Canadian sales of passenger cars continued their steady and predictable decline in February 2017, sliding 3% to 38,000 units, equal to only 31% of the market.
The decline would have been much sharper, but sales of the most popular cars in Canada are soaring in early 2017. February sales of the Honda Civic, Canada's best-selling car in 19 consecutive years, jumped 37% to 3921 units.
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - February 2017 YTD
Canada SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - February 2017 YTD
Canada Pickup Truck Sales By Model - February 2017
Canada Minivan Sales By Model - February 2017
The Toyota Corolla, which like the Civic now encompasses a hatchback variant, rose 36% to 3469 units. Together, those two cars generated one in five Canadian car sales and added nearly 2000 sales to a sector that lost more than 1100 sales.
Take away the Civic and Corolla gains and Canadian passenger car volume would have fallen 8% in February 2017.
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - January 2017 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - February 2016 YTD
Numerous new cars, cars that mostly remain low-volume contenders, were added to Canada's passenger car fleet in February 2017. The Kia Niro is an entry-level hybrid, launched to coincide with its Hyundai Ioniq corporate sibling. The two are thoroughly differentiated, with the Niro playing the crossover card. (It's a wagon – the Niro is low and doesn't offer all-wheel drive.)
The Volvo V90 and Alfa Romeo Giulia collected their first Canadian sales in February, as well.
Reminder: these are 2017 year-to-date rankings, but you can sort cars by February 2017 volume by clicking the February 2017 column header, or you can rank them by improvements or declines using the % columns.
Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the Car column header. At any time, click the Rank column to return to the original format. If you're on a mobile device, you may need to choose the full version of the site (at the bottom of the page) in order to use the sortable function.
As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these vehicles by selecting a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access.
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Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada & ANDC
* Italicized unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model's total, not in addition to the model's total.
² Total Prius Family sales: down 25% to 317 in February; down 13% to 617 YTD.
† Mini Cooper includes sales of the Hardtop, Convertible, Clubman, Coupe, Roadster, and Paceman.
¤ Automakers release sales figures for the E-Class and CLS-Class and the Passat and CC together.
º Audi's A4 sales data includes sales of the Allroad.
Sales data for brands such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Rolls-Royce are unfortunately not broken down by model. ANDC estimates say sales for those brands in 2017's first two months were 40, 36, and 16 units, respectively. It is believed that Tesla sold 100 copies of the Model S during the first month of 2017.
The decline would have been much sharper, but sales of the most popular cars in Canada are soaring in early 2017. February sales of the Honda Civic, Canada's best-selling car in 19 consecutive years, jumped 37% to 3921 units.
Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - February 2017 YTD
Canada SUV/Crossover Sales By Model - February 2017 YTD
Canada Pickup Truck Sales By Model - February 2017
Canada Minivan Sales By Model - February 2017
The Toyota Corolla, which like the Civic now encompasses a hatchback variant, rose 36% to 3469 units. Together, those two cars generated one in five Canadian car sales and added nearly 2000 sales to a sector that lost more than 1100 sales.
Take away the Civic and Corolla gains and Canadian passenger car volume would have fallen 8% in February 2017.
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - January 2017 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - February 2016 YTD
Numerous new cars, cars that mostly remain low-volume contenders, were added to Canada's passenger car fleet in February 2017. The Kia Niro is an entry-level hybrid, launched to coincide with its Hyundai Ioniq corporate sibling. The two are thoroughly differentiated, with the Niro playing the crossover card. (It's a wagon – the Niro is low and doesn't offer all-wheel drive.)
The Volvo V90 and Alfa Romeo Giulia collected their first Canadian sales in February, as well.
Reminder: these are 2017 year-to-date rankings, but you can sort cars by February 2017 volume by clicking the February 2017 column header, or you can rank them by improvements or declines using the % columns.
Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the Car column header. At any time, click the Rank column to return to the original format. If you're on a mobile device, you may need to choose the full version of the site (at the bottom of the page) in order to use the sortable function.
As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these vehicles by selecting a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. Mobile users can now thumb across the table for full-width access.
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Rank | Car | Feb. 2017 YTD | Feb. 2016 YTD | % Change | Feb. 2017 | Feb. 2016 | % Change |
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#1 | Honda Civic | 7,251 | 6,576 | 10.3% | 3,921 | 2,868 | 36.7% |
#2 | Toyota Corolla | 5,996 | 4,717 | 27.1% | 3,469 | 2,543 | 36.4% |
#2.1 | Toyota Corolla Sedan * | 5,443 | 4,717 | 15.4% | 3,106 | 2,543 | 22.1% |
#2.2 | Toyota Corolla iM * | 553 | --- | --- | 363 | --- | --- |
#3 | Hyundai Elantra | 4,334 | 5,886 | -26.4% | 2,659 | 3,793 | -29.9% |
#4 | Mazda 3 | 2,994 | 2,731 | 9.6% | 1,555 | 1,450 | 7.2% |
#5 | Chevrolet Cruze | 2,671 | 3,401 | -21.5% | 1,535 | 1,945 | -21.1% |
#6 | Volkswagen Golf | 2,307 | 2,164 | 6.6% | 1,091 | 1,070 | 2.0% |
#6.1 | Volkswagen Golf * | 2,095 | 1,886 | 11.1% | 984 | 927 | 6.1% |
#6.2 | Volkswagen Golf GTI * | 212 | 278 | -23.7% | 107 | 143 | -25.2% |
#7 | Nissan Sentra | 1,831 | 1,998 | -8.4% | 1,025 | 1,277 | -19.7% |
#8 | Subaru Impreza | 1,744 | 1,273 | 37.0% | 940 | 570 | 64.9% |
#8.1 | Subaru Impreza * | 1,257 | 816 | 54.0% | 658 | 366 | 79.8% |
#8.2 | Subaru Impreza WRX/STI * | 487 | 457 | 6.6% | 282 | 204 | 38.2% |
#9 | Volkswagen Jetta | 1,736 | 2,244 | -22.6% | 972 | 1,073 | -9.4% |
#10 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 1,708 | 991 | 72.4% | 1,044 | 597 | 74.9% |
#11 | Ford Focus | 1,668 | 1,732 | -3.7% | 845 | 907 | -6.8% |
#12 | Toyota Camry | 1,468 | 2,095 | -29.9% | 763 | 1,295 | -41.1% |
#13 | Nissan Altima | 1,416 | 1,447 | -2.1% | 874 | 786 | 11.2% |
#14 | Hyundai Accent | 1,411 | 1,559 | -9.5% | 548 | 679 | -19.3% |
#15 | Kia Forte | 1,392 | 1,421 | -2.0% | 818 | 971 | -15.8% |
#16 | Honda Accord | 1,354 | 1,650 | -17.9% | 718 | 813 | -11.7% |
#17 | Kia Soul | 1,194 | 1,198 | -0.3% | 667 | 536 | 24.4% |
#17.1 | Kia Soul * | 1,113 | 1,132 | -1.7% | 624 | 511 | 22.1% |
#17.2 | Kia Soul EV * | 81 | 66 | 22.7% | 43 | 25 | 72.0% |
#18 | Hyundai Sonata | 1,162 | 842 | 38.0% | 695 | 344 | 102% |
#19 | BMW 3-Series | 1,145 | 936 | 22.3% | 686 | 429 | 59.9% |
#20 | Chrysler 200 | 1,062 | 624 | 70.2% | 415 | 289 | 43.6% |
#21 | Chevrolet Malibu | 1,022 | 1,449 | -29.5% | 610 | 833 | -26.8% |
#22 | Nissan Versa | 1,018 | 892 | 14.1% | 466 | 476 | -2.1% |
#23 | Audi A4 º | 988 | 373 | 165% | 418 | 180 | 132% |
#24 | Ford Fusion | 977 | 1,366 | -28.5% | 555 | 796 | -30.3% |
#25 | Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class | 825 | 587 | 40.5% | 353 | 326 | 8.3% |
#26 | Nissan Micra | 813 | 1,352 | -39.9% | 354 | 707 | -49.9% |
#27 | Kia Optima | 770 | 752 | 2.4% | 375 | 353 | 6.2% |
#28 | Mitsubishi Lancer | 742 | 1,035 | -28.3% | 361 | 566 | -36.2% |
#29 | Mini Cooper † | 639 | 506 | 26.3% | 370 | 281 | 31.7% |
#29.1 | Mini Cooper * | 494 | 506 | -2.4% | 292 | 281 | 3.9% |
#29.2 | Mini Cooper Clubman * | 145 | --- | --- | 78 | --- | --- |
#30 | Ford Mustang | 636 | 521 | 22.1% | 403 | 289 | 39.4% |
#31 | Buick Verano | 577 | 571 | 1.1% | 273 | 307 | -11.1% |
#32 | Chevrolet Volt | 522 | 196 | 166% | 266 | 102 | 161% |
#33 | Chrysler 300 | 514 | 304 | 69.1% | 304 | 171 | 77.8% |
#34 | Chevrolet Sonic | 510 | 416 | 22.6% | 146 | 210 | -30.5% |
#35 | Toyota Yaris | 495 | 925 | -46.5% | 248 | 527 | -52.9% |
#35.1 | Toyota Yaris Hatchback * | 464 | 777 | -40.3% | 235 | 430 | -45.3% |
#35.2 | Toyota Yaris Sedan * | 31 | 148 | -79.1% | 13 | 97 | -86.6% |
#36 | Dodge Charger | 485 | 431 | 12.5% | 286 | 229 | 24.9% |
#37 | Kia Rio | 475 | 980 | -51.5% | 234 | 487 | -52.0% |
#38 | Acura TLX | 472 | 443 | 6.5% | 265 | 211 | 25.6% |
#39 | Audi A3 | 469 | 387 | 21.2% | 253 | 181 | 39.8% |
#40 | Dodge Challenger | 403 | 242 | 66.5% | 167 | 163 | 2.5% |
#41 | Volkswagen Beetle | 376 | 213 | 76.5% | 208 | 139 | 49.6% |
#42 | Volkswagen Passat ¤ | 369 | 589 | -37.4% | 176 | 338 | -47.9% |
#42.1 | Volkswagen Passat * | 352 | 558 | -36.9% | 167 | 326 | -48.8% |
#42.2 | Volkswagen Passat CC * | 17 | 31 | -45.2% | 9 | 12 | -25.0% |
#43 | BMW 4-Series | 353 | 718 | -50.8% | 207 | 346 | -40.2% |
#44 | Mercedes-Benz B-Class | 347 | 302 | 14.9% | 176 | 168 | 4.8% |
#45 | Chevrolet Spark | 331 | 187 | 77.0% | 188 | 117 | 60.7% |
#46 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ¤ | 320 | 550 | -41.8% | 168 | 319 | -47.3% |
#47 | Nissan Maxima | 304 | 315 | -3.5% | 172 | 161 | 6.8% |
#48 | Honda Fit | 302 | 1,049 | -71.2% | 175 | 490 | -64.3% |
#49 | Lexus IS | 289 | 286 | 1.0% | 149 | 155 | -3.9% |
#50 | Chevrolet Impala | 281 | 233 | 20.6% | 157 | 127 | 23.6% |
#51 | Fiat 500 | 273 | 119 | 129% | 92 | 68 | 35.3% |
#52 | Toyota Prius ² | 251 | 82 | 206% | 120 | 36 | 233% |
#53 | Subaru Legacy | 243 | 341 | -28.7% | 127 | 186 | -31.7% |
#54 | BMW 2-Series | 237 | 227 | 4.4% | 139 | 136 | 2.2% |
#55 | Dodge Dart | 235 | 225 | 4.4% | 56 | 112 | -50.0% |
T56 | Acura ILX | 233 | 273 | -14.7% | 128 | 147 | -12.9% |
T56 | Mitsubishi Mirage | 233 | 243 | -4.1% | 135 | 125 | 8.0% |
#58 | Hyundai Veloster | 229 | 148 | 54.7% | 192 | 75 | 156% |
#59 | Ford Taurus | 217 | 245 | -11.4% | 87 | 91 | -4.4% |
#60 | Chevrolet Camaro | 216 | 202 | 6.9% | 128 | 106 | 20.8% |
T61 | Cadillac ATS | 215 | 431 | -50.1% | 116 | 172 | -32.6% |
T61 | Infiniti Q50 | 215 | 448 | -52.0% | 132 | 239 | -44.8% |
T63 | Ford Fiesta | 211 | 567 | -62.8% | 120 | 275 | -56.4% |
T63 | Mazda 6 | 211 | 229 | -7.9% | 111 | 134 | -17.2% |
#65 | Toyota Prius V ² | 200 | 243 | -17.7% | 112 | 119 | -5.9% |
#66 | Nissan Leaf | 178 | 123 | 44.7% | 113 | 51 | 122% |
#67 | Lexus ES | 178 | 232 | -23.3% | 91 | 91 | 0.0% |
#68 | Toyota Prius C ² | 166 | 382 | -56.5% | 85 | 267 | -68.2% |
#69 | Mazda MX-5 Miata | 150 | 94 | 59.6% | 73 | 79 | -7.6% |
#70 | Lincoln MKZ | 140 | 98 | 42.9% | 78 | 50 | 56.0% |
T71 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class | 136 | 134 | 1.5% | 66 | 94 | -29.8% |
T71 | Audi A6 | 136 | 92 | 47.8% | 86 | 48 | 79.2% |
#73 | Infiniti Q60 | 133 | 12 | 1,008% | 81 | 5 | 1,520% |
#74 | BMW 5-Series | 127 | 211 | -39.8% | 123 | 169 | -27.2% |
#75 | Ford C-Max | 114 | 67 | 70.1% | 62 | 40 | 55.0% |
#76 | Volvo V60 | 100 | 104 | -3.8% | 66 | 71 | -7.0% |
#77 | Audi A7 | 96 | 82 | 17.1% | 57 | 42 | 35.7% |
#78 | Chevrolet Bolt | 92 | --- | --- | 86 | --- | --- |
#79 | Volvo S60 | 91 | 129 | -29.5% | 69 | 75 | -8.0% |
#80 | Jaguar XE | 88 | --- | --- | 60 | --- | --- |
T81 | BMW 7-Series | 81 | 74 | 9.5% | 41 | 40 | 2.5% |
T81 | Lincoln Continental | 81 | --- | --- | 35 | --- | --- |
T81 | Cadillac XTS | 81 | 76 | 6.6% | 50 | 40 | 25.0% |
#84 | Buick LaCrosse | 78 | 64 | 21.9% | 38 | 28 | 35.7% |
#85 | Subaru BRZ | 73 | 52 | 40.4% | 50 | 32 | 56.3% |
#86 | Toyota 86 | 72 | 86 | -16.3% | 36 | 50 | -28.0% |
#86.1 | Toyota 86 * | 53 | --- | --- | 29 | --- | --- |
#86.2 | Scion FR-S * | 19 | 86 | -77.9% | 7 | 50 | -86.0% |
#87 | Jaguar XJ | 71 | 38 | 86.8% | 41 | 14 | 193% |
#88 | Porsche 911 | 69 | 67 | 3.0% | 37 | 35 | 5.7% |
T89 | Fiat 124 Spider | 63 | --- | --- | 21 | --- | --- |
T89 | Audi A5 | 63 | 130 | -51.5% | 36 | 73 | -50.7% |
#91 | Buick Regal | 62 | 159 | -61.0% | 37 | 92 | -59.8% |
T92 | Cadillac CTS | 61 | 133 | -54.1% | 30 | 55 | -45.5% |
T92 | Nissan 370Z | 61 | 59 | 3.4% | 32 | 41 | -22.0% |
#94 | Chevrolet Corvette | 60 | 55 | 9.1% | 28 | 27 | 3.7% |
#95 | BMW i-Series | 51 | 74 | -31.1% | 21 | 40 | -47.5% |
T96 | Smart Fortwo | 50 | 217 | -77.0% | 34 | 192 | -82.3% |
T96 | Toyota Avalon | 50 | 63 | -20.6% | 30 | 22 | 36.4% |
#98 | Lexus CT | 45 | 58 | -22.4% | 19 | 35 | -45.7% |
#99 | Jaguar XF | 43 | 62 | -30.6% | 25 | 46 | -45.7% |
T100 | Cadillac CT6 | 38 | --- | --- | 17 | --- | --- |
T100 | Jaguar F-Type | 38 | 65 | -41.5% | 22 | 34 | -35.3% |
#102 | Hyundai Genesis Coupe | 37 | 73 | -49.3% | 19 | 48 | -60.4% |
T103 | Mercedes-Benz SL-Class | 35 | 16 | 119% | 20 | 7 | 186% |
T103 | Audi TT | 35 | 65 | -46.2% | 25 | 48 | -47.9% |
#105 | Lexus RC | 34 | 42 | -19.0% | 21 | 10 | 110% |
T106 | BMW 6-Series | 32 | 65 | -50.8% | 13 | 38 | -65.8% |
T106 | Maserati Ghibli | 32 | 27 | 18.5% | 21 | 16 | 31.3% |
T106 | Lexus GS | 32 | 64 | -50.0% | 17 | 34 | -50.0% |
#109 | Mercedes-AMG GT | 31 | 21 | 47.6% | 12 | 10 | 20.0% |
#110 | Scion tC | 28 | 89 | -68.5% | 14 | 45 | -68.9% |
T111 | Audi A8 | 26 | 18 | 44.4% | 13 | 8 | 62.5% |
T111 | Porsche Cayman | 26 | 26 | 0.0% | 14 | 18 | -22.2% |
T111 | Volvo S90 | 26 | --- | --- | 12 | --- | --- |
#114 | Genesis G90 | 25 | --- | --- | 11 | --- | --- |
#115 | Infiniti Q70 | 22 | 54 | -59.3% | 9 | 26 | -65.4% |
#116 | Genesis G80 | 21 | --- | --- | 13 | --- | --- |
#117 | Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class/SLK-Class | 20 | 37 | -45.9% | 11 | 25 | -56.0% |
T118 | Hyundai Ioniq | 19 | --- | --- | 1 | --- | --- |
T118 | Audi R8 | 19 | 1 | 1,800% | 13 | 1 | 1,200% |
#120 | Fiat 500L | 18 | 52 | -65.4% | --- | 33 | -100% |
T121 | Maserati Quattroporte | 13 | 9 | 44.4% | 6 | 4 | 50.0% |
T121 | Lexus LS | 13 | 25 | -48.0% | 7 | 8 | -12.5% |
#123 | Nissan GT-R | 12 | 21 | -42.9% | 5 | 11 | -54.5% |
T124 | Kia Cadenza | 11 | 21 | -47.6% | 6 | 13 | -53.8% |
T124 | Porsche Boxster | 11 | 19 | -42.1% | 3 | 8 | -62.5% |
T126 | Acura RLX | 9 | 14 | -35.7% | 6 | 7 | -14.3% |
T126 | Mitsubishi i MiEV | 9 | 15 | -40.0% | 3 | 8 | -62.5% |
T126 | Volvo V90 | 9 | --- | --- | 9 | --- | --- |
#129 | Porsche Panamera | 8 | 21 | -61.9% | 2 | 12 | -83.3% |
T130 | Dodge Viper | 6 | 6 | 0.0% | 6 | 4 | 50.0% |
T130 | Honda CR-Z | 6 | 5 | 20.0% | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
T130 | Maserati GranTurismo | 6 | 7 | -14.3% | 3 | 4 | -25.0% |
T130 | Bentley Continental GT | 6 | 7 | -14.3% | 5 | 6 | -16.7% |
#134 | BMW Z4 | 4 | 6 | -33.3% | --- | 5 | -100% |
T135 | Alfa Romeo Giulia | 3 | --- | --- | 3 | --- | --- |
T135 | Kia Niro | 3 | --- | --- | 3 | --- | --- |
T135 | Bentley Flying Spur | 3 | 1 | 200% | 3 | 1 | 200% |
T138 | Lincoln MKS | 2 | 18 | -88.9% | --- | 5 | -100% |
T138 | Kia K900 | 2 | 5 | -60.0% | --- | 4 | -100% |
T138 | Volvo XC70 | 2 | 45 | -95.6% | 1 | 25 | -96.0% |
T141 | Alfa Romeo 4C | 1 | 8 | -87.5% | 1 | 6 | -83.3% |
T141 | Acura NSX | 1 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
T141 | Hyundai Genesis | 1 | 150 | -99.3% | --- | 97 | -100% |
T141 | Scion iM | 1 | 353 | -99.7% | --- | 203 | -100% |
#145 | Scion xB | --- | 34 | -100% | --- | 10 | -100% |
#146 | Mazda 2 | --- | 27 | -100% | --- | 23 | -100% |
#147 | Volkswagen Eos | --- | 24 | -100% | --- | 11 | -100% |
#148 | Volvo S80 | --- | 19 | -100% | --- | 2 | -100% |
#149 | Cadillac ELR | --- | 4 | -100% | --- | 3 | -100% |
#150 | Honda Crosstour | --- | 2 | -100% | --- | 1 | -100% |
#151 | Scion iQ | --- | 2 | -100% | --- | --- | --- |
#152 | Honda Insight | --- | 1 | -100% | --- | --- | --- |
--- | Total | 69,763 | 72,489 | -3.8% | 37,727 | 38,839 | -2.9% |
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* Italicized unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model's total, not in addition to the model's total.
² Total Prius Family sales: down 25% to 317 in February; down 13% to 617 YTD.
† Mini Cooper includes sales of the Hardtop, Convertible, Clubman, Coupe, Roadster, and Paceman.
¤ Automakers release sales figures for the E-Class and CLS-Class and the Passat and CC together.
º Audi's A4 sales data includes sales of the Allroad.
Sales data for brands such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Rolls-Royce are unfortunately not broken down by model. ANDC estimates say sales for those brands in 2017's first two months were 40, 36, and 16 units, respectively. It is believed that Tesla sold 100 copies of the Model S during the first month of 2017.