Canadian sales of compact cars fell 3.5% in April 2016, a year-over-year loss of more than 1300 units.
Yet Canadian sales of the best-selling car, Honda’s new tenth-generation Civic, jumped 10% to 6202 units. The Civic’s market share jumped from 15.1% in April 2015 to 17.2% in April 2016 as many of its chief rivals – Hyundai Elantra, Mazda 3, Volkswagen Jetta, Chevrolet Cruze, Ford Focus, Nissan Sentra – lost sales.
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – April 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model – April 2016 YTD
The story is not all that different among subcompacts. Canadian sales of subcompact cars tumbled 10% despite significant growth from the the segment leader, Hyundai’s Accent, sales of which grew 10%, year-over-year.
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For the Accent, April 2016 marked just the fifth month in the last four years in which Hyundai Canada sold more than 2500 Accents.
Honda Canada has now sold more than 6000 Civics in 12 of the last 24 months.
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 • April 2017 • May 2016 • March 2016 • April 2015
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Compact
|
April
2016 |
April
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
297
|
281 | 5.7% | 785 | 683 | 14.9% | |
|
1125
|
780 | 44.2% | 2397 | 1679 | 42.8% | |
|
2196
|
4175 | -47.4% | 7891 | 9210 | -14.3% | |
|
123
|
231 | -46.8% | 568 | 1306 | -56.5% | |
|
1542
|
2303 | -33.0% | 4591 | 5606 | -18.1% | |
|
6202
|
5634 | 10.1% | 18,721 | 16,092 | 16.3% | |
|
4607
|
4736 | -2.7% | 16,185 | 14,292 | 13.2% | |
|
1512
|
1169 | 29.3% | 3980 | 2929 | 35.9% | |
|
3275
|
4233 | -22.6% | 8463 | 11,610 | -27.1% | |
|
763
|
543 | 40.5% | 2423 | 1643 | 47.5% | |
|
1159
|
1510 | -23.2% | 4691 | 4798 | -2.2% | |
|
692
|
— | — | 1671 | — | — | |
|
1412
|
1293 | 9.2% | 3574 | 3460 | -11.9% | |
|
5641
|
5456 | 3.4% | 13,992 | 14,483 | -3.4% | |
|
—
|
— | —- | — | 295 | -100% | |
|
2542
|
1995 | 27.4% | 6744 | 6546 | 3.0% | |
|
2912
|
2996 | -2.8% | 6823 | 9437 | -27.7% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
36,000
|
37,335 | -3.5% | 103,499 | 104,069 | -0.5% |
|
Subcompact
|
April
2016 |
April
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
694
|
948 | -26.8% | 1546 | 2027 | -23.7% | |
|
431
|
439 | -1.8% | 1354 | 1308 | 3.5% | |
|
819
|
1181 | -30.7% | 2600 | 3682 | -29.4% | |
|
2549
|
2310 | 10.3% | 5376 | 5531 | -2.8% | |
|
858
|
1055 | -18.7% | 2569 | 3417 | -24.8% | |
|
—
|
141 | -100% | 27 | 427 | -93.7% | |
|
649
|
913 | -28.9% | 2173 | 2954 | -26.4% | |
|
217
|
220 | -1.4% | 725 | 1063 | -31.8% | |
|
975
|
784 | 24.4% | 2648 | 2340 | 13.2% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
7192
|
7991 | -10.0% | 19,018 | 22,749 | -16.4% |
|
City Car
|
April
2016 |
April
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
289
|
45 | 542% | 711 | 268 | 165% | |
|
352
|
488 | -27.9% | 1046 | 1281 | -18.3% | |
|
930
|
1240 | -25.0% | 3466 | 3690 | -6.1% | |
|
—
|
23 | -100% | 2 | 72 | -97.2% | |
|
55
|
66 | -16.7% | 535 | 191 | 180% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1626
|
1862 | -12.7% | 5760 | 5502 | 4.7% |
|
Warm Hatches
|
April
2016 |
April
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Fiat 500 *
|
75
|
345 | -78.3% | 302 | 864 | -65.0% |
|
208
|
308 | -32.5% | 473 | 1075 | -56.0% | |
|
627
|
551 | 13.8% | 1573 | 1438 | 9.4% | |
|
Scion tC *
|
123
|
114 | 7.9% | 315 | 336 | -6.3% |
|
452
|
398 | 13.6% | 1024 | 851 | 20.3% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
1485
|
1716 | -13.5% | 3687 | 4564 | -19.2% |
|
Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers
|
April
2016 |
April
2015 |
%
Change |
2016
YTD |
2015
YTD |
%
Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
767
|
437 | 75.5% | 1510 | 1291 | 17.0% | |
|
954
|
813 | 17.3% | 2777 | 1797 | 54.5% | |
|
31
|
264 | -88.3% | 117 | 857 | -86.3% | |
|
124
|
— | — | 249 | — | — | |
|
1135
|
— | — | 3166 | — | — | |
|
1369
|
1142 | 19.9% | 3428 | 3612 | -5.1% | |
|
1054
|
— | — | 3071 | — | — | |
|
239
|
233 | 2.6% | 791 | 663 | 19.3% | |
|
118
|
111 | 6.3% | 271 | 297 | -8.8% | |
|
783
|
463 | 69.1% | 2058 | 1522 | 35.2% | |
|
—
|
— | — | — | 2 | -100% | |
|
457
|
458 | -0.2% | 1454 | 1408 | 3.3% | |
|
—
|
156 | -100% | 47 | 366 | -87.2% | |
|
—
|
— | — | — | 27 | -100% | |
|
895
|
797 | 12.3% | 2724 | 2333 | 16.8% | |
|
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
|
Total
|
7926
|
4874 | 62.6% | 21,663 | 14,175 | 52.8% |
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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Midsize Car Sales In Canada – April 2016 YTD