
Canadian sales of compact cars dipped 1% in the first one-third of 2017, a minor decline compared to the 5% drop across the passenger car sector as a whole.
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model – April 2017 YTD
Canada Passenger Car Sales By Model – April 2017 YTD
Buoyed by gains from top sellers in April 2017, Canadian sales of compact cars nevertheless fell 4% last month. The Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Hyundai Elantra, and Chevrolet Cruze all reported improvements, but compact car volume was still down by more than 1300 units.
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Subcompact car sales, meanwhile, are down 28% this year, a loss made worse by sharp drops from top sellers. As the Hyundai Accent and Kia Rio approach replacement this year, the Korean fraternal twins still make up 41% of the subcompact market.
Japanese compatriots earn 44% of subcompact car sales, leaving Detroit’s duo with only 15% of the pie.
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. Mobile users can now thumb across the tables for full-width access.
Click Column Headers To Sort • March 2017 • April 2016
Compact
|
April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
204
|
297 | -31.3% | 667 | 785 | -15.0% | |
277
|
1125 | -75.4% | 1202 | 2397 | -49.9% | |
3991
|
2196 | 81.7% | 9578 | 7891 | 21.4% | |
253
|
125 | 102% | 515 | 582 | -11.5% | |
1038
|
1542 | -32.7% | 3825 | 4591 | -16.7% | |
6438
|
6202 | 3.8% | 21,834 | 18,721 | 16.6% | |
4806
|
4607 | 4.3% | 12,863 | 16,185 | -20.5% | |
1908
|
1512 | 26.2% | 4923 | 3980 | 23.7% | |
2395
|
3275 | -26.9% | 8385 | 8463 | -0.9% | |
673
|
763 | -11.8% | 1908 | 2423 | -21.3% | |
1326
|
1159 | 14.4% | 4907 | 4691 | 4.6% | |
—
|
692 | -100% | 1 | 1671 | -99.9% | |
1664
|
1412 | 17.8% | 4748 | 3574 | 32.8% | |
5841
|
5641 | 3.5% | 16,615 | 13,992 | 18.7% | |
2081
|
2542 | -18.1% | 6033 | 6744 | -10.5% | |
1784
|
2912 | -38.7% | 4716 | 6823 | -30.9% | |
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
Total
|
34,679
|
36,002 | -3.7% | 102,720 | 103,513 | -0.8% |
Subcompact
|
April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
558
|
694 | -19.6% | 1456 | 1546 | -5.8% | |
222
|
431 | -48.5% | 596 | 1354 | -56.0% | |
504
|
819 | -38.5% | 1157 | 2600 | -55.5% | |
1747
|
2549 | -31.5% | 4303 | 5376 | -20.0% | |
481
|
858 | -43.9% | 1289 | 2569 | -49.8% | |
—
|
— | — | — | 27 | -100% | |
705
|
649 | 8.6% | 2757 | 2173 | 26.9% | |
250
|
217 | 15.2% | 525 | 725 | -27.6% | |
622
|
975 | -36.2% | 1685 | 2648 | -36.4% | |
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
Total
|
5089
|
7192 | -29.2% | 13,768 | 19,018 | -27.6% |
City Car
|
April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
474
|
289 | 64.0% | 1027 | 711 | 44.4% | |
274
|
352 | -22.2% | 728 | 1046 | -30.4% | |
772
|
930 | -17.0% | 2460 | 3466 | -29.0% | |
—
|
— | — | — | 2 | -100% | |
22
|
55 | -60.0% | 115 | 535 | -78.5% | |
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
Total
|
1542
|
1626 | -5.2% | 4330 | 5760 | -24.8% |
Warm Hatches
|
April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fiat 500 *
|
135
|
76 | 77.6% | 588 | 308 | 90.9% |
458
|
208 | 120% | 1066 | 473 | 125% | |
561
|
627 | -10.5% | 1623 | 1573 | 3.2% | |
Scion tC *
|
12
|
123 | -90.2% | 52 | 315 | -83.5% |
341
|
452 | -24.6% | 1041 | 1024 | 1.7% | |
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
Total
|
1507
|
1486 | 1.4% | 4370 | 3693 | 18.3% |
Tall Hatchbacks
& Crossovers |
April
2017 |
April
2016 |
%
Change |
2017
YTD |
2016
YTD |
%
Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
947
|
767 | 23.5% | 2432 | 1510 | 61.1% | |
487
|
954 | -49.0% | 2323 | 2777 | -16.3% | |
6
|
32 | -81.3% | 28 | 122 | -77.0% | |
132
|
124 | 6.5% | 468 | 249 | 88.0% | |
1633
|
1135 | 43.9% | 4940 | 3166 | 56.0% | |
996
|
1369 | -27.2% | 3107 | 3428 | -9.4% | |
949
|
1054 | -10.0% | 2778 | 3071 | -9.5% | |
197
|
239 | -17.6% | 787 | 791 | -0.5% | |
128
|
118 | 8.5% | 222 | 271 | -18.1% | |
712
|
783 | -9.1% | 1903 | 2058 | -7.5% | |
247
|
457 | -46.0% | 833 | 1454 | -42.7% | |
—
|
— | — | — | 47 | -100% | |
791
|
895 | -11.6% | 2297 | 2724 | -15.7% | |
—
|
—
|
— | — | — | — | — |
Total
|
7225
|
7927 | -8.9% | 22,118 | 21,668 | 2.1% |
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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