Canada Best-Selling Cars ranking up to October 2023 shows the Ford F-Series still as the best seller (-16.0%). The Toyota RAV4 rises 35.0% into 3rd spot and the Honda CR-V surges 66.5% into 5th.

In the following article we are going to look at the best selling cars in Canada considering data up to October 2023.

The Ford F-series has maintained the throne for over 40 years, with sales in the first in 2022 reaching 79,287 (-16.0%).

The second-best model is the Ram Pick up with 66,855 sales (+7.0%) and the third is the Toyota RAV4 reporting 63,975 sales (+35.0%).

In fourth place ranks the GMC Sierra with 48,711 units sold (+12.3%) ahead of the Honda CR-V at 44,468 (+66.5%), the Chevrolet Silverado at 44,094 (-3.5%) and Nissan Rogue -up 8 spots- with 23,958 units sold (+46.8%).

The Honda Civic maintains 8th spot with 23,453 (-11.7%) ahead of the Toyota Corolla at 23,444 (-18.9%) and in 10th place the Hyundai Tucson -up 4 spots- reports 22,302 cumulative registrations (+23.1%)

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for top 50 models.

Looking at USA’s best selling car ranking up to October 2023, the leader is -as in the last decades- the Ford F-Series with 634,406 sales (+21.1%), followed by the Chevrolet Silverado, with 441,451 (+3.8%). 

In third place the Ram Pick-Up with 367,290 sales (-7.6%), followed by the Toyota RAV4 with 340,184 (+0.5%).

In 5th place the Tesla Model Y rises 8 spots with 319,789 sales (+77.9%) ahead of the Honda CR-V reporting 286,397 sales so fare (+43.8%).

Toyota Camry ranks in 7th with 242,571 (-0.6%), the GMC Sierra with 235,914 (+22.4%) and the Nissan Rogue with 235,058 (+58.7%)

The Jeep Grand Cherokee closes the Top 10 falling 1 spot in the rankings with 211,300 sales (+11.8%).

Looking back, another astonishing success ranks in 36th place and is the Chevrolet Trailblazer with 103,300 sales (+115.0%).

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for the top 50 Models

Market Trend and Outlook

The Mexican economy is in the midst of a broad-based expansion. Growth is expected to be 3.2 percent by the end of 2023, led by robust private consumption and investment, with notable strength in service sectors, construction, and auto production. This has led to record-low unemployment rates and record-high manufacturing capacity utilization rates. The authorities have commendably kept public debt in check. Monetary policy is rightly focused on bringing down inflation.

This strong momentum is evident in the Mexican Vehicle Market, with sales in October 2023 rising for the 18th month in a row and reaching  113,672 new monthly registrations (+24.8%). YTD figures at 1.10 million are up 25.3% from the previous year.

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023 brand-wise, the first two spots remain unchanged, with Nissan in 1st at 194,357 sales (+47.5%) and Chevrolet in 2nd at 138,935 (+11.6%), while Volkswagen rises 1 spots into 3rd with 90,745 registrations (+23.8%).

Toyota falls 1 spot into 4th position with 83,009 sales (+9.2%), followed by Kia with 77,563 sales (+4.8%), Mazda -up 1 spot- at 60,106 (+62.6%), MG with 45,507 registrations (+19.8%) and Hyundai with 39,688 units sold (+16.5%).

Ford maintains 9th with 37,573 sales (+13.8%) and Renault  closes the Top 10 with 35,021 units sold (+26.6%).

Looking at specific models the Nissan Versa is the market’s best seller, with an 57.7% year-on-year increase in sales, followed by the Nissan NP300 up 62.4% and 1 spot.

Medium-Term Market Trend

The Mexican automotive industry grew uninterruptedly from 2010 to 2016 with sales booming from 803,263 in 2010 to the all-time high at 1,61 million in 2016. The trend reversed in 2017 falling for 3 years down to 1.32 million in 2019.

Covid-19 forced manufacturers and distributers to close down, causing the car market to drop 28% to 952,982 sales by the end of 2020.

After the pandemic the market recovered, growing 6% in 2021 back above the 1 million mark. 2022 grew another 7% to 1.09 million cumulative sales. Despite the market reporting increases in sales, lately the global industry has been confronting some big problems: firstly a disruption in the global supply chain caused by a lack of raw materials, in particular for the production of microchips and the Governments push towards Evs, an expensive alternative for many consumers if compared to ICE vehicles.

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for all Brands, top 10 Manufacturers Group and top 10 models.

Canadian auto sales in October 2023 grow for the 11th month in a row, with 145,892 new registrations (+21.6%). YTD figures at 1.41 million are up 10.1% from the previous year.

Market trend and Outlook

The Canadian economy hasn’t performed well in the current year. Deloitte states: “One of the biggest surprises over the past year has been the resilience of economic growth in the face of aggressive monetary tightening. We finally saw some of the negative impact in the second quarter of this year, with real GDP falling by 0.2%. Over the near term, we expect the economy to continue to struggle in the face of high household debt, soaring interest payments, and stubbornly persistent inflation.”

The economic struggle hasn’t reflected yet in the country’s vehicle market, which in October 2023 grew for the 11th month in a row, reporting 145,892 new vehicle sales (+21.6%). YTD figures at 1.41 million are up 10.1% from the prior year. 

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023 brand-wise, the leader Toyota grows 8.8% in sales with 163,893 new registrations.

In 2nd place ranks Ford with 162,395 sales (-17.9%), followed in 3rd by Chevrolet with 113,114 units sold (+17.1%).

The Korean manufacturer Hyundai ranks in 4th, with 97,301 sales and a 1.3% in year-on-year performance.

Honda maintains 5th with 95,829 sales (+20.6%), followed by GMC at 83,264 (+15.3%), Kia at 74,263 (+31.9%), RAM with 71,341 units sold (+6.0%), Nissan with 69,931 new registrations (+15.0%) and Mazda in 10th place with 49,233 sales (+11.7%).

Looking at specific models the Ford F-series is still the best seller with a 11.5% loss in year-on year volume, followed by the Ram pick-up up 6.3%.

As one of the world’s top producers of light vehicles – 1.4 million vehicles are assembled at the Canadian plants of Stellantis, Ford, GM, Honda, and Toyota each year, supplied by nearly 700 parts suppliers – Canada’s automotive sector is heavily reliant on global supply chains.

Following significant losses borne by the global automotive industry in the wake of border closures, factory lockdowns and semiconductor chip shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s sector has been especially vulnerable to supply chain constraints.

Automakers have been driven to pursue leaner and more creative risk mitigation and cost-efficient strategies to bypass further disruption, including strengthening relationships or dual sourcing with suppliers to increase supply chain flexibility, diversifying markets, and building inventory.

However, these actions have not been able to fix the issues in place and the domestic market keeps decline.

Medium-Term Market Trend

Following an impressive series of 8 consecutive growth, the Canadian domestic light vehicles market in 2017 broke the 2 million units milestone, hitting the current all-time record and entering the club of the top 10 largest global vehicle industries.

However, such an outstanding level was not maintained for long. In 2019 (-3.7%) the market entered in a negative phase that has not yet come to an end. 2022 ,in fact, maintained this downfall, losing 7.6%, reaching 1.51 million sales and reporting losses in 11 out of 12 months.

This year perspectives are not good, as in 2023 the risk of an economic recession should further hit the consumer’s demand, on top of current negative impact of high inflation, raising interest rates, near doubled cost of fuel price, components shortage.

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for all Brands and top 10 Groups.

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  • Car Passengers Body Type mix
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  • Premium segment share
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• Key Players
  • Top selling Groups 2022
  • Top selling Brands 2022
  • Premium Brands
  • Chinese Brands
• Market Data By Model
  • Top selling Models 2022
  • Top models by segment and body type
• Key Factors for market Evolution
  • Country development
  • Economic Outlook
  • Customer base evolution
  • Low-Carbon Transition Policy
  • Infrastructure & Investments
• 2023-2028 Volume Forecast
  • TIV evolution by segment
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Market Trend and Outlook

The American vehicles market in October 2023 reported 1.2 million new registrations, the 15th consecutive monthly growth (+23.7%). YTD figures at 12.83  million are up 13.6% compared to the previous year.

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023 brand-wise, Ford gains leadership with 1.58 million sales (+8.9%), followed by Toyota with 1.55 million new registrations (+9.1%) and Chevrolet in 3rd with 1.44 million units sold (+16.1%).

Honda maintains 4th position with 951,134 sales (+31.0%), in front of Nissan in 5th with 709,983 sales (+25.8%), Kia at 663,855 (+19.5%), Hyundai with 651,263 sales (+12.0%) and Tesla in 8th with 545,791 new registrations (+23.3%).

Jeep falls 4 spots into 9th with 537,112 sales (-8.8%) and Subaru closes the top 10 with 520,992 units sold (+15.9%).

Looking at specific models the Ford F-Series remains the best seller with a 21.1% increase in year-on-year volume, followed by the Chevrolet Silverado up 3.8%.

Medium-Term Market Trend

After the fall reported as consequence of 2008 economic crisis, when then market dropped from near 18 to 10 million annual volumes, since the 2010 the market recovered supported by a quite positive economic cycle.

Starting at 11.5 million in 2010, the American light vehicles market rose for 6 consecutive years, ending 2016 with a peak of 17.6 million sales. From 2017 to 2019 the market bounced around the low 17 million mark.

The arrival of the pandemic in 2020 made many manufacturers and distributors close down, causing a big problem in the automobile industry, with sales in the US falling 13.9% to 14.7 million by the end of the year.

After the issues caused by the pandemic the American light vehicle market started to show signs of recovery in 2021 with sales finishing at 15.3 million, 4.3% higher than the previous year. This recovery didn’t last long, in fact the market fell 8.9% to 13.65 million cumulative sales.

A combination of factors are behind the current industry struggles: the microchips and other components shortage, combined with skyrocketing raw material cost pushed up the new vehicles transaction prices (price effectively paid by the final customer) by over 10% in the last 12 months. In addition most demanded models are in short supply with waiting time tripled since 2020. Transition to electric vehicles is further pushing up the new vehicles average price as the gap between a combustion and electric car is still very significant.

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In the tables below we report sales for all Brands, top 10 Manufacturers Groups, and top 10 Models.

In this article we are reporting the Top 50 models ranking up to September 2023.

On top of the list there is a new leader, the Nissan Versa with 54,724 sales (+55.8%). 2023 so far has been a great success for the Japanese manufacturer that also landed the Nissan NP300 in second spot with 46,727 units sold (+65.8%).

In third place ranks the Chevrolet Aveo with 3.8% market share and 37,064 sales (+31.4%), in front of the Kia Rio with 36,498 sales (-4.5%). 

The Nissan March ranks in 5th with 22,545 new units sold (-9.0%), followed by the MG 5 -up 2 spots- with 22,190 new registrations (+42.8%), the Nissan Sentra -up 3 spots- at 20,265 sales (+44.3%) and the Mazda3 with 18,895 units sold (+114.5%).

The Mazda2 jumps 33 spots into 9th with the best performance in the top 10 and 15,740 new sales (+176.1%) and the Renault Kwid closes the top 10 rising 10 spots with 14,571 units sold (+47.4%).

The following models have shown outstanding performances lower down the ranking: the Chevrolet S10 in 14th place and the Ram 700 in 24th.

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In the tables below we report sales for Top 50 models.

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  • Car Passenger’s segmentation
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  • Car Passengers Body Type mix
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  • Premium segment share
  • Chinese OEMs share
• Key Players
  • Top selling Groups 2022
  • Top selling Brands 2022
  • Premium Brands
  • Chinese Brands
• Market Data By Model
  • Top selling Models 2022
  • Top models by segment and body type
• Key Factors for market Evolution
  • Country development
  • Economic Outlook
  • Customer base evolution
  • Low-Carbon Transition Policy
  • Infrastructure & Investments
• 2023-2028 Volume Forecast
  • TIV evolution by segment
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• Country Overview
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• Market Outlook
  • Market Heritage
  • Car Passenger’s segmentation
  • LCVs segmentation
  • Car Passengers Body Type mix
  • LCVs Body Type mix
  • Premium segment share
  • Chinese OEMs share
• Key Players
  • Top selling Groups 2022
  • Top selling Brands 2022
  • Premium Brands
  • Chinese Brands
• Market Data By Model
  • Top selling Models 2022
  • Top models by segment and body type
• Key Factors for market Evolution
  • Country development
  • Economic Outlook
  • Customer base evolution
  • Low-Carbon Transition Policy
  • Infrastructure & Investments
• 2023-2028 Volume Forecast
  • TIV evolution by segment
  • Cars and LCVs forecast
  • Segments forecast
  • Premium segment share forecast
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  • Forecast by Manufacturer

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Canada Best-Selling Cars ranking reports a negative trend for most models. Ford F-series maintains 1st position for over 40 years, followed by the Ram pick-up (+3.1%) and the Toyota RAV4 (-9.7%).

Reporting on the best-selling models sold this year in Canada is hard to find models with a positive year on year trend, considering the negative trend in place in the market.

The Ford F-series has maintained the throne for over 40 years, with sales in the first in 2022 reaching 114,729 (-1.4%).

The second-best model is the Ram Pick up with 75,740 sales (+3.1%) and the third is the Toyota RAV4 reporting 55,921 sales (-9.7%).

In fourth place ranks the Chevrolet Silverado -up 4 spots- with 53,281 units sold (+46.3%) ahead of the GMC Sierra at 52,318 (-2.7%), the Toyota Corolla at 33,096 (-19.1%) and Honda CR-V -down 2 spots- with 32,096 (-37.0%).

In eight place the Honda Civic -down 2 spots- with 29,722 (-31.8%) ahead of the Hyundai Kona at 24,579 (-21.0%) and in 10th place the Hyundai Elantra -up 3 spots- with 24,559 cumulative registrations (-6.7%)

Tables with sales figures

In the tables below we report sales for top 50 models.