Canadian sales of compact cars are down 7% this year but didn’t slow quite as noticeably in March as in the prior two months.
March volume of compacts, led by the Honda Civic’s 8% decline to 5554 units, slid 3%, a loss of around 1000 units. Honda previewed an all-new 2016 Civic with a thinly-veiled concept at the New York Auto Show earlier this month.
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – March 2015 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model – March 2015 YTD
Subcompact sales, meanwhile, fell 15% thanks to declines from nearly every nameplate.
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Only the Honda Fit, up 20% year-over-year, and Kia Rio, up 24% YOY, posted subcompact improvements in March 2015.
For the first time since its arrival in Canada one year ago, the Nissan Micra topped the 1000-unit mark. In so doing, the Micra outsold the Mitsubishi Mirage by 633 units and Nissan’s own declining Versa by 166 units.
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 • March 2016 • April 2015 • February 2015 • March 2014
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Compact
|
March
2015 |
March
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
206
|
256 | -19.5% | 402 | 471 | -14.7% | |
|
435
|
615 | -29.3% | 899 | 1137 | -20.9% | |
|
2099
|
3846 | -45.4% | 5035 | 6916 | -27.2% | |
|
480
|
406 | 18.2% | 1075 | 1740 | -38.2% | |
|
1616
|
1722 | -6.2% | 3303 | 3900 | -15.3% | |
|
5554
|
6016 | -7.7% | 10,458 | 12,407 | -15.7% | |
|
4293
|
4361 | -1.6% | 9556 | 10,373 | -7.9% | |
|
863
|
1006 | -14.2% | 1760 | 2280 | -22.8% | |
|
3700
|
3663 | 1.0% | 7377 | 8286 | -11.0% | |
|
446
|
604 | -26.2% | 1100 | 1398 | -21.3% | |
|
1431
|
1421 | 0.7% | 3288 | 3148 | 4.4% | |
|
981
|
785 | 25.0% | 2167 | 1942 | 11.6% | |
|
3967
|
4321 | -8.2% | 9027 | 9162 | -1.5% | |
|
—
|
631 | -100% | 295 | 1359 | -78.3% | |
|
1970
|
188 | 948% | 4551 | 719 | 533% | |
|
3012
|
2207 | 36.5% | 6441 | 6179 | 4.2% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
31,053
|
32,048 | -3.1% | 66,734 | 71,417 | -6.6% |
|
Subcompact
|
March
2015 |
March
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
528
|
808 | -34.7% | 1079 | 1576 | -31.5% | |
|
289
|
469 | -38.4% | 869 | 1564 | -44.4% | |
|
947
|
787 | 20.3% | 2501 | 1455 | 71.9% | |
|
1618
|
1906 | -15.1% | 3221 | 3885 | -17.1% | |
|
1277
|
1032 | 23.7% | 2362 | 2657 | -11.1% | |
|
140
|
222 | -36.9% | 286 | 506 | -43.5% | |
|
847
|
1546 | -45.2% | 2041 | 2991 | -31.8% | |
|
158
|
161 | -1.9% | 843 | 401 | 110% | |
|
686
|
716 | -4.2% | 1556 | 1484 | 4.9% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
6490
|
7647 | -15.1% | 14,758 | 16,519 | -10.7% |
|
City Car
|
March
2015 |
March
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
75
|
172 | -56.4% | 223 | 629 | -64.5% | |
|
380
|
233 | 63.1% | 793 | 799 | -0.8% | |
|
1013
|
— | — | 2450 | — | — | |
|
30
|
28 | 7.1% | 49 | 93 | -47.3% | |
|
52
|
320 | -83.8% | 125 | 458 | -72.7% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1550
|
753 | 106% | 3640 | 1979 | 83.9% |
|
Warm Hatches
|
March
2015 |
March
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fiat 500 *
|
225
|
577 | -61.0% | 519 | 1379 | -62.4% |
|
385
|
292 | 31.8% | 767 | 619 | 23.9% | |
|
390
|
229 | 70.3% | 887 | 404 | 120% | |
|
Scion tC *
|
115
|
87 | 32.2% | 222 | 182 | 22.0% |
|
241
|
144 | 67.4% | 453 | 356 | 27.2% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1356
|
1329 | 2.0% | 2848 | 2940 | -3.1% |
|
Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers
|
March
2015 |
March
2014 |
%
Change |
2015
YTD |
2014
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
371
|
390 | -4.9% | 854 | 1264 | -32.4% | |
|
448
|
729 | -38.5% | 984 | 1448 | -32.0% | |
|
274
|
376 | -27.1% | 593 | 568 | 4.4% | |
|
1129
|
776 | 45.5% | 2470 | 1819 | 35.8% | |
|
176
|
301 | -41.5% | 430 | 693 | -38.0% | |
|
75
|
139 | -46.0% | 186 | 366 | -49.2% | |
|
427
|
434 | -1.6% | 1059 | 1224 | -13.5% | |
|
1
|
3 | -66.7% | 2 | 11 | -81.8% | |
|
464
|
382 | 21.5% | 950 | 811 | 17.1% | |
|
98
|
50 | 96.0% | 210 | 131 | 60.3% | |
|
14
|
24 | -41.7% | 27 | 72 | -62.5% | |
|
688
|
611 | 12.6% | 1536 | 1349 | 13.9% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
4165
|
4215 | -1.2% | 9301 | 9756 | -4.7% |
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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