Small Car Sales In Canada - March 2016 YTD

Canadian sales of passenger cars slid 3% in March 2016 even as the auto industry as a whole jumped 9%. But compact cars, led by the Honda Civic, Canada's best-selling car in 18 consecutive years, wasn't nearly so severely hit.

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

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The Civic's 7% year-over-year increase and the second-ranked Hyundai Elantra's 33% improvement helped to hold at bay a sharper decline in March. General Motors, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Nissan also posted meaningful gains with their compact cars. Offsetting all those increases, however, was the Dodge Dart's 43% plunge, a 19% drop in Ford Focus sales, and more pertinently, 34% and 45% dives from the Mazda 3 and Volkswagen Jetta.

Among subcompact cars, the Hyundai continued to hold the Accent's leadership position despite a 22% year-over-year drop. 

Overall, subcompact car volume plunged 34% in Canada in March. First-quarter sales in 2016 were down 20%, a loss of 2932 sales. 

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Incidentally, two subcompact crossovers based on subcompact cars, both of which weren't on sale a year ago, combined for 4048 sales in the first-quarter of 2016. 

The Honda HR-V leads all subcompact crossovers in year-to-date volume; the Mazda CX-3 ranks second.

You can click any model name in the tables below to find historical monthly and yearly Canadian auto sales data. You can also select a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page. These tables are now sortable, so you can rank small cars of all kinds any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

Click Column Headers To Sort • April 2016 • February 2016 • March 2015

Compact	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	%  Change
Acura ILX *	215	206	4.4%	488	402	21.4%
Buick Verano *	701	435	61.1%	1272	899	41.5%
Chevrolet Cruze	2294	2099	9.3%	5695	5035	13.1%
Dodge Dart	223	480	-53.5%	445	1075	-58.6%
Ford Focus	1317	1616	-18.5%	3049	3303	-7.7%
Honda Civic	5943	5554	7.0%	12,519	10,458	19.7%
Hyundai Elantra	5692	4293	32.6%	11,578	9556	21.2%
Kia Forte	1047	863	21.3%	2468	1760	40.2%
Mazda 3	2457	3700	-33.6%	5188	7377	-29.7%
Mitsubishi Lancer	625	446	40.1%	1660	1199	38.4%
Nissan Sentra	1534	1431	7.2%	3532	3288	7.4%
Scion iM	626	---	---	979	---	---
Subaru Impreza	889	981	-9.4%	2162	2167	-0.2%
Toyota Corolla	3634	3967	-8.4%	8351	9027	-7.5%
Toyota Matrix	---	---	---	---	295	-100%
Volkswagen Golf	2038	1970	3.5%	4202	4551	-7.7%
Volkswagen Jetta	1667	3012	-44.7%	3911	6441	-39.3%
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Total	30,902	31,053	-0.5%	67,499	66,833	1.0%

Subcompact	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Sonic	436	528	-17.4%	852	1079	-21.0%
Ford Fiesta	356	289	23.2%	923	869	6.2%
Honda Fit	732	947	-22.7%	1781	2501	-28.8%
Hyundai Accent	1268	1618	-21.6%	2827	3221	-12.2%
Kia Rio	731	1277	-42.8%	1711	2362	-27.6%
Mazda 2	---	140	-100%	27	286	-90.6%
Nissan Versa	632	847	-25.4%	1524	2041	-25.3%
Toyota Prius C	126	158	-20.3%	508	843	-39.7%
Toyota Yaris	748	686	9.0%	1673	1556	7.5%
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Total	4298	6490	-33.8%	11,826	14,758	-19.9%

City Car	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Spark	235	75	213%	422	223	89.2%
Mitsubishi Mirage	451	380	18.7%	694	793	-12.5%
Nissan Micra	1184	1013	16.9%	2536	2450	3.5%
Scion iQ	---	30	-100%	2	49	-95.9%
Smart Fortwo	263	52	406%	480	125	284%
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Total	2133	1550	37.6%	4134	3640	13.6%

Warm Hatches	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	112	225	-50.2%	227	519	-56.3%
Hyundai Veloster *	117	385	-69.6%	265	767	-65.4%
Mini Cooper *	440	390	12.8%	946	887	6.7%
Scion tC *	103	115	-10.4%	192	222	-13.5%
Volkswagen Beetle *	359	241	49.0%	572	453	26.3%
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Total	1131	1356	-16.6%	2202	2848	-22.7%

Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers	March 2016	March 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Buick Encore *	363	371	-2.2%	743	854	-13.0%
Chevrolet Trax *	1019	448	128%	1823	984	85.3%
Fiat 500L	35	274	-87.2%	86	593	-85.5%
Fiat 500X *	79	---	---	125	---	---
Honda HR-V *	817	---	---	2031	---	---
Kia Soul	861	1129	-23.7%	2059	2470	-16.6%
Mazda CX-3 *	851	---	---	2017	---	---
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	250	176	42.0%	552	430	28.4%
Mini Countryman *	55	75	-26.7%	153	186	-17.7%
Mitsubishi RVR *	524	427	22.7%	1275	1059	20.4%
Nissan Cube	---	1	-100%	---	2	-100%
Nissan Juke *	423	464	-8.8%	997	950	4.9%
Scion xB	13	98	-86.7%	47	210	-77.6%
Scion xD	---	14	-100%	---	27	-100%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *	788	688	14.5%	1829	1536	19.1%
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Total	6078	4165	45.9%	13,737	9301	47.7%

Source: Automakers & Global Automakers Of Canada
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown.
GCBC isn't here to break down segments, an impossible task for any group, but to display sales data for the sake of comparison. The more ways sales data can be displayed, the better. This explains why you'll see the Encore and XV Crosstrek are listed with small SUVs, too, and the Acura ILX shown with mainstream cars is also displayed with luxury cars... because readers have wanted it both ways. You can always find the sales results for EVERY vehicle and form your own competitive sets by using the All Vehicle Rankings posts.

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