Top 30 Best-Selling Vehicles In Canada - 2016 Year End

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Canada's 30 best-selling new vehicle nameplates generated 56% of all Canadian light vehicle sales in calendar year 2016, with the Ford F-Series leading the way for an eighth consecutive year. Claiming 7.5% of all new vehicle sales, Ford set an F-Series sales record and topped the second-ranked Ram P/U line by more than 56,000 sales, a 63% margin.

Canada's top-selling car, the Honda Civic, ranked third overall and hasn't led the overall standings since 2008. The Civic has been Canada's best-selling car in 19 consecutive years. The second-ranked Hyundai Elantra – seventh overall – was 15,677 sales abaft.

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The Dodge Grand Caravan finished 2016 as Canada's fourth-best-selling vehicle and the top-selling minivan overall. Unseating the Ford Escape, the Toyota RAV4 was the top-selling utility vehicle in Canada in 2016 thanks to a 16% surge to 49,103 sales. The RAV4 was just one of 15 SUVs/crossovers on this list of Canada's 30 best-selling vehicles in 2016.

Auto sales reached record levels of 1.95 million units in Canada in 2016, topping records set in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Passenger car volume tumbled 8%, but light truck volume – encompassing pickups, SUVs, crossovers, and vans – rose 9%.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling vehicles can always be accessed through the dropdown menu at GCBC's Sales Stats page, and for those not viewing the mobile version of this site, near the top right of this page, as well. GoodCarBadCar has already published the list of Canada's best-selling trucks, best-selling SUVs, and best-selling cars in 2016 and has also posted December-specific editions, links for which you'll find at the bottom of this post.

2015 Year End • 2014 Year End • 2013 Year End

Rank	Best-Selling Vehicle	2016	2015	%  Change
#1	Ford F-Series	145,409	118,837	22.4%
#2	Ram P/U	89,048	91,195	-2.4%
#3	Honda Civic	64,552	64,950	-0.6%
#4	Dodge Grand Caravan	51,349	46,927	9.4%
#5	GMC Sierra	51,091	53,727	-4.9%
#6	Toyota RAV4	49,103	42,246	16.2%
#7	Hyundai Elantra	48,875	47,722	2.4%
#8	Ford Escape	46,661	47,726	-2.2%
#9	Toyota Corolla	45,626	47,198	-3.3%
#10	Chevrolet Silverado	44,932	46,407	-3.2%
#11	Honda CR-V	44,789	38,961	15.0%
#12	Nissan Rogue	40,055	35,841	11.8%
#13	Jeep Cherokee	32,465	31,833	2.0%
#14	Mazda 3	27,689	34,811	-20.5%
#15	Chevrolet Cruze	26,824	31,958	-16.1%
#16	Mazda CX-5	25,123	22,281	12.8%
#17	Hyundai Santa Fe Sport	24,282	26,685	-9.0%
#18	Hyundai Tucson	23,789	16,362	45.4%
#19	Volkswagen Jetta	20,954	27,719	-24.4%
#20	Ford Edge	20,517	16,580	23.7%
#21	Volkswagen Golf	19,966	20,515	-2.7%
#22	Hyundai Accent	19,198	19,371	-0.9%
#23	Chevrolet Equinox	19,197	19,766	-2.9%
#24	Jeep Wrangler	18,277	20,880	-12.5%
#25	Dodge Journey	16,741	25,646	-34.7%
#26	Ford Focus	16,627	21,101	-21.2%
#27	Toyota Camry	15,683	16,805	-6.7%
#28	Kia Sorento	15,466	14,372	7.6%
#29	Ford Explorer	15,275	15,615	-2.2%
#30	Jeep Grand Cherokee	14,912	11,605	28.5%

Source: Automakers, & Global Automakers Of Canada & ANDC

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