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%)

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In the tables below we report sales for top 50 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.

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

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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.

Canadian auto sales in 2022 end up at 1.51 million, the lowest in 20 years and a 7.6% decrease from the prior year. Demand in December grows for the first month of the year, totaling 117,023 new registrations (+7.3%).

Market trend and Outlook

In 2022 the Canadian vehicle market totals 1.51 million sales, the lowest in the past 20 years and a 7.6% decrease from the prior year. Indeed, December reported the first positive month of the year, accumulating 117,023 new registrations (+7.3%).

Looking at data from 2022 brand-wise, the leader Ford with 232,709 registrations is still able to keep sales relatively flat compared to the previous year (-1.8%).

In 2nd place Toyota with 175,181 is losing -11.8% followed in 3rd by Chevrolet with 114,436 sales (+20.8%).

The Korean manufacturer Hyundai ranks in 4th, with 112,559 sales and a -11.1% in year-on-year performance.

Honda falls into 5th with 91,882 sales (-30.0%), followed by GMC with 87,133 (+8.8%), RAM   with 81,483 (+5.8%), Nissan with 70,965 (-23.1%), Kia with 68,258 (-13.8%) and in 10th place by Jeep with 60,266 sales(+9.2%).

Tables with sales figures

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

Canada best-selling cars in 2021 was dominated again by the iconic Ford F-Series which has been maintaining the market throne for over 40 year, followed in second place by the Ram Pick-up ahead of the Toyota RAV4.

In Canada the best-selling model has been the same for over 40 years and – like in the US – it’s the large pick-up Ford F-series. In 2018 the market share achieved was 7.2% and in 2019 replicated the 2017’s record of 7.5%. Consider that in 2010 the share was at 6.2%. In 2021 116,402 units have been sold, with a share of 7.1%. 

The second-best model is the Ram Pick up with 73,477 sales (4.5% market share). In third place, there is the Toyota RAV4 reporting 61,933 sales (3.8% share).

In fourth place we have the GMC Sierra -up 1 spot- with 53,757 units sold (3.3% share) ahead of the Honda CR-V -up 2 spots- with 50,935 units (3.1% share), the Honda Civic with 43,556 sales (2.7% share) and the Toyota Corolla -up 1 spot- with 40,887 units sold (2.5% share).

In eight place, we have the Chevrolet Silverado -down 4 spots- with 36,419 units (2.2% share) ahead of the Hyundai Kona with 31,101 sales (1.9% share) followed by the Nissan Rogue -up 2 spots- with 29.927 units sold (1.8% share).

Tables with sales figures

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

Canada’s Auto market in 2021 falls by 1.1% with 1.64 million sales, reporting a strong first half, followed by a double-digit fall in the second part of the year. Nissan reports the best performance this year, gaining 12.2%.

Market trend

The Canadian car market this year attempted to recover from the pandemic crash of 2020 and reported a very promising performance in the first half, followed by another double-digit fall in the second half.

Following an impressive series of 8 consecutive growth, the Canadian domestic light vehicles market in 2017 braked 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 in 2019 (-3.7%) and the market entered in a moderately declining phase after having declined 2.2% in 2018.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic sales fell in  2020. In fact, sales have been 1,656,775, reporting a decline of 14.2% compared to 2019.

In 2021 the year started positively for the Canadian market, in fact, in Q1 379,135 units have been sold, reporting a 15.4% increase in sales compared to Q1 2020, while in Q2 sales started growing even quicker, reporting a 53.4% increase in sales with 468,795 units due to the low volumes in Q2 2020.

In Q3 sales started falling in double-digits again, losing 11.7% sales with 443,167 units, and kept falling 33.3% in Q4 with 347,243 units.

Indeed, Full-Year sales for 2021 have been 1.64 million, reporting a 1.1% decrease compared to 2020.

Brand-wise, this year the leader Ford (+1.7%) gained 0.4% market share, followed by  Toyota (+1.3%), which gained 0.3% share. Honda fell 10.5%, followed by  Hyundai which remained in 4th place (-4.8%), followed by Chevrolet which lost 16.3%.

Nissan reached 6th position and reported the best performance by gaining 12.2%, followed by GMC which rose 2 spots and gained 2.1%, and Kia which fell 1 spot and lost 7.2% sales. Closing the leaderboard we have Ram -down 3 spots- losing 12.2% this year and Mazda losing 10.3%.

The most sold vehicle this year has been the Ford F-Series (-9.5%) with 116,402 units sold, followed by the Ram Pick-up, which lost 12.2% registering 73,477 new sales this year. The Toyota RAV4 (-8.9%) closes the podium and reports 61,933 new units sold.

Tables with sales figures

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

Canada best-selling cars in 2020 was dominated again by the iconic Ford F-Series which has been maintaining the market throne for over 40 years and is able to further hit the best ever market share. In second place the Ram Pick-up ahead of the best passenger car, the Toyota RAV4 which hit its record share at 4.1%.

In Canada the best-selling model has been the same for over 40 years and – like in the US – it’s the large pick-up Ford F-series. However, we continue to be surprised by the love of Canadians for this model! In 2018 the market share achieved was 7.2% and in 2019 replicated the 2017’s record of 7.5%. Consider that in 2010 the share was at 6.2%. In 2020 128.650 units have been sold, reporting a record share of 7.8%. 

The second-best model is the Ram Pick up with 83.673 sales (5.1% market share). In third place, there is the first car passenger and best SUV, the Toyota RAV4, reporting 67.977 sales (4.1% share).

In fourth place we have the Chevrolet Silverado -up 3 positions- with 52.767 units sold (3.1% share) ahead of the GMC Sierra -up 1 spot- with 51.512 units (3.1% share), the Honda Civic with 50.805 sales (3.1% share) and the Honda CR-V with 50.135 units sold (3% share).

In eight place, we have the Toyota Corolla with 37.156 units (2.2% share) ahead of the best Korean, the Hyundai Kona -up 6 spots- with 31.733 sales (1.9% share) followed by the Mazda CX-5, with 30.583 units sold (1.9% share).

Tables with sales figures

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

Canada auto market in 2020 falls by 14.2% as the pandemic and lockdowns affect sales. Full-Year sales have been 1.656.775. Nissan reports the worst performance in the leaderboard by dropping 33.5%, while Kia (+11.4%) and Mazda (+4.3%) are the only 2 brands to report growth.

Market trend

The Canadian car market has been hit in 2020 by the world-wide COVID-19 pandemic, which has impacted sales significantly.

Following an impressive series of 8 consecutive growth, the Canadian domestic light vehicles market in 2017 braked 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 in 2019 (-3.7%) and the market entered in a moderately declining phase after having declined 2.2% in 2018.

After starting the year with a slightly positive trend (+1.3%), the market quickly started collapsing in March as the virus struck. The sharpest drop in sales this year was in April when sales declined by 72.8%. In the following months, the market recovered slowly and remained down in double-digits until July, when sales remained flat (+0.6%). 

In the second half of the year, only August was down in double-digits (-10.4%), while December reported the sharpest growth in the entire year, increasing sales by an incredible 84.4%.

Indeed, Full-Year sales for 2020 have been 1.656.775, reporting a decline of 14.2% compared to 2019.

Brand-wise, this year the leader Ford (-16.5%) lost 0.4% market share, followed by  Toyota (-7.3%), which gained 0.8% share. Honda fell 13.3%, while  Hyundai reached 4th place (-0.1%), followed by Chevrolet -down 1 spot- which lost 20.6%.

RAM reached 6th position and lost 13.9%, followed by Kia which reported the best performance on the leaderboard by gaining 11.4%, and Nissan which on the other hand reported the worst performance by losing 33.5% sales. Closing the leaderboard we have GMC -down 1 spot- losing 9.8% this year and Mazda entering the leaderboard by gaining 4.3%.

The most sold vehicle this year has been the Ford F-Series (-11.3%) with 128.650 units sold, followed by the Ram Pick-up, which lost 13.5% registering 83.673 new sales this year. The Toyota RAV4 (+4.2%) closes the podium and reports 67.977 new units sold.

Tables with sales figures

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

Canada best selling cars in 2019 was dominated again by the iconic Ford F-Series which dominate the market since over 40 years and is able to further hit the best ever market share. In second the always successful Ram Pick-up ahead of the best passenger car, the Toyota RAV4 which hit its record share at 3.4%.

In Canada the best-selling model is the same since over 40 years and – like in US – is the large pick-up Ford F-series. However, we continue to be surprised by the love of Canadian people for this model! In the 2018 the market share achieved was 7.2% and in 2019 replicated the 2017’s record of 7.5%. Consider that in 2010 the share was at 6.2%.

The second best model is the Ram Pick up with the outstanding share of 5%, hitting a new record. In third there is the first car passenger and best SUV, the Toyota RAV4 with a final year projected share of 3.4%, the new record and the second in a row after the 2.7% hit in the 2018.

In fourth place and best sedan on the market, the Honda Civic with 3.1% ahead of the Honda CR-V with 2.9%, the Chevrolet Silverado with 2.8%,  the GMC Sierra with 2.8%, the Toyota Corolla with 2.5%.

In ninth place, the Ford Escape with 2.0% ahead of the best Korean, the Hyundai Elantra with 2.0% as well.

Tables with sales figures

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