Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada - February 2016

Breaking the Honda Civic's 18-year streak as Canada's best-selling car won't be easy for any rival compact car.

But with Civic sales stalling in February as Honda dealers were stuck with some cars they couldn't sell and with Hyundai clearing out fifth-generation Elantras at very low prices in advance of the new car's arrival, the Civic's 12-month streak as Canada's best-selling car was suspended in February 2016.

Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - February 2016 YTD
Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - February 2016 YTD

Compared with Honda's abnormally low February one year ago, Civic sales in February 2016 still improved. But the 10% improvement to 2868 units wasn't nearly enough to keep up with the Elantra's 74% jump to 3793 February sales.

Both cars were the exception to the passenger car rule in February. Although only 10 of the 20 top-selling cars in Canada last month sold less often in February 2016 than in the same period one year earlier, the car sector as a whole lost more than 5% of its volume even as the overall industry surged to a best-ever February result of nearly 120,000 sales.

Historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these best-selling cars 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 in February and will shortly publish a list of Canada's most popular SUVs and crossovers.

March 2016 • January 2016 • February 2015

Rank	Best-Selling Car	February 2016	February 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
#1	Hyundai Elantra	3793	2180	74.0%	5886	5263	11.8%
#2	Honda Civic	2868	2615	9.7%	6576	4904	34.1%
#3	Toyota Corolla	2543	2633	-3.4%	4717	2424	-13.6%
#4	Chevrolet Cruze	1945	1563	24.4%	3401	2936	15.8%
#5	Mazda 3	1450	1989	-27.1%	2731	3677	-25.7%
#6	Toyota Camry	1295	1379	-6.1%	2095	2424	-13.6%
#7	Nissan Sentra	1277	1071	19.2%	1998	1857	7.6%
#8	Volkswagen Jetta	1073	1767	-39.3%	2244	3429	-34.6%
#9	Volkswagen Golf	1070	1383	-22.6%	2164	2581	-16.2%
#10	Kia Forte	971	434	124%	1421	897	58.4%
#11	Ford Focus	907	913	-0.7%	1732	1687	2.7%
#12	Chevrolet Malibu	833	314	165%	1449	687	111%
#13	Honda Accord	813	581	39.9%	1650	1183	39.5%
#14	Ford Fusion	796	648	22.8%	1366	1271	7.5%
#15	Nissan Altima	786	648	21.3%	1447	1093	32.4%
#16	Nissan Micra	707	758	-6.7%	1352	1437	-5.9%
#17	Hyundai Accent	679	934	-27.3%	1559	1603	-2.7%
#18	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	597	742	-19.5%	991	1308	-24.2%
#19	Subaru Impreza	570	583	-2.2%	1273	1186	7.3%
#20	Mitsubishi Lancer	566	346	63.6%	1035	654	58.3%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada

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