Small Car Sales In Canada - June 2016 YTD

Canadian compact car sales fell 4% in June 2016, the final month in a first-half which saw Canadian compact car sales fall 4%. 

The losses put up by the massive segment – 17% of all new vehicle sales so far this year – have occurred despite significant gains from the two most popular cars in the country. 

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

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The top-selling Honda Civic and second-ranked Hyundai Elantra, both of which are all-new this year, earned 34% of their category in June 2016, up from 28% at this point one year ago.

Aside from the discontinued Buick Verano's jump, the low-volume Mitsubishi Lancer's improvement, the Nissan Sentra's 8% uptick, and the Volkswagen Golf's unexpected 4% rise, most competitors are falling hard and fast. 

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The Detroit trio – Cruze, Dart, Focus – combined for a 30% loss in the first-half of 2016. The Mazda 3, once the prime candidate to become the Honda Civic's successor as Canada's best-selling car, is down 24%. The aging Volkswagen Jetta tumbled 29% in 2016's first six months and is on track to end 2016 as the second-best-selling Volkswagen in Canada for the first time since 2010.

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 • July 2016 • May 2016 • June 2015

Compact	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	%  Change
Acura ILX *	160	213	-24.9%	1104	1153	-4.2%
Buick Verano	729	713	2.2%	3963	2979	33.0%
Chevrolet Cruze	1903	2848	-33.2%	11,368	15,776	-27.9%
Dodge Dart	87	220	-60.5%	829	1979	-58.1%
Ford Focus	1522	2205	-31.0%	7620	10,429	-26.9%
Honda Civic	6232	6030	3.3%	33,193	29,589	12.2%
Hyundai Elantra	4816	3325	44.8%	25,511	22,350	14.1%
Kia Forte	1356	1601	-15.3%	6455	6756	-4.5%
Mazda 3	2832	3522	-19.6%	14,156	18,513	-23.5%
Mitsubishi Lancer	601	697	-13.8%	3758	3051	23.2%
Nissan Sentra	2159	1491	44.8%	8495	7885	7.7%
Scion iM	221	---	---	2385	---	---
Subaru Impreza	1133	1042	8.7%	5834	5846	-0.2%
Toyota Corolla	4993	5377	-7.1%	24,370	25,798	-5.5%
Toyota Matrix	---	---	---	---	295	-100%
Volkswagen Golf	1790	1849	-3.0%	10,793	10,416	3.6%
Volkswagen Jetta	1693	2573	-34.2%	10,749	15,053	-28.6%
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Total	32,227	33,706	-4.4%	170,583	177,868	-4.1%

Subcompact	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Sonic	384	577	-33.4%	2842	3325	-14.5%
Ford Fiesta	236	528	-55.3%	1912	2432	-21.4%
Honda Fit	681	918	-25.8%	4076	5674	-28.2%
Hyundai Accent	2026	1952	3.8%	10,168	10,287	-1.2%
Kia Rio	1149	779	47.5%	4416	5239	-15.7%
Mazda 2	---	83	-100%	27	615	-95.6%
Nissan Versa	882	770	14.5%	4036	4755	-15.1%
Toyota Prius C	598	278	115%	1628	1677	-2.9%
Toyota Yaris	736	708	4.0%	4274	4117	3.8%
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Total	6692	6593	1.5%	33,379	38,121	-12.4%

City Car	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Chevrolet Spark	336	93	261%	1447	726	99.3%
Mitsubishi Mirage	256	228	12.3%	1737	1835	-5.3%
Nissan Micra	974	1056	-7.8%	5374	6024	-10.8%
Scion iQ	---	24	-100%	2	125	-98.4%
Smart Fortwo	31	63	-50.8%	600	370	62.2%
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Total	1597	1464	9.1%	9160	9080	0.9%

Warm Hatches	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Fiat 500 *	69	243	-71.6%	511	1610	-68.3%
Hyundai Veloster *	252	272	-7.4%	1033	1766	-41.5%
Mini Cooper *	517	538	-6.9%	2803	2661	7.5%
Scion tC *	104	142	-26.8%	540	605	-10.7%
Volkswagen Beetle *	177	243	-27.2%	1559	1421	9.7%
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Total	1119	1438	-22.2%	6446	8063	-20.0%

Tall Hatchbacks  & Crossovers	June 2016	June 2015	% Change	2016 YTD	2015 YTD	% Change
Buick Encore *	639	534	19.7%	2639	2275	16.0%
Chevrolet Trax *	899	702	28.1%	4497	3305	36.1%
Fiat 500L	22	134	-83.6%	181	1703	-89.4%
Fiat 500X *	86	18	378%	500	22	2173%
Honda HR-V *	1285	703	82.8%	5516	703	685%
Kia Soul	1355	1652	-18.0%	5921	6338	-6.6%
Mazda CX-3 *	783	804	-2.6%	4702	1521	209%
Mercedes-Benz B-Class *	252	176	43.2%	1262	1089	15.9%
Mini Countryman *	56	104	-46.2%	388	530	-26.8%
Mitsubishi RVR *	455	582	-21.8%	3010	2681	12.3%
Nissan Cube	---	---	---	---	2	-100%
Nissan Juke *	410	414	-1.0%	2258	2308	-2.2%
Scion xB	---	83	-100%	47	578	-91.9%
Scion xD	---	---	---	---	27	-100%
Subaru XV Crosstrek *	885	752	17.8%	4467	3978	12.3%
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Total	7127	6658	7.0%	35,388	27,060	30.8%

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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