Top 40 Best-Selling Vehicles In Canada - 2005 Year End

This list of Canada's 40 best-selling vehicles in calendar year 2005 includes in its top nine a group of vehicles which continue to battle it out at the top of the heap nine years later. 

But then there's the Toyota Echo, the successor of which has become a much slower seller in Canada. The Chevrolet Cobalt has long since been replaced by a similarly popular Chevrolet Cruze. The Honda Accord now battles the Ford Fusion for top spot in the midsize category, but midsize volumes are much slower.

Canada's best-selling vehicle in 2005 was the Ford F-Series. The F-Series was roundly outsold by the GM twins, the GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado, however. The Honda Civic led all cars for the eighth consecutive year, outselling its nearest direct rival by nearly 18,000 units. SUVs were again led by the Ford Escape, which grew its lead over the second-ranked Honda CR-V to more than 7500 sales. Only four of Canada's 40 best-selling vehicles in 2005 were utility vehicles, down from five in 2004.

The Canadian auto market grew by approximately 49,000 units to 1.58 million in 2005, a 3.2% year-over-year jump. General Motors, Ford Canada, and the Chrysler Group accounted for 56.7% of all the new vehicle business in Canada in 2005. In fact, GM outsold FoMoCo and the Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep family combined.

2006 • 2004

Rank	Best-Selling Vehicle	2005	2004	%  Change
#1	Ford F-Series	69,549	71,790	-3.1%
#2	Honda Civic	68,506	62,125	10.3%
#3	Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan	65,002	63,559	2.3%
#4	Mazda 3	50,713	42,680	18.8%
#5	Toyota Corolla	45,533	44,563	2.2%
#6	GMC Sierra	38,657	39,391	-1.9%
#7	Dodge Ram	37,483	37,709	-0.6%
#8	Chevrolet Silverado	37,012	38,005	-2.6%
#9	Ford Focus	26,861	11,422	135%
#10	Toyota Echo *	26,711	31,252	-14.5%
#11	Chevrolet Cobalt *	26,405	178	14,734%
#12	Honda Accord	24,115	25,814	-6.6%
#13	Toyota Matrix	24,048	20,017	20.1%
#14	Chevrolet Uplander/Venture	23,507	22,569	4.2%
#15	Ford Escape	23,493	20,360	15.4%
#16	Pontiac Montana/SV6	23,258	29,073	-20.0%
#17	Toyota Camry	18,861	20,135	-6.3%
#18	Chevrolet Impala	18,474	20,876	-11.5%
#19	Volkswagen Jetta	18,202	15,826	15.0%
#20	Chevrolet Malibu	17,871	15,062	18.6%
#21	Nissan Altima	17,037	18,508	-7.9%
#22	Chrysler Sebring	16,609	17,035	-2.5%
#23	Pontiac Pursuit	16,289	215	7476%
#24	Pontiac Sunfire	16,256	33,724	-51.8%
#25	Hyundai Elantra	16,101	15,375	4.7%
#26	Honda CR-V	15,976	15,388	3.8%
#27	Hyundai Accent	15,679	19,172	-18.2%
#28	Ford Freestar	15,608	22,078	-29.3%
#29	Chrysler SX 2.0/Neon	15,064	14,876	1.3%
#30	Chrysler 300/300M	14,654	10,480	39.8%
#31	Buick Allure	14,408	1414	919%
#32	Saturn Ion	14,154	12,323	14.9%
#33	Pontiac G6 *	14,038	2556	449%
#34	Toyota Sienna	13,622	17,043	-20.1%
#35	Jeep Liberty	13,282	13,543	-1.9%
#36	Chevrolet Equinox	12,984	5450	138%
#37	Chevrolet Aveo	12,863	13,712	-6.2%
#38	Honda Odyssey	12,573	10,559	19.1%
#39	Chevrolet Optra	12,345	16,853	-26.7%
#40	Nissan Sentra	12,206	12,744	-4.2%

Source: Automakers & ANDC
* Chevrolet also sold 7122 Cavaliers in 2005.
* Pontiac also sold 9438 Grand Ams in 2005.
* Toyota also sold 6177 Yaris hatchbacks in 2005.
* Ford sold a combined 13,146 Tauruses and Five Hundreds in 2005.