Small Car Sales In Canada – January 2016

More than one out of every five compact cars sold in Canada in January 2016 was a Honda Civic. January volume jumped 62%, a year-over-year gain of 1418 units. 

Most cars didn’t generate 1418 total sales, let alone sell 1418 more sales this January than in January 2015.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – January 2016
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model – January 2016

But the Civic isn’t like most cars. Oh, it’s a fairly conventional compact. (You can read our review of the 2016 Honda Civic Touring here.) But its Canadian presence is massive. In 18 consecutive years, the Civic was Canada’s best-selling car, a streak that began in 1998 and ran through 2015. In 2008, the Civic was Canada’s best-selling vehicle overall. 

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The Civic’s January improvement wasn’t the only year-over-year increase among compact cars, but even with gains from the Chevrolet Cruze, Ford Focus, Mitsubishi Lancer, and Subaru Impreza, the segment slid 5%. 

Subcompact cars tumbled 10% as Honda Fit sales plunged 32% and the Nissan Versa slid 27%.

There’s no doubt that many prospective car buyers are sliding over a category. As Honda lost 267 Fit sales, they produced 725 HR-V sales. As Mazda lost 407 3 sales, Mazda also sold 527 CX-3s. 

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC’s Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank small cars of all kinds any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • January 2017 • February 2016 • December 2015 • January 2015

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown.
GCBC isn’t here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you’ll see the Encore and XV Crosstrek are listed with small SUVs, too, and the Acura ILX shown with mainstream cars is also displayed with luxury cars… because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.

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