All four of Canada’s best-selling cars posted year-over-year sales declines through the first three months of 2015. The Honda Civic, Hyundai Elantra, Toyota Corolla, and Mazda 3 combined for 36,418 sales in 2015’s first-quarter, a 3810-unit, 9.5% decrease.
The class-leading Civic’s decline has been most notable, as the Civic failed to finish January and February as the country’s best-selling car – it ranked first overall in each of the last 17 years. Civic volume is down 16%, a loss of 1949-unit loss over three months. March sales dropped 8%.
Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings – March 2015 YTD
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Make & Model – March 2015 YTD
Canada SUV/Crossover Sales Rankings By Model – March 2015 YTD
The decline of this foursome is certainly a drag on Canada’s overall passenger car market. Subtract the Civic, Elantra, Corolla, and 3 from the equation and Canadian car sales are up 1.4% rather than down 1.6% with the top four trio included.
The Volkswagen Golf is a big part of the expansion among the less popular cars. The Golf ranks seventh overall, and sales have grown by more than six times in early 2015.
Another built-in-North America German car, the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, is Canada’s top-selling premium brand car in 2015. C-Class volume is up 57%. Both the Golf and C-Class were released in all-new form in the last year. GCBC reviewed the C400 4Matic in November. Reviews of the Golf 1.8 TSI and the Golf GTI were published in November and January, respectively.
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model – March 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model – April 2015 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model – February 2015 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model – March 2014 YTD
Reminder: these are year-to-date rankings, but you can sort cars by March 2015 volume by clicking the March 2014 column header, or you can rank them by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the Car column header. 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.
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada – March 2015
Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada – March 2015
Canada Truck Sales By Model – March 2015 YTD
Canada Minivan Sales By Model – March 2015 YTD
Canada Commercial Van Sales By Model – March 2015 YTD
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.
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| #1 | Honda Civic | 10,458 | 12,407 | -15.7% | 5,554 | 6,016 | -7.7% |
| #2 | Hyundai Elantra | 9,556 | 10,373 | -7.9% | 4,293 | 4,361 | -1.6% |
| #3 | Toyota Corolla | 9,027 | 9,162 | -1.5% | 3,967 | 4,321 | -8.2% |
| #4 | Mazda 3 | 7,377 | 8,286 | -11.0% | 3,700 | 3,663 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Volkswagen Jetta | 6,441 | 6,179 | 4.2% | 3,012 | 2,207 | 36.5% |
| #6 | Chevrolet Cruze | 5,035 | 6,916 | -27.2% | 2,099 | 3,846 | -45.4% |
| #7 | Volkswagen Golf | 4,551 | 719 | 533% | 1,970 | 188 | 948% |
| #7.1 | Volkswagen Golf * | 3,871 | 635 | 510% | 1,661 | 173 | 860% |
| #7.2 | Volkswagen Golf GTI * | 680 | 84 | 710% | 309 | 15 | 1,960% |
| #8 | Toyota Camry | 3,635 | 2,833 | 28.3% | 1,211 | 1,420 | -14.7% |
| #9 | Hyundai Sonata | 3,366 | 2,229 | 51.0% | 1,233 | 1,039 | 18.7% |
| #10 | Ford Focus | 3,303 | 3,900 | -15.3% | 1,616 | 1,722 | -6.2% |
| #11 | Nissan Sentra | 3,288 | 3,148 | 4.4% | 1,431 | 1,421 | 0.7% |
| #12 | Hyundai Accent | 3,221 | 3,885 | -17.1% | 1,618 | 1,906 | -15.1% |
| #13 | Ford Fusion | 2,650 | 3,339 | -20.6% | 1,379 | 1,571 | -12.2% |
| #14 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 2,556 | 1,629 | 56.9% | 1,248 | 701 | 78.0% |
| #15 | Honda Fit | 2,501 | 1,455 | 71.9% | 947 | 787 | 20.3% |
| #16 | Kia Soul | 2,470 | 1,819 | 35.8% | 1,129 | 776 | 45.5% |
| #17 | Nissan Micra | 2,450 | — | — | 1,013 | — | — |
| #18 | Chrysler 200 | 2,373 | 1,858 | 27.7% | 1,140 | 661 | 72.5% |
| #18.1 | Chrysler 200 Sedan * | 2373 | 1846 | 28.5% | 1140 | 661 | 72.5% |
| #18.2 | Chrysler 200 Convertible * | — | 12 | -100% | — | — | — |
| #19 | Kia Rio | 2,362 | 2,657 | -11.1% | 1,277 | 1,032 | 23.7% |
| #20 | Honda Accord | 2,333 | 3,448 | -32.3% | 1,150 | 1,795 | -35.9% |
| #21 | Subaru Outback | 2,276 | 1,456 | 56.3% | 946 | 631 | 49.9% |
| #22 | Subaru Impreza | 2,167 | 1,942 | 11.6% | 981 | 785 | 25.0% |
| #22.1 | Subaru Impreza * | 1,619 | 1,636 | -1.0% | 744 | 642 | 15.9% |
| #22.2 | Subaru Impreza WRX/STi * | 548 | 306 | 79.1% | 237 | 143 | 65.7% |
| #23 | Nissan Versa | 2,041 | 2,991 | -31.8% | 847 | 1,546 | -45.2% |
| #24 | BMW 3-Series | 2,000 | 1,664 | 20.2% | 723 | 697 | 3.7% |
| #25 | Nissan Altima | 1,927 | 1,963 | -1.8% | 834 | 874 | -4.6% |
| #26 | Kia Forte | 1,760 | 2,280 | -22.8% | 863 | 1,006 | -14.2% |
| #27 | Chevrolet Malibu | 1,745 | 1,146 | 52.3% | 1,058 | 613 | 72.6% |
| #28 | Toyota Yaris | 1,556 | 1,484 | 4.9% | 686 | 716 | -4.2% |
| #29 | Subaru XV Crosstrek | 1,536 | 1,349 | 13.9% | 688 | 611 | 12.6% |
| #30 | Kia Optima | 1,426 | 1,697 | -16.0% | 535 | 723 | -26.0% |
| #31 | Dodge Charger | 1,391 | 1,763 | -21.1% | 694 | 1,020 | -32.0% |
| #32 | Toyota Venza | 1,347 | 1,639 | -17.8% | 586 | 680 | -13.8% |
| #33 | Volkswagen Passat & CC ¤ | 1,328 | 1,556 | -14.7% | 534 | 536 | -0.4% |
| #34 | Audi A4 º | 1,103 | 1,323 | -16.6% | 498 | 603 | -17.4% |
| #35 | Mitsubishi Lancer | 1,100 | 1,398 | -21.3% | 446 | 604 | -26.2% |
| #36 | Chevrolet Sonic | 1,079 | 1,576 | -31.5% | 528 | 808 | -34.7% |
| #37 | Dodge Dart | 1,075 | 1,740 | -38.2% | 480 | 406 | 18.2% |
| #38 | Ford Mustang | 1,068 | 745 | 43.4% | 732 | 448 | 63.4% |
| #39 | Acura TLX | 1,038 | — | — | 494 | — | — |
| #40 | BMW 4-Series | 925 | 388 | 138% | 286 | 164 | 74.4% |
| #41 | Chrysler 300 | 924 | 861 | 7.3% | 434 | 444 | -2.3% |
| #42 | Buick Verano | 899 | 1,137 | -20.9% | 435 | 615 | -29.3% |
| #43 | Mini Cooper † | 887 | 404 | 120% | 390 | 229 | 70.3% |
| #44 | Ford Fiesta | 869 | 1,564 | -44.4% | 289 | 469 | -38.4% |
| #45 | Toyota Prius C ² | 843 | 401 | 110% | 158 | 161 | -1.9% |
| #46 | Subaru Legacy | 804 | 456 | 76.3% | 365 | 199 | 83.4% |
| #47 | Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class | 794 | 646 | 22.9% | 291 | 272 | 7.0% |
| #48 | Mitsubishi Mirage | 793 | 799 | -0.8% | 380 | 233 | 63.1% |
| #49 | Hyundai Veloster | 767 | 619 | 23.9% | 385 | 292 | 31.8% |
| #50 | Infiniti Q50 | 713 | 821 | -13.2% | 309 | 370 | -16.5% |
| #51 | Audi A3 | 680 | — | — | 287 | — | — |
| #52 | Lexus IS | 633 | 802 | -21.1% | 307 | 371 | -17.3% |
| #53 | Fiat 500L | 593 | 568 | 4.4% | 274 | 376 | -27.1% |
| #54 | Toyota Prius V ² | 577 | 530 | 8.9% | 173 | 226 | -23.5% |
| #55 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ¤ | 563 | 806 | -30.1% | 253 | 427 | -40.7% |
| #56 | Dodge Challenger | 545 | 387 | 40.8% | 301 | 292 | 3.1% |
| T57.1 | Fiat 500 | 519 | 1,379 | -62.4% | 225 | 577 | -61.0% |
| T57.2 | Fiat 500 * | 384 | 987 | -61.1% | 154 | 408 | -62.3% |
| T57.3 | Fiat 500C * | 135 | 392 | -65.6% | 71 | 169 | -58.0% |
| T57.4 | Cadillac ATS | 519 | 649 | -20.0% | 271 | 314 | -13.7% |
| #59 | Mazda 6 | 501 | 613 | -18.3% | 266 | 344 | -22.7% |
| #60 | Volkswagen Beetle | 453 | 356 | 27.2% | 241 | 144 | 67.4% |
| #61 | Ford Taurus | 432 | 557 | -22.4% | 198 | 286 | -30.8% |
| #62 | Mercedes-Benz B-Class | 430 | 693 | -38.0% | 176 | 301 | -41.5% |
| #63 | Lexus ES | 426 | 476 | -10.5% | 191 | 223 | -14.4% |
| #64 | Hyundai Genesis Sedan ‡ | 411 | 269 | 52.8% | 237 | 127 | 86.6% |
| #65 | Acura ILX | 402 | 471 | -14.7% | 206 | 256 | -19.5% |
| #66 | Chevrolet Impala | 396 | 938 | -57.8% | 171 | 674 | -74.6% |
| #67 | BMW 5-Series | 380 | 412 | -7.8% | 110 | 114 | -3.5% |
| #68 | Toyota Prius/Prius Plug-In ² | 369 | 379 | -2.6% | 124 | 195 | -36.4% |
| #69 | Hyundai Genesis Coupe ‡ | 336 | 259 | 29.7% | 227 | 142 | 59.9% |
| #70 | Chevrolet Camaro | 328 | 394 | -16.8% | 212 | 260 | -18.5% |
| #71 | Toyota Matrix | 295 | 1,359 | -78.3% | — | 631 | -100% |
| #72 | Mazda 2 | 286 | 506 | -43.5% | 140 | 222 | -36.9% |
| #73 | Audi A5 | 270 | 456 | -40.8% | 133 | 235 | -43.4% |
| #74 | Lincoln MKZ | 265 | 314 | -15.6% | 128 | 176 | -27.3% |
| #75 | Buick LaCrosse | 248 | 143 | 73.4% | 125 | 87 | 43.7% |
| #76 | Scion FR-S | 225 | 212 | 6.1% | 121 | 105 | 15.2% |
| #77 | Chevrolet Spark | 223 | 629 | -64.5% | 75 | 172 | -56.4% |
| #78 | Scion tC | 222 | 182 | 22.0% | 115 | 87 | 32.2% |
| #79 | Buick Regal | 220 | 165 | 33.3% | 124 | 71 | 74.6% |
| T80 | Toyota Avalon | 217 | 240 | -9.6% | 39 | 139 | -71.9% |
| T80 | Volvo V60 | 217 | 160 | 35.6% | 104 | 90 | 15.6% |
| #82 | Scion xB | 210 | 131 | 60.3% | 98 | 50 | 96.0% |
| #83 | Nissan Maxima | 209 | 291 | -28.2% | 52 | 150 | -65.3% |
| #84 | BMW 2-Series | 181 | 47 | 285% | 109 | 47 | 132% |
| #85 | Porsche 911 | 180 | 120 | 50.0% | 95 | 73 | 30.1% |
| T86 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class & CL-Class ¤ | 178 | 286 | -37.8% | 81 | 101 | -19.8% |
| T86 | Audi A6 | 178 | 216 | -17.6% | 72 | 105 | -31.4% |
| #88 | Chevrolet Volt | 177 | 269 | -34.2% | 68 | 105 | -35.2% |
| #89 | Lexus CT200h | 175 | 245 | -28.6% | 57 | 138 | -58.7% |
| #90 | Jaguar XF | 170 | 192 | -11.5% | 83 | 99 | -16.2% |
| #91 | Honda Crosstour | 165 | 167 | -1.2% | 85 | 77 | 10.4% |
| #92 | Cadillac CTS | 163 | 189 | -13.8% | 73 | 84 | -13.1% |
| #93 | Nissan Leaf | 148 | 180 | -17.8% | 74 | 75 | -1.3% |
| #94 | Volvo S60 | 147 | 285 | -48.4% | 64 | 79 | -19.0% |
| #95 | Subaru BRZ | 138 | 193 | -28.5% | 86 | 90 | -4.4% |
| #96 | Chevrolet Corvette | 137 | 293 | -53.2% | 102 | 107 | -4.7% |
| #97 | Smart Fortwo | 125 | 458 | -72.7% | 52 | 320 | -83.8% |
| #98 | Cadillac XTS | 124 | 116 | 6.9% | 54 | 49 | 10.2% |
| #99 | Lexus RC | 119 | — | — | 59 | — | — |
| #100 | Jaguar F-Type | 99 | 95 | 4.2% | 59 | 47 | 25.5% |
| #101 | Ford C-Max | 93 | 205 | -54.6% | 43 | 95 | -54.7% |
| #102 | BMW 6-Series | 91 | 124 | -26.6% | 38 | 64 | -40.6% |
| #103 | Lexus GS | 90 | 90 | 0.0% | 38 | 36 | 5.6% |
| #104 | Volvo XC70 | 86 | 134 | -35.8% | 30 | 57 | -47.4% |
| #105 | BMW i3 | 84 | — | — | 29 | — | — |
| #106 | Nissan 370Z | 80 | 62 | 29.0% | 42 | 37 | 13.5% |
| #107 | Volkswagen Eos | 75 | 67 | 11.9% | 38 | 42 | -9.5% |
| #108 | BMW 7-Series | 73 | 74 | -1.4% | 21 | 35 | -40.0% |
| #109 | Infiniti Q60 | 72 | 89 | -19.1% | 40 | 37 | 8.1% |
| #110 | Mazda MX-5 Miata | 67 | 129 | -48.1% | 46 | 38 | 21.1% |
| #111 | Jaguar XJ | 66 | 82 | -19.5% | 46 | 57 | -19.3% |
| #112 | Porsche Panamera | 63 | 84 | -25.0% | 26 | 46 | -43.5% |
| #113 | Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class | 61 | 81 | -24.7% | 37 | 51 | -27.5% |
| #114 | Acura RLX | 58 | 105 | -44.8% | 30 | 42 | -28.6% |
| #115 | Mercedes-Benz SL-Class | 53 | 74 | -28.4% | 24 | 57 | -57.9% |
| #116 | Scion iQ | 49 | 93 | -47.3% | 30 | 28 | 7.1% |
| #117 | Infiniti Q70 | 48 | 23 | 109% | 23 | 3 | 667% |
| #118 | Porsche Boxster | 47 | 48 | -2.1% | 21 | 26 | -19.2% |
| T119 | Kia Cadenza | 44 | 21 | 110% | 9 | 10 | -10.0% |
| T119 | Porsche Cayman | 44 | 37 | 18.9% | 23 | 22 | 4.5% |
| #121 | Audi A7 | 43 | 222 | -80.6% | 12 | 98 | -87.8% |
| #122 | Audi A8 | 42 | 46 | -8.7% | 16 | 23 | -30.4% |
| #123 | Lexus LS | 35 | 37 | -5.4% | 10 | 16 | -37.5% |
| #124 | Lincoln MKS | 34 | 84 | -59.5% | 16 | 14 | 14.3% |
| #125 | Scion xD | 27 | 72 | -62.5% | 14 | 24 | -41.7% |
| #126 | Volvo S80 | 25 | 9 | 178% | 1 | 2 | -50.0% |
| #127 | Nissan GT-R | 24 | 31 | -22.6% | 15 | 28 | -46.4% |
| #128 | Audi R8 | 22 | 28 | -21.4% | 6 | 20 | -70.0% |
| #129 | Honda CR-Z | 19 | 14 | 35.7% | 13 | 6 | 117% |
| #130 | BMW Z4 | 17 | 37 | -54.1% | 10 | 22 | -54.5% |
| T131 | Dodge Viper | 15 | 19 | -21.1% | 3 | 10 | -70.0% |
| T131 | Cadillac ELR | 15 | 3 | 400% | 9 | 2 | 350% |
| #133 | Mitsubishi i MiEV | 11 | 24 | -54.2% | 8 | 12 | -33.3% |
| #134 | Alfa Romeo 4C | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
| #135 | Audi TT | 9 | 59 | -84.7% | 6 | 34 | -82.4% |
| T136 | Dodge Avenger | 8 | 307 | -97.4% | 2 | 59 | -96.6% |
| T136 | Hyundai Equus | 8 | 13 | -38.5% | 5 | 7 | -28.6% |
| T136 | Jaguar XK | 8 | 13 | -38.5% | 6 | 6 | 0.0% |
| #139 | Kia K900 | 7 | 3 | 133% | 2 | 3 | -33.3% |
| #140 | Porsche 918 Spyder | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| T141 | BMW 1-Series | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 100% |
| T141 | Nissan Cube | 2 | 11 | -81.8% | 1 | 3 | -66.7% |
| #143 | Mercedes-Benz R-Class | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| #144 | Acura TL | — | 411 | -100% | — | 248 | -100% |
| #145 | Acura TSX | – | 171 | -100% | — | 86 | -100% |
| #146 | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | — | 7 | -100% | — | 1 | -100% |
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144,070 | 146,372 | -1.6% | 65,631 | 67,156 | -2.3% |
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Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada & ANDC
* Italicized unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model’s total, not in addition to the model’s total.
² Total Prius Family sales: down 22% to 455 in March; up 37% to 1789 YTD.
† Mini Cooper includes sales of the Hardtop, Convertible, Clubman, Coupe, Roadster, and Paceman.
‡ Total Genesis sales: up 72.5% to 464 in March; up 41.5% to 747 YTD.
¤ Automakers release sales figures for the E-Class and CLS-Class together, S-Class and CL-Class together, Passat and CC together.
º Audi’s A4 sales data includes sales of the Allroad.
Sales data for brands such as Bentley, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Rolls-Royce are unfortunately not broken down by model. estimates say sales for those brands in the first-quarter of of 2015 were 41, 54, 30, and 18, respectively. Total Maserati volume is reported, but not by specific models. It is believed that Tesla sold 147 copies of their Model S back in the first two months of 2015. The estimate for Tesla March sales in Canada was 51 units.