Automotive
It will go down as yet another year of rapid midsize sedan sales decline.
Canadian sales of midsize cars fell 11% in 2014. Then, compared with 2014's already lower levels, midsize car sales fell 8% in 2015. Them, compared with 107,000 midsize cars sold in Canada in 2015, sales fell 11% in 2016, a loss of more than 11,000 sales across the segment.
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - 2016 Year End
Nearly every contender, including the top-selling Toyota Camry – which claimed best-selling midsize car status for a second consecutive year and the third time in six years – reported fewer sales in calendar year 2016 than in the twelve months of 2015.
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The Nissan Altima reported a 6% increase to 7753 units, though after averaging more than 14,600 annual sales over the course of the decade ending in 2013, was hardly an overachiever.
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 sortable, so you can rank midsize cars 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 • January 2017 • November 2016 • December 2015
Midsize Car | Dec. 2016 | Dec. 2015 | % Change | 2016 | 2015 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
48 | 51 | -5.9% | 841 | 968 | -13.1% | |
635 | 391 | 62.4% | 11,503 | 9203 | 25.0% | |
330 | 623 | -47.0% | 7010 | 10,961 | -36.0% | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | 8 | -100% | |
911 | 1035 | -12.0% | 14,424 | 15,781 | -8.6% | |
905 | 1035 | -12.6% | 13,857 | 14,465 | -4.2% | |
544 | 507 | 7.3% | 10,191 | 13,497 | -24.5% | |
628 | 455 | 38.0% | 5243 | 6210 | -15.6% | |
155 | 151 | 2.6% | 2053 | 2703 | -24.0% | |
295 | 851 | -65.3% | 7753 | 7293 | 6.3% | |
181 | 229 | -21.0% | 3001 | 3258 | -7.9% | |
835 | 672 | 24.3% | 15,683 | 16,805 | -6.7% | |
200 | 366 | -45.4% | 4023 | 5838 | -31.1% | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 5667 | 6366 | -11.0% | 95,582 | 106,990 | -10.7% |
Hybrids & Electrics | Dec. 2016 | Dec. 2015 | % Change | 2016 | 2015 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
272 | 220 | 23.6% | 3469 | 1463 | 137% | |
48 | 54 | -11.1% | 851 | 721 | 18.0% | |
--- | --- | --- | 1 | --- | --- | |
2 | 11 | -81.8% | 86 | 121 | -28.9% | |
75 | 122 | -38.5% | 1375 | 1233 | 11.5% | |
282 | 98 | 188% | 2855 | 1624 | 75.8% | |
133 | 185 | -28.1% | 2105 | 2497 | -15.7% | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 812 | 690 | 17.7% | 10,742 | 7659 | 40.2% |
Tall Wagons & Crossovers | Dec. 2016 | Dec. 2015 | % Change | 2016 | 2015 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
--- | --- | --- | 5 | 294 | -98.3% | |
869 | 746 | 16.5% | 11,255 | 9992 | 12.6% | |
364 | 358 | 1.7% | 5971 | 6129 | -2.6% | |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
Total | 1233 | 1104 | 11.7% | 17,231 | 16,415 | 5.0% |
* indicates a vehicle that is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ Volkswagen Canada combines figures for the Passat and CC.
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 Outback and Venza listed with midsize SUVs, too... 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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