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The Honda Civic was the best-selling small car in Canada in 2013 and, as a result, was Canada's most popular car overall. This marks the 16th such year in a row.
A rough December - both for the Civic and the compact segment - means 2013 wasn't such a wonderful year: Civic sales fell 49% in December, compact sales fell 17%, and Civic sales were down slightly for the year while compact sales grew just 3%.
On the flip side, subcompacts were driven forward by a Honda product in December. The outgoing Fit reported a quintupling of sales last month; a doubling of sales in 2013.
Yet subcompact sales fell 2.5% in 2013 despite the Fit's ascent, despite some additional sales from the Mitsubishi Mirage, despite growth from the Chevrolet Sonic and Kia Rio, Canada's second-best-selling subcompact.
Overall, however, 2013 was a record year for new automobile sales. And while overall new passenger car sales had little to do with the record volume, numerous new cars had an impact.
Chevrolet contributed with 2144 extra Spark sales. Dodge sold 6410 more Darts in 2013 than in 2012. After a brief lull in the early part of 2012, Mercedes-Benz sold 2753 more B-Class hatchbacks in 2013 than in the year before.
Major players nevertheless remained major players. The Civic, Hyundai Elantra, Toyota Corolla, Mazda 3, and Chevrolet Cruze were Canada's five top-selling compacts in 2013, just as they were in 2012. Together, they generated 13.6% of the Canadian auto industry's volume, right on par with their contribution in 2012.
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 compact cars, subcompact cars, city cars, sporting hatchbacks, and small crossovers 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 • December 2014 • January 2014 • November 2013 • December 2012
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, right? 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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A rough December - both for the Civic and the compact segment - means 2013 wasn't such a wonderful year: Civic sales fell 49% in December, compact sales fell 17%, and Civic sales were down slightly for the year while compact sales grew just 3%.
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Yet subcompact sales fell 2.5% in 2013 despite the Fit's ascent, despite some additional sales from the Mitsubishi Mirage, despite growth from the Chevrolet Sonic and Kia Rio, Canada's second-best-selling subcompact.
Overall, however, 2013 was a record year for new automobile sales. And while overall new passenger car sales had little to do with the record volume, numerous new cars had an impact.
Chevrolet contributed with 2144 extra Spark sales. Dodge sold 6410 more Darts in 2013 than in 2012. After a brief lull in the early part of 2012, Mercedes-Benz sold 2753 more B-Class hatchbacks in 2013 than in the year before.
Major players nevertheless remained major players. The Civic, Hyundai Elantra, Toyota Corolla, Mazda 3, and Chevrolet Cruze were Canada's five top-selling compacts in 2013, just as they were in 2012. Together, they generated 13.6% of the Canadian auto industry's volume, right on par with their contribution in 2012.
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 compact cars, subcompact cars, city cars, sporting hatchbacks, and small crossovers 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 • December 2014 • January 2014 • November 2013 • December 2012
Compact | December 2013 | December 2012 | % Change | 2013 | 2012 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acura ILX * | 202 | 409 | -50.6% | 3192 | 2259 | 41.3% |
Buick Verano | 208 | 280 | -25.7% | 5573 | 5084 | 9.6% |
Chevrolet Cruze | 2483 | 1986 | 25.0% | 33,184 | 32,629 | 1.7% |
Dodge Dart | 373 | 849 | -56.1% | 9870 | 3460 | 185% |
Ford Focus | 1043 | 1435 | -27.3% | 25,781 | 27,936 | -7.7% |
Honda Civic | 3412 | 6666 | -48.8% | 64,063 | 64,962 | -1.4% |
Hyundai Elantra | 2789 | 3182 | -12.4% | 54,760 | 50,950 | 7.5% |
Kia Forte | 526 | 440 | 19.5% | 11,400 | 14,856 | -23.3% |
Mazda 3 | 2763 | 1655 | 66.9% | 40,466 | 39,295 | 3.0% |
Mitsubishi Lancer | 311 | 744 | -58.2% | 7404 | 7519 | -1.5% |
Nissan Sentra | 862 | 944 | -8.7% | 14,407 | 11,008 | 30.9% |
Subaru Impreza | 613 | 877 | -30.1% | 9911 | 11,212 | -11.6% |
Suzuki SX4 | 74 | 146 | -49.3% | 1557 | 2963 | -47.5% |
Toyota Corolla | 2442 | 2371 | 3.0% | 44,449 | 40,906 | 8.7% |
Toyota Matrix | 377 | 574 | -34.3% | 10,689 | 12,982 | -17.7% |
Volkswagen Golf | 792 | 626 | 26.5% | 11,871 | 13,298 | -10.7% |
Volkswagen Jetta | 1558 | 1973 | -21.0% | 30,413 | 26,904 | 13.0% |
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Total | 20,828 | 25,157 | -17.2% | 378,990 | 368,223 | 2.9% |
Subcompact | December 2013 | December 2012 | % Change | 2013 | 2012 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Aveo | --- | --- | --- | --- | 95 | -100% |
Chevrolet Sonic | 386 | 445 | -13.3% | 9400 | 8968 | 4.8% |
Ford Fiesta | 378 | 473 | -20.1% | 9851 | 11,817 | -16.6% |
Honda Fit | 1909 | 357 | 435% | 9512 | 4736 | 101% |
Hyundai Accent | 661 | 696 | -5.0% | 18,884 | 22,581 | -16.4% |
Kia Rio | 506 | 889 | -43.1% | 15,601 | 13,949 | 11.8% |
Mazda 2 | 246 | 136 | 80.9% | 4072 | 4935 | -17.5% |
Mitsubishi Mirage | 117 | --- | --- | 614 | --- | --- |
Nissan Versa | 870 | 397 | 119% | 12,297 | 12,476 | -1.4% |
Toyota Prius C | 101 | 179 | -43.6% | 2816 | 2530 | 11.3% |
Toyota Yaris | 317 | 570 | -44.4% | 7633 | 10,955 | -30.3% |
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Total | 5491 | 4142 | 32.6% | 90,680 | 93,042 | -2.5% |
City Car | December 2013 | December 2012 | % Change | 2013 | 2012 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chevrolet Spark | 162 | 56 | 189% | 2550 | 406 | 528% |
Mitsubishi i MiEV | 2 | 13 | -84.6% | 168 | 196 | -14.3% |
Scion iQ | 20 | 78 | -74.4% | 493 | 1045 | -52.8% |
Smart Fortwo | 164 | 200 | -18.0% | 2237 | 2387 | -6.3% |
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Total | 348 | 347 | 0.3% | 5448 | 4034 | 35.1% |
Sporty Hatchbacks | December 2013 | December 2012 | % Change | 2013 | 2012 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fiat 500 * | 257 | 449 | -42.8% | 6811 | 8474 | -19.6% |
Hyundai Veloster * | 285 | 353 | -19.3% | 4704 | 5741 | -18.1% |
Mini Cooper * | 375 | 290 | 29.3% | 3946 | 4574 | -13.7% |
Scion tC * | 79 | 83 | -4.8% | 1485 | 1508 | -1.5% |
Volkswagen Beetle * | 200 | 92 | 117% | 2399 | 1984 | 20.9% |
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Total | 1196 | 1267 | -5.6% | 19,345 | 22,281 | -13.2% |
Tall Hatchbacks & Crossovers | December 2013 | December 2012 | % Change | 2013 | 2012 | YTD % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buick Encore * | 292 | --- | --- | 3550 | --- | --- |
Chevrolet HHR | --- | --- | --- | 6 | 173 | -96.5% |
Chevrolet Trax * | 468 | 27 | 1633% | 7013 | 27 | 25,874% |
Dodge Caliber | --- | 2 | -100% | 7 | 282 | -97.5% |
Fiat 500L | 56 | --- | --- | 899 | --- | --- |
Kia Soul | 291 | 371 | -21.6% | 7618 | 7560 | 0.8% |
Mercedes-Benz B-Class * | 200 | 325 | -38.5% | 3207 | 454 | 606% |
Mini Countryman * | 249 | 177 | 40.7% | 2067 | 1731 | 19.4% |
Mitsubishi RVR * | 419 | 398 | 5.3% | 7653 | 6334 | 20.8% |
Nissan Cube | 6 | 12 | -50.0% | 183 | 318 | -42.5% |
Nissan Juke * | 269 | 189 | 42.3% | 4077 | 3738 | 9.1% |
Scion xB | 31 | 74 | -58.1% | 808 | 1086 | -25.6% |
Scion xD | 17 | 49 | -65.3% | 367 | 674 | -45.5% |
Subaru XV Crosstrek * | 462 | 386 | 19.7% | 6115 | 2005 | 205% |
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Total | 2760 | 2010 | 37.3% | 43,570 | 24,382 | 78.7% |
* 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, right? 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.
RECOMMENDED READING
Small Car Sales In Canada - December & 2014 Year End
Small Car Sales In Canada - January 2014
Small Car Sales In Canada - November 2013 YTD
Small Car Sales In Canada - December 2012 & Year End
Top 25 Best-Selling Cars In Canada In 2013
Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - December 2013 & Year End
Midsize Car Sales In Canada - December 2013 & Year End
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