In a stagnant passenger car market, subcompacts and even smaller cars represented a growth market in Canada in 2014.• Canada Vehicle Sales Rankings By Model - 2014 Year End
• Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - December & 2014 Year End
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Compact car sales, for example, declined 1% in 2014 despite increases from the category's best-selling car (Canada's best-selling car overall, the Honda Civic), and the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth-best-selling cars in the country. So great were the declines reported by the Dodge Dart, Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra, Mitsubishi Lancer, and Toyota Matrix - and the loss of the Suzuki SX4 - that the compact car category declined, as a whole.But subcompact volume, powered by the perennially best-selling Hyundai Accent and its best sales in four years, jumped 4% to 93,780 units. In other words, subcompacts accounted for 12% of the new cars sold in Canada in 2014, up from 11.6% in 2013.
Moreover, subcompact cars may have been slowed by the arrival of a new high-volume city car, the Nissan Micra. The Micra swallowed up 7815 sales, many of which may have otherwise gone to the Nissan Versa Note, or its prime competitor, the Mitsubishi Mirage. The Micra and Mirage combined for 11,863 sales in 2014, more than the Ford Fiesta and Mazda 2 combined.
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 • November 2014 • December 2013
Compact December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 2014 2013 %
Change
Acura ILX * 163
202-19.3%27523192-13.8%
Buick Verano * 347
20866.8%7161557328.5%
Chevrolet Cruze 2594
24834.5%34,42133,1843.7%
Dodge Dart325
373-12.9%76239870-22.8%
Ford Focus 1426
104336.7%22,39225,781-13.1%
Honda Civic 4031
341218.1%66,057 64,0633.1%
Hyundai Elantra 2641
2789-5.3%50,42054,760-7.9%
Kia Forte 588
52611.8%11,86711,4004.1%
Mazda 3 2156
2763-22.0%40,974 40,4661.3%
Mitsubishi Lancer 361
31116.1%6623 7404-10.5%
Nissan Sentra 949
86210.1%15,021 14,4074.3%
Subaru Impreza 714
61316.5%10,15799112.5%
Suzuki SX4 ---
74-100%---1557-100%
Toyota Corolla 2409
2442-1.4%48,88144,44910.0%
Toyota Matrix 215
377-43.0%713010,689-33.3%
Volkswagen Golf 1246
79257.3%12,18411,8712.6%
Volkswagen Jetta 1717
155810.2%31,04230,4132.1%
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Total 21,88220,8285.1%374,705 378,990 -1.1%
Subcompact December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 2014 2013 %
Change
Chevrolet Sonic 655
38669.7%80369400-14.5%
Ford Fiesta 630
37866.7%93129851-5.5%
Honda Fit 898
1909-53.0%11,732951223.3%
Hyundai Accent 1399
661112%23,17318,88422.7%
Kia Rio 506
5060.0%14,45815,601-7.3%
Mazda 2 147
246-40.2%2449 4072-39.9%
Nissan Versa 611
870-29.8%13,31412,2978.3%
Toyota Prius C 160
10158.4%27762816-1.4%
Toyota Yaris 361
31713.9%8530763211.8%
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Total 53675374-0.1%93,780 90,065 4.1%
City Car December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 2014 2013%
Change
Chevrolet Spark 27
162-83.3%15772550-38.2%
Mitsubishi Mirage 271
117132%4048614559%
Nissan Micra 828
---0.0%7815---0.0%
Scion iQ 9
20-55.0%315493-36.1%
Smart Fortwo 205
16425.0%2550223714.0%
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Total 1340463189%16,305 5894 177%
Warm Hatches December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 20142013 %
Change
Fiat 500 *228
257-11.3%55666811 -18.3%
Hyundai Veloster * 109
285-61.8%34444704 -26.8%
Mini Cooper * 360
375-4.0%33653946 -14.7%
Scion tC * 48
79-39.2%1179 1485 -20.6%
Volkswagen Beetle * 153
200-23.5%20442399 -14.8%
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Total 8981196-24.9%15,598 19,345 -19.4%
Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers December
2014 December
2013 %
Change 2014 2013 %
Change
Buick Encore * 647
292122%5683355060.1%
Chevrolet Trax * 470
4680.4%8533701321.7%
Dodge Caliber ---
---0.0%--- 7-100%
Fiat 500L203
56263%2461 899174%
Kia Soul 614
291111%9944 761830.5%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class * 181
200-9.5%2695 3207-16.0%
Mini Countryman * 95
249-61.8%2018 2067-2.4%
Mitsubishi RVR * 429
4192.4%65947653-13.8%
Nissan Cube ---
6-100%15183-91.8%
Nissan Juke * 178
269-33.8%36414077-10.7%
Scion xB 35
3112.9%651808-19.4%
Scion xD 5
17-70.6%258367-29.7%
Subaru XV Crosstrek * 349
462-24.5%6922611513.2%
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Total 3206276016.2%49,415 43,564 13.4%
Source: Automakers & ANDC* 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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Small Car Sales In Canada - November 2014 YTD
Small Car Sales In Canada - December 2013 & Year End
Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada - December 2014
Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - December 2014 & Year End
Midsize Car Sales In Canada - December & 2014 Year End
