Small SUV Sales In Canada - February 2014 YTD

As Canadian sales of subcompact and compact cars, midsize cars, and large cars tumbled in February 2014, sales of the smallest SUVs and crossovers further blossomed. 

• All Makes & Models Ranked By February 2014 & YTD Canadian Sales
• All 84 SUVs/CUVs Ranked By February 2014 YTD Canadian Sales

From the class-leading Ford Escape to the mid-pack Subaru Forester to the lower-volume Mitsubishi Outlander to a new generation of cute likes like the Buick Encore and Chevrolet Trax, sales of most smaller utility vehicles increased compared with February 2013.

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Collectively, the Escape's class was up 16%. This is newsworthy in an industry that's barely making any gains, in an industry that is currently not attracting as many buyers as it did during the first two months of 2012. And GCBC's founder and editor has delved into the subject over at AutoFocus, where there's yet more info on the current success of vehicles like the RAV4, Rogue, CX-5, and Forester.

It's not that every small utility vehicle is selling at a faster and faster rate. The two small Jeeps - Patriot and Compass - are down 48% in early 2014 as Jeep's Cherokee becomes more readily available. 

Yet combined, the Cherokee, Patriot, and Compass are up 48% through the first two months of 2014. The future for these Caliber-based Jeeps isn't clear, but we do know Jeep's recently introduced Renegade, pictured above, will create quite a stir.

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 SUVs and crossovers any which way you like. Suggestions on how GCBC should break down segments can be passed on through the Contact page.

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Small SUVs  & Crossovers	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Equinox	1252	1020	22.7%	2382	2055	15.9%
Dodge Journey	1502	1906	-21.2%	3452	3902	-11.5%
Ford Escape	2750	2415	13.9%	5347	5156	3.7%
GMC Terrain	576	747	-22.9%	1210	1547	-21.8%
Honda CR-V	2213	1594	38.8%	3650	3008	21.3%
Hyundai Santa Fe Sport *^	1536	1749	-12.2%	2825	3458	-18.3%
Hyundai Tucson	795	622	27.8%	1618	1329	21.7%
Jeep Cherokee	1358	---	---	2668	---	---
Jeep Compass	439	672	-34.7%	733	1471	-50.2%
Jeep Liberty	---	1	-100%	---	7	-100%
Jeep Patriot	395	573	-31.1%	698	1299	-46.3%
Kia Sorento *	776	924	-16.0%	1640	1677	-2.2%
Kia Sportage	395	394	0.3%	808	816	-1.0%
Mazda CX-5	1183	889	33.1%	2143	1671	28.2%
Mitsubishi Outlander	427	310	37.7%	842	653	28.9%
Nissan Rogue	1737	1022	70.0%	3609	1845	95.6%
Subaru Forester	787	353	123%	1595	688	132%
Suzuki Grand Vitara	---	98	-100%	---	192	-100%
Toyota RAV4	1966	2371	-17.1%	4126	3043	35.6%
Volkswagen Tiguan	748	287	161%	1395	576	142%
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Total	20,835	17,947	16.1%	40,741	34,393	18.5%

Smallest SUVs & Crossovers	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Buick Encore *	642	23	2691%	874	24	3542%
Chevrolet Trax *	374	328	14.0%	719	588	22.3%
Mini Countryman *	117	154	-24.0%	267	251	6.4%
Mitsubishi RVR *	493	578	-14.7%	790	1157	-31.7%
Nissan Juke *	233	246	-5.3%	429	425	0.9%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *	446	370	20.5%	738	774	-4.7%
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Total	2305	1699	35.7%	3817	3219	18.6%

Offroaders	February 2014	February 2013	% Change	2014 YTD	2013 YTD	% Change
Jeep Wrangler *	1317	1146	14.9%	2126	2194	-3.1%
Nissan Xterra *	91	66	37.9%	156	125	24.8%
Toyota FJ Cruiser *	57	45	26.7%	108	92	17.4%
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Total	1465	1257	16.5%	2390	2411	-0.9%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* indicates a vehicle which is also shown in another GCBC segment breakdown
^ not including 343 Santa Fe XL sales (593 YTD) which are shown exclusively with midsize SUVs and crossovers.
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, right? This explains why you'll see the Santa Fe and Sorento listed with midsize SUVs - they're stuck in between in terms of size - as well as vehicles like the Wrangler and Xterra listed both here and there. The Buick Encore and Subaru XV Crosstrek and their gang are also listed with mainstream cars, because they're sitting on a fence between SUVs and traditional passenger cars. 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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