16.5%	1,946	2,184	-10.9%
#6	Chevrolet Equinox	16,714	17,914	-6.7%	1,790	1,700	5.3%
#7	Jeep Wrangler	16,692	16,868	-1.0%	1,211	1,154	4.9%
#8	Ford Edge	15,112	16,551	-8.7%	1,294	1,249	3.6%
#9	Mazda CX-5	14,966	9,524	57.1%	1,167	956	22.1%
#10	Nissan Rogue	13,851	12,446	11.3%	1,231	993	24.0%
#11	Kia Sorento	12,560	12,085	3.9%	970	1,182	-17.9%
#12	GMC Terrain	10,190	10,344	-1.5%	1,153	1,071	7.7%
#13	Hyundai Tucson	9,718	12,468	-22.1%	619	1,137	-45.6%
#14	Jeep Grand Cherokee	9,558	8,738	9.4%	1,149	1,047	9.7%
#15	Subaru Forester	9,106	6,039	50.8%	1,102	529	108%
#16	Ford Explorer	9,082	8,783	3.4%	978	774	26.4%
#17	Lexus RX	6,595	6,011	9.7%	765	693	10.4%
#17.1	Lexus RX350 *	6085	5381	13.1%	716	622	15.1%
#17.2	Lexus RX450h *	510	630	-19.0%	49	71	-31.0%
#18	Toyota Highlander	6,439	5,537	16.3%	749	781	-4.1%
#18.1	Toyota Highlander *	5583	4670	19.6%	658	664	-0.9%
#18.2	Toyota Highlander Hybrid *	856	867	-1.3%	91	117	-22.2%
#19	Mitsubishi RVR	6,419	5,451	17.8%	585	392	49.2%
#20	Nissan Pathfinder	6,315	1,458	333%	938	175	436%
#21	Audi Q5	6,236	4,905	27.1%	744	629	18.3%
#22	Chevrolet Trax	6,134	—	—	627	—	—
#23	Kia Sportage	6,014	7,076	-15.0%	652	643	1.4%
#24	Volkswagen Tiguan	6,008	4,905	22.5%	613	530	15.7%
#25	Jeep Compass	5,710	5,257	8.6%	294	491	-40.1%
#26	Honda Pilot	5,586	4,913	13.7%	628	725	-13.4%
#27	Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class	5,150	4,286	20.2%	534	447	19.5%
#28	Acura RDX	5,092	3,935	29.4%	556	480	15.8%
#29	BMW X3	5,029	4,203	19.7%	364	610	-40.3%
#30	Acura MDX	5,010	4,287	16.9%	489	497	-1.6%
#31	Jeep Patriot	4,853	5,839	-16.9%	353	517	-31.7%
#32	Mitsubishi Outlander	4,432	4,191	5.8%	437	496	-11.9%
#33	Mercedes-Benz M-Class	3,940	4,682	-15.8%	538	414	30.0%
#34	GMC Acadia	3,779	4,254	-11.2%	381	351	8.5%
#35	Nissan Juke	3,507	3,293	6.5%	382	345	10.7%
#36	BMW X5	3,268	3,438	-4.9%	703	498	41.2%
#37	Cadillac SRX	3,187	2,524	26.3%	457	357	28.0%
#38	Nissan Murano	2,958	3,826	-22.7%	220	214	2.8%
#39	Buick Encore	2,948	—	—	445	—	—
#40	Chevrolet Traverse	2,745	2,916	-5.9%	244	209	16.7%
#41	Lincoln MKX	2,739	3,287	-16.7%	274	226	21.2%
#42	Infiniti JX/QX60	2,704	1,798	50.4%	271	204	32.8%
#43	Buick Enclave	2,662	2,857	-6.8%	301	231	30.3%
#44	Hyundai Santa Fe XL ³	2,602	—	—	311	—	—
#45	Toyota 4Runner	2,505	2,391	4.8%	360	255	41.2%
#46	BMW X1	2,370	4,288	-44.7%	172	91	89.0%
#47	Mercedes-Benz GL-Class	2,064	1,488	38.7%	200	177	13.0%
#48	Ford Flex	1,908	2,847	-33.0%	96	101	-5.0%
#49	Volkswagen Touareg	1,723	1,626	6.0%	173	203	-14.8%
#50	Dodge Durango	1,693	2,130	-20.5%	231	141	63.8%
#51	Porsche Cayenne	1,687	1,330	26.8%	209	160	30.6%
#52	Mini Countryman	1,622	1,369	18.5%	231	168	37.5%
#53	Audi Q7	1,556	1,410	10.4%	179	188	-4.8%
#54	Land Rover Range Rover Evoque	1,495	1,040	43.8%	179	112	59.8%
#55	Volvo XC60	1,467	1,629	-9.9%	137	123	11.4%
#56	Land Rover Range Rover Sport	1,380	1,379	0.1%	169	155	9.0%
#57	Chevrolet Tahoe	1,341	946	41.8%	99	84	17.9%
#58	Mazda CX-9	1,275	1,132	12.6%	96	169	-43.2%
#59	Ford Expedition	1,270	1,476	-14.0%	110	53	108%
#60	Infiniti EX/QX50	1,225	1,169	4.8%	120	177	-32.2%
#61	GMC Yukon	1,107	914	21.1%	55	95	-42.1%
#62	Chevrolet Suburban	1,019	811	25.6%	143	149	-4.0%
#63	GMC Yukon XL	979	879	11.4%	169	137	23.4%
#64	Suzuki Grand Vitara	967	1,511	-36.0%	40	163	-75.5%
#65	Nissan Xterra	910	753	20.8%	63	73	-13.7%
#66	BMW X6	686	836	-17.9%	43	135	-68.1%
#67	Toyota Sequoia	610	591	3.2%	79	72	9.7%
#68	Infiniti FX/QX70	552	633	-12.8%	49	58	-15.5%
#69	Toyota FJ Cruiser	548	564	-2.8%	75	55	36.4%
#70	Cadillac Escalade	483	611	-20.9%	47	50	-6.0%
#70.1	Cadillac Escalade *	368	463	-20.5%	36	40	-10.0%
#70.3	Cadillac Escalade ESV	115	148	-22.3%	11	10	10.0%
#71	Land Rover Range Rover	459	339	35.4%	41	20	105%
#72	Nissan Armada	456	471	-3.2%	51	25	104%
#73	Volvo XC90	450	413	9.0%	18	30	-40.0%
#74	Land Rover LR2	423	279	51.6%	50	12	317%
#75	Hyundai Veracruz	370	1,759	-79.0%	2	168	-98.8%
#76	Land Rover LR4	369	425	-13.2%	46	51	-9.8%
#77	Infiniti QX56/QX80	350	307	14.0%	30	25	20.0%
#78	Lincoln MKT	325	369	-11.9%	29	41	-29.3%
#79	Lexus GX460	251	299	-16.1%	36	32	12.5%
#80	Lincoln Navigator	244	472	-48.3%	23	35	-34.3%
#81	Lexus LX570	237	225	5.3%	33	21	57.1%
#82	Subaru Tribeca	194	319	-39.2%	18	34	-47.1%
#83	Mercedes-Benz G-Class	170	84	102%	7	19	-63.2%
#84	Toyota Land Cruiser º	142	197	-27.9%	16	28	-42.9%
#85	Jeep Cherokee	113	—	—	96	—	—
#86	Acura ZDX	39	87	-55.2%	4	1	300%
#87	Jeep Liberty	13	864	-98.5%	—	10	-100%
#88	Mazda CX-7	—	3,092	-100%	—	243	-100%
#89	Mazda Tribute	—	444	-100%	—	—	—
#90	Mitsubishi Endeavor	—	111	-100%	—	2	-100%
#91	Dodge Nitro	—	90	-100%	—	1	-100%
#92	Honda Element	—	10	-100%	—	1	-100%
#93	Kia Borrego	—	4	-100%	—	—	—
—	Overall Market	445,698	416,227	7.1%	45,463	40,914	11.1%
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Source: Automakers & ANDC
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* Italicized unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model’s total, not in addition to the model’s total.
³ Total Santa Fe sales: up 30.2% to 24,769 YTD, up 3.3% to 2257 in October.
º Land Cruiser is a commercial vehicle in Canada.

This post was corrected at 3:48 PM AT on 11.15.2013 with updated information from the regarding Land Rover sales.