Best Selling Compact Cars in Canada for May 2018
Here you will find the Compact Car sales leaders in Canada for May 2018. Each month we compile the Compact Car sales data and reports for North American markets and analyze it to create the best selling list below.
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Our Take On The Compact Car Sales Numbers
Despite large fluctuations in some of the sub-segments below, small car sales in Canada declined just under 4% year-on-year in May – slower than the overall passenger car segment, with sales down 7.65% across the board last month.
The steepest declines were seen in the relatively low-impact warm hatch segment – sales of these vehicles were down 42.5% year-on-year.
Even the Chevrolet Spark got in on the brand’s best May since 2007; sales of the tiny Spark shot up almost fivefold year-on-year, making it the dominant nameplate in the city car triumvirate for the month and catapulting it – and the segment – into the green year-to-date.
The most voluminous small car segment was less healthy at the end of May – while the segment-topping Honda Civic increased sales 4.2%, overall sales fell by 11.7% – faster than the overall passenger car market decline – with severe drops for fairly big-volume players like the Hyundai Elantra, Chevrolet Cruze and Volkswagen Golf seeing drops last month.
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Compact Car Sales Figures – This Month
This sales table of shows the top Compact Car sales performers in the Canada, including their year on year growth rates both for the most recent month and year to date figures. Note that this table is sortable and that it fees the chart below. You can easily change the chart by filtering and sorting the below table.
For reference CA = Canada Sales for the month, CA LY = Last Year’s Canada Sales for the month, CA vs LY = The Year on Year Growth Rate, YTD = Canada Sales Year to Date, YTD LY = Last Year’s Canada Year to Date Sales, YTD vs LY = The Year on Year Growth Rate.
Compact Car Sales
| Model | CA | CA LY | CA vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acura ILX | 144 | 173 | -16.80 | 689 | 840 | -18.00 |
| Buick Verano | 0 | 172 | -100.00 | 2 | 1,374 | -99.90 |
| Chevrolet Cruze | 2,733 | 3,496 | -21.80 | 12,270 | 13,074 | -6.10 |
| Dodge Dart | 0 | 3 | -100.00 | 2 | 518 | -99.60 |
| Ford Focus | 1,202 | 1,199 | 0.30 | 5,151 | 5,024 | 2.50 |
| Honda Civic | 8,974 | 8,616 | 4.20 | 28,847 | 30,450 | -5.30 |
| Hyundai Elantra | 4,256 | 6,018 | -29.30 | 16,009 | 18,881 | -15.20 |
| Kia Forte | 1,535 | 1,933 | -20.60 | 5,927 | 6,856 | -13.60 |
| Mazda 3 | 2,874 | 2,813 | 2.20 | 10,631 | 11,198 | -5.10 |
| Mitsubishi Lancer | 297 | 605 | -50.90 | 1,366 | 2,513 | -45.60 |
| Nissan Sentra | 1,065 | 1,683 | -36.70 | 4,967 | 6,590 | -24.60 |
| Toyota Corolla | 5,687 | 6,122 | -7.10 | 20,080 | 22,737 | -11.70 |
| Volkswagen Golf | 1,870 | 2,343 | -20.20 | 9,310 | 8,376 | 11.20 |
| Volkswagen Jetta | 2,073 | 1,878 | 10.40 | 3,866 | 6,594 | -41.40 |
| Model | CA | CA LY | CA vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
| ∑ = 32,710 | ∑ = 37,054 | ∑ = 119,117 | ∑ = 135,025 |
Subcompact Car Sales
| Model | CA | CA LY | CA vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet Sonic | 659 | 743 | -11.30 | 2,082 | 2,199 | -5.30 |
| Ford Fiesta | 141 | 236 | -40.30 | 630 | 832 | -24.30 |
| Honda Fit | 475 | 536 | -11.40 | 2,252 | 1,693 | 33.00 |
| Hyundai Accent | 1,204 | 1,881 | -36.00 | 4,275 | 6,184 | -30.90 |
| Kia Rio | 564 | 356 | 58.40 | 2,575 | 1,645 | 56.50 |
| Nissan Versa | 662 | 781 | -15.20 | 3,201 | 3,538 | -9.50 |
| Toyota Yaris | 886 | 705 | 25.70 | 2,658 | 2,390 | 11.20 |
| Model | CA | CA LY | CA vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
| ∑ = 4,591 | ∑ = 5,238 | ∑ = 17,673 | ∑ = 18,481 |
City Car Sales
| Model | CA | CA LY | CA vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chevrolet Spark | 910 | 184 | 394.60 | 2,114 | 1,211 | 74.60 |
| Mitsubishi Mirage | 221 | 270 | -18.10 | 890 | 998 | -10.80 |
| Nissan Micra | 741 | 922 | -19.60 | 2,720 | 3,382 | -19.60 |
| Model | CA | CA LY | CA vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
| ∑ = 1,872 | ∑ = 1,376 | ∑ = 5,724 | ∑ = 5,591 |
Tall Hatch Car Sales
| Model | CA | CA LY | CA vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buick Encore | 1,312 | 947 | 38.50 | 4,071 | 3,379 | 20.50 |
| Chevrolet Trax | 643 | 464 | 38.60 | 2,079 | 2,787 | -25.40 |
| Fiat 500L | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 28 | -75.00 |
| Fiat 500X | 5 | 305 | -98.40 | 31 | 773 | -96.00 |
| Ford EcoSport | 641 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,391 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Honda HR-V | 1,194 | 1,687 | -29.20 | 5,083 | 6,627 | -23.30 |
| Kia Soul | 1,091 | 1,156 | -5.60 | 4,094 | 4,263 | -4.00 |
| Mazda CX-3 | 1,326 | 1,089 | 21.80 | 5,199 | 3,867 | 34.40 |
| Mini Countryman | 283 | 189 | 49.70 | 917 | 411 | 123.10 |
| Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross | 291 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,044 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Nissan Juke | 0 | 270 | -100.00 | 0 | 1,103 | -100.00 |
| Nissan Qashqai | 1,908 | 191 | 899.00 | 7,107 | 191 | 3,620.90 |
| Subaru Crosstrek | 1,532 | 786 | 94.90 | 6,372 | 3,083 | 106.70 |
| Toyota C-HR | 732 | 690 | 0.00 | 2,602 | 690 | 0.00 |
| Model | CA | CA LY | CA vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
| ∑ = 10,958 | ∑ = 7,774 | ∑ = 40,997 | ∑ = 27,202 |
Warm Hatch Car Sales
| Model | CA | CA LY | CA vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiat 500 | 40 | 5 | 700.00 | 142 | 593 | -76.10 |
| Hyundai Veloster | 61 | 528 | -88.40 | 86 | 1,594 | -94.60 |
| Mini Cooper | 578 | 655 | -11.80 | 1,843 | 2,278 | -19.10 |
| Volkswagen Beetle | 248 | 425 | -41.60 | 1,006 | 1,466 | -31.40 |
| Model | CA | CA LY | CA vs LY | YTD | YTD LY | YTD vs LY |
| ∑ = 927 | ∑ = 1,613 | ∑ = 3,077 | ∑ = 5,931 |