In expanding its lead to the current second-ranked Corolla - not the normal Elantra number two - to 3346 units through five months, the Civic captured 8.4% of the declining Canadian passenger car market in May.
• Canada Auto Sales Brand Rankings - May 2014 YTD
• All 249 Vehicles Ranked By May 2014 YTD Canadian Sales
• All 86 SUVs & Crossovers Ranked By May 2014 YTD Canadian Sales
That's up by more than a percentage point from May of last year, when the Civic was the second-best-selling car in Canada. However, last May's leader, the Hyundai Elantra, suffered a 10% drop in May volume. In fact, the Hyundai car division was down 12% in May and is down 10% year-to-date as the Elantra takes a shallow dive and dealers wait for a new Sonata, a car that may not look new enough in comparison to a sixth-gen car that shocked consumers with its sleek exterior.
Meanwhile, Kia car sales are down 4% as the Forte fails to make up for its Elantra partner's declines. The Optima was up 106% in May and moved up eight spots to 21st in these year-to-date rankings, but Kia hasn't yet overcome a terrible start to the year for the brand's midsize car.
Here's the thing, these Korean car sales declines aren't uncommon in the industry in 20214, and the fact that they're mostly made up for by sales of crossovers isn't unusual, either. Honda is something of an exception with its 8% car sales increase. But car sales at Acura, BMW, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, Mazda, Mini, Scion, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Volvo have decreased in 2014.
• Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - June 2014 YTD
• Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - April 2014 YTD
• Canada Car Sales Rankings By Model - May 2013 YTD
In what was a record month for new vehicle sales in Canada in May, car sales were down around 2%, and they accounted for just 43.5% of the industry's volume, down from 47.1% in May 2013.
Don't count cars out. They still account for more sales than any other vehicle category: pickup trucks, SUVs and crossovers, or minivans. There is still a wider range of available car types than you'll find in the SUV/crossover world; nearly twice as many nameplates. One fuel crisis could swing the market back toward compacts and subcompacts and hybrids faster than you can say, "Suez Canal."
There were exciting improvements introduced in October's rankings of new car sales. Prior year figures now include the actual numbers from last year, not just the percentage increases/decreases from last year. As a result, we now include vehicles like the Volvo C30 and Volvo C70, nameplates which collected sales during the first five months of 2013 but not during the same period one year later. If you're on a mobile device, you may need to choose the full version of the site (at the bottom of the page) in order to use the sortable function.
Reminder: these are 2014 year-to-date rankings, but you can sort cars by May volume by clicking the May 2014 column header, or you can rank cars by improvements or declines using the % columns. Or, most importantly, you can list automakers together by selecting the Car column header.
• Top 20 Best-Selling Cars In Canada - May 2014
• Top 20 Best-Selling SUVs In Canada - May 2014
• Canada Truck Sales Rankings By Model - May 2014 YTD
• Canada Minivan Sales Rankings By Model - May 2014 YTD
• Canada Commercial Van Sales Rankings By Model - May 2014 YTD
As always, you can find historical monthly and yearly sales figures for any of these vehicles by selecting a make and model at GCBC's Sales Stats page.
Click Column Headers To Sort • June 2014 • April 2014 • May 2013
Rank | Car | May 2014 YTD | May 2013 YTD | % Change | May 2014 | May 2013 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#1 | Honda Civic | 24,235 | 22,808 | 6.3% | 7,185 | 6,097 | 17.8% |
#2 | Toyota Corolla | 20,889 | 18,032 | 15.8% | 6,107 | 5,497 | 11.1% |
#3 | Hyundai Elantra | 20,682 | 23,140 | -10.6% | 5,628 | 6,268 | -10.2% |
#4 | Mazda 3 | 17,128 | 16,134 | 6.2% | 4,603 | 4,002 | 15.0% |
#5 | Chevrolet Cruze | 14,576 | 13,440 | 8.5% | 3,760 | 3,597 | 4.5% |
#6 | Volkswagen Jetta | 13,352 | 12,696 | 5.2% | 3,412 | 2,858 | 19.4% |
#7 | Ford Focus | 9,212 | 10,755 | -14.3% | 2,435 | 3,264 | -25.4% |
#8 | Hyundai Accent | 8,972 | 8,129 | 10.4% | 2,704 | 2,294 | 17.9% |
#9 | Ford Fusion | 7,404 | 9,110 | -18.7% | 1,977 | 2,376 | -16.8% |
#10 | Honda Accord | 7,266 | 7,366 | -1.4% | 1,888 | 1,902 | -0.7% |
#11 | Toyota Camry | 6,562 | 7,471 | -12.2% | 1,959 | 2,416 | -18.9% |
#12 | Nissan Versa | 6,318 | 3,670 | 72.2% | 1,503 | 973 | 54.5% |
#13 | Kia Rio | 6,266 | 7,134 | -12.2% | 1,729 | 1,779 | -2.8% |
#14 | Nissan Sentra | 5,651 | 6,311 | -10.5% | 1,303 | 1,716 | -24.1% |
#15 | Honda Fit | 4,863 | 2,917 | 66.7% | 1,773 | 809 | 119% |
#16 | Kia Forte | 4,654 | 4,730 | -1.6% | 1,168 | 1,867 | -37.4% |
#17 | Subaru Impreza | 4,189 | 3,944 | 6.2% | 1,159 | 1,040 | 11.4% |
#18 | Hyundai Sonata | 4,115 | 6,369 | -35.4% | 711 | 1,812 | -60.8% |
#19 | Ford Fiesta | 3,896 | 3,524 | 10.6% | 1,233 | 1,037 | 18.9% |
#20 | Chevrolet Sonic | 3,799 | 4,221 | -10.0% | 1,021 | 1,093 | -6.6% |
#21 | Kia Optima | 3,629 | 4,353 | -16.6% | 1,340 | 649 | 106% |
#22 | Kia Soul | 3,608 | 2,782 | 29.7% | 749 | 725 | 3.3% |
#23 | Nissan Altima | 3,503 | 4,182 | -16.2% | 780 | 840 | -7.1% |
#24 | Toyota Yaris | 3,445 | 3,017 | 14.2% | 1,089 | 1,088 | 0.1% |
#25 | Chrysler 200 | 3,370 | 5,681 | -40.7% | 986 | 1,551 | -36.4% |
#25.1 | Chrysler 200 Sedan * | 3,357 | 5,171 | -35.1% | 986 | 1,408 | -30.0% |
#25.2 | Chrysler 200 Convertible * | 13 | 510 | -97.5% | --- | 143 | -100% |
#26 | Toyota Venza | 3,367 | 3,877 | -13.2% | 945 | 1,012 | -6.6% |
#27 | Volkswagen Passat & CC ¤ | 3,362 | 3,060 | 9.9% | 855 | 866 | -1.3% |
#28 | BMW 3-Series | 3,337 | 4,801 | -30.5% | 954 | 1,156 | -17.5% |
#29 | Dodge Dart | 3,298 | 4,213 | -21.7% | 941 | 1,134 | -17.0% |
#30 | Toyota Matrix | 3,060 | 5,135 | -40.4% | 900 | 1,469 | -38.7% |
#31 | Fiat 500 | 2,863 | 3,220 | -11.1% | 676 | 801 | -15.6% |
#31.1 | Fiat 500 * | 1,949 | 2,309 | -15.6% | 498 | 577 | -13.7% |
#31.2 | Fiat 500C * | 914 | 911 | 0.3% | 178 | 224 | -20.5% |
#32 | Subaru XV Crosstrek | 2,829 | 2,282 | 24.0% | 740 | 527 | 40.4% |
#33 | Subaru Outback | 2,808 | 2,454 | 14.4% | 657 | 569 | 15.5% |
#34 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 2,691 | 3,499 | -23.1% | 491 | 973 | -49.5% |
#35 | Buick Verano | 2,679 | 2,380 | 12.6% | 818 | 603 | 35.7% |
#36 | Mitsubishi Lancer | 2,637 | 3,741 | -29.5% | 578 | 1,083 | -46.6% |
#37 | Chevrolet Malibu | 2,615 | 3,891 | -32.8% | 655 | 1,113 | -41.2% |
#38 | Audi A4 º | 2,537 | 2,461 | 3.1% | 566 | 600 | -5.7% |
#39 | Ford Mustang | 2,493 | 2,559 | -2.6% | 1,256 | 1,246 | 0.8% |
#40 | Dodge Charger | 2,357 | 2,286 | 3.1% | 363 | 644 | -43.6% |
#41 | Chrysler 300 | 2,260 | 3,352 | -32.6% | 844 | 1,420 | -40.6% |
#42 | Mitsubishi Mirage | 1,662 | --- | --- | 286 | --- | --- |
#43 | Lexus IS | 1,647 | 520 | 217% | 435 | 164 | 165% |
#43.1 | Lexus IS250/IS350 * | 1,546 | 387 | 299% | 405 | 108 | 275% |
#43.2 | Lexus ISC * | 89 | 108 | -17.6% | 28 | 46 | -39.1% |
#43.3 | Lexus ISF * | 12 | 25 | -52.0% | 2 | 10 | -80.0% |
#44 | Ford Taurus | 1,623 | 2,211 | -26.6% | 703 | 712 | -1.3% |
#45 | Chevrolet Impala | 1,575 | 2,315 | -32.0% | 278 | 418 | -33.5% |
#46 | Volkswagen Golf | 1,534 | 5,019 | -69.4% | 562 | 1,233 | -54.4% |
#47 | Hyundai Veloster | 1,514 | 1,745 | -13.2% | 387 | 370 | 4.6% |
#48 | Mercedes-Benz E-Class & CLS-Class ¤ | 1,508 | 1,145 | 31.7% | 379 | 274 | 38.3% |
#49 | Chevrolet Camaro | 1,455 | 1,124 | 29.4% | 547 | 502 | 9.0% |
#50 | Infiniti Q50 ± | 1,452 | 766 | 89.6% | 321 | 139 | 131% |
#51 | Cadillac ATS | 1,426 | 1,185 | 20.3% | 409 | 323 | 26.6% |
#52 | Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class | 1,415 | --- | --- | 399 | --- | --- |
#53 | Fiat 500L | 1,360 | --- | --- | 342 | --- | --- |
#54 | Mazda 6 | 1,315 | 2,455 | -46.4% | 381 | 335 | 13.7% |
#55 | Acura ILX | 1,149 | 1,439 | -20.2% | 366 | 488 | -25.0% |
#56 | Toyota Prius C ² | 1,143 | 1,128 | 1.3% | 452 | 396 | 14.1% |
#57 | Mercedes-Benz B-Class | 1,114 | 1,255 | -11.2% | 222 | 213 | 4.2% |
#58 | Nissan Micra | 1,078 | --- | --- | 877 | --- | --- |
#59 | Mazda 2 | 1,041 | 2,219 | -53.1% | 181 | 301 | -39.9% |
#60 | Audi A5 | 1,019 | 1,079 | -5.6% | 247 | 276 | -10.5% |
#61 | Lexus ES | 1,009 | 1,308 | -22.9% | 259 | 348 | -25.6% |
#62 | Volkswagen Beetle | 1,009 | 1,204 | -16.2% | 365 | 362 | 0.8% |
#63 | Subaru Legacy | 979 | 757 | 29.3% | 213 | 203 | 4.9% |
#64 | BMW 4-Series | 973 | --- | --- | 306 | --- | --- |
#65 | Toyota Prius V ² | 964 | 1,087 | -11.3% | 238 | 260 | -8.5% |
#66 | Mini Cooper † | 918 | 1,490 | -38.4% | 288 | 432 | -33.3% |
#67 | Chevrolet Spark | 865 | 1,105 | -21.7% | 81 | 138 | -41.3% |
#68 | Acura TL | 818 | 759 | 7.8% | 198 | 185 | 7.0% |
#69 | Toyota Prius ² | 818 | 1,009 | -18.9% | 199 | 262 | -24.0% |
#69.1 | Toyota Prius Sedan * | 776 | 879 | -11.7% | 189 | 240 | -21.3% |
#69.2 | Toyota Prius Plug-In * | 42 | 130 | -67.7% | 10 | 22 | -54.5% |
#70 | Hyundai Genesis Coupe ‡ | 770 | 672 | 14.6% | 209 | 201 | 4.0% |
#71 | Lincoln MKZ | 766 | 498 | 53.8% | 186 | 184 | 1.1% |
#72 | Dodge Challenger | 762 | 818 | -6.8% | 204 | 230 | -11.3% |
#73 | BMW 5-Series | 746 | 935 | -20.2% | 167 | 229 | -27.1% |
#74 | Smart Fortwo | 706 | 458 | 54.1% | 146 | 139 | 5.0% |
#75 | Chevrolet Volt | 668 | 318 | 110% | 177 | 77 | 130% |
#76 | Scion FR-S | 629 | 863 | -27.1% | 194 | 245 | -20.8% |
#77 | Chevrolet Corvette | 597 | 71 | 741% | 146 | 21 | 595% |
#78 | Ford C-Max | 567 | 677 | -16.2% | 135 | 112 | 20.5% |
#79 | Buick LaCrosse | 550 | 556 | -1.1% | 329 | 148 | 122% |
#80 | Volvo S60 | 512 | 595 | -13.9% | 155 | 193 | -19.7% |
#81 | Scion tC | 492 | 515 | -4.5% | 176 | 162 | 8.6% |
#82 | Mercedes-Benz S-Class & CL-Class ¤ | 480 | 208 | 131% | 70 | 45 | 55.6% |
#83 | Cadillac CTS | 475 | 365 | 30.1% | 171 | 78 | 119% |
#84 | Hyundai Genesis ‡ | 458 | 493 | -7.1% | 136 | 118 | 15.3% |
#85 | Lexus CT200h | 453 | 419 | 8.1% | 129 | 95 | 35.8% |
#86 | Subaru BRZ | 449 | 460 | -2.4% | 144 | 126 | 14.3% |
#87 | Audi A6 | 448 | 385 | 16.4% | 124 | 97 | 27.8% |
#88 | Toyota Avalon | 444 | 625 | -29.0% | 101 | 145 | -30.3% |
#89 | Audi A7 | 442 | 282 | 56.7% | 109 | 77 | 41.6% |
#90 | Dodge Avenger | 419 | 3,907 | -89.3% | 52 | 1,244 | -95.8% |
#91 | Audi A3 | 399 | 294 | 35.7% | 226 | 39 | 479% |
#92 | Nissan Maxima | 380 | 704 | -46.0% | 37 | 83 | -55.4% |
#93 | Volvo V60 | 373 | --- | --- | 129 | --- | --- |
#94 | Nissan Leaf | 358 | 235 | 52.3% | 101 | 31 | 226% |
#95 | Honda Crosstour | 336 | 521 | -35.5% | 93 | 97 | -4.1% |
#96 | Porsche 911 | 331 | 329 | 0.6% | 93 | 68 | 36.8% |
#97 | Buick Regal | 294 | 347 | -15.3% | 72 | 53 | 35.8% |
#98 | Cadillac XTS | 284 | 361 | -21.3% | 81 | 71 | 14.1% |
#99 | Scion xB | 278 | 335 | -17.0% | 75 | 106 | -29.2% |
#100 | Jaguar XF | 271 | 245 | 10.6% | 45 | 58 | -22.4% |
#101 | Mazda MX-5 Miata | 263 | 303 | -13.2% | 76 | 116 | -34.5% |
#102 | Lexus GS | 214 | 283 | -24.4% | 70 | 76 | -7.9% |
#103 | Volvo XC70 | 208 | 247 | -15.8% | 34 | 57 | -40.4% |
#104 | Volkswagen Eos | 206 | 321 | -35.8% | 61 | 91 | -33.0% |
#105 | Acura TSX | 203 | 391 | -48.1% | 21 | 94 | -77.7% |
#106 | Scion iQ | 202 | 235 | -14.0% | 53 | 34 | 55.9% |
#107 | BMW 6-Series | 201 | 173 | 16.2% | 40 | 45 | -11.1% |
#108 | BMW 2-Series | 198 | --- | --- | 83 | --- | --- |
#109 | Nissan 370Z | 182 | 215 | -15.3% | 54 | 87 | -37.9% |
#110 | Jaguar F-Type | 178 | 18 | 889% | 57 | 18 | 217% |
#111 | Infiniti Q60/G ± | 170 | 280 | -39.3% | 26 | 79 | -67.1% |
#112 | Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class | 165 | 177 | -6.8% | 45 | 49 | -8.2% |
#113 | Porsche Boxster | 157 | 198 | -20.7% | 51 | 49 | 4.1% |
#114 | Acura RLX/RL ¤ | 155 | 12 | 1192% | 26 | 3 | 767% |
#115 | Mercedes-Benz SL-Class | 152 | 233 | -34.8% | 48 | 61 | -21.3% |
#116 | Porsche Panamera | 149 | 133 | 12.0% | 34 | 43 | -20.9% |
#117 | Audi TT | 148 | 166 | -10.8% | 50 | 45 | 11.1% |
#118 | Scion xD | 144 | 168 | -14.3% | 49 | 54 | -9.3% |
#119 | Jaguar XJ | 137 | 155 | -11.6% | 35 | 25 | 40.0% |
#120 | BMW 7-Series | 132 | 82 | 61.0% | 43 | 13 | 231% |
#121 | Lincoln MKS | 127 | 139 | -8.6% | 27 | 22 | 22.7% |
#122 | Porsche Cayman | 108 | 74 | 45.9% | 33 | 37 | -10.8% |
#123 | Audi A8 | 103 | 130 | -20.8% | 22 | 60 | -63.3% |
#124 | BMW Z4 | 101 | 76 | 32.9% | 39 | 29 | 34.5% |
#125 | Lexus LS | 77 | 104 | -26.0% | 16 | 38 | -57.9% |
#126 | Audi R8 | 62 | 34 | 82.4% | 17 | 10 | 70.0% |
#127 | Nissan GT-R | 60 | 56 | 7.1% | 14 | 20 | -30.0% |
#128 | Dodge Viper ¹ | 49 | 6 | 717% | 15 | 5 | 200% |
#129 | Kia Cadenza | 46 | 28 | 64.3% | 12 | 14 | -14.3% |
#130 | Mitsubishi i MiEV | 42 | 81 | -48.1% | 8 | 22 | -63.6% |
#131 | Infiniti Q70/M | 36 | 103 | -65.0% | 6 | 18 | -66.7% |
#132 | Honda CR-Z | 33 | 24 | 37.5% | 12 | 7 | 71.4% |
#133 | Jaguar XK | 33 | 35 | -5.7% | 13 | 7 | 85.7% |
#134 | Volvo S80 | 30 | 20 | 50.0% | 17 | 6 | 183% |
#135 | Hyundai Equus | 28 | 29 | -3.4% | 7 | 8 | -12.5% |
#136 | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG | 27 | 26 | 3.8% | 10 | 3 | 233% |
#137 | BMW i3 | 22 | --- | --- | 22 | --- | --- |
#138 | Nissan Cube | 13 | 87 | -85.1% | 1 | 26 | -96.2% |
#139 | Cadillac ELR | 10 | --- | --- | 3 | --- | --- |
#140 | Kia K900 | 7 | --- | --- | 1 | --- | --- |
#141 | BMW 1-Series | 2 | 443 | -99.5% | --- | 51 | -100% |
#142 | Lexus LFA | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | --- | --- |
#250 | Suzuki SX4 | --- | 750 | -100% | --- | 169 | -100% |
#253 | Volvo C30 | --- | 265 | -100% | --- | 65 | -100% |
#254 | Suzuki Kizashi | --- | 106 | -100% | --- | 27 | -100% |
#256 | Mercedes-Benz R-Class | --- | 95 | -100% | --- | 18 | -100% |
#257 | Volvo C70 | --- | 57 | -100% | --- | 35 | -100% |
#258 | Honda Insight | --- | 48 | -100% | --- | 3 | -100% |
#260 | Dodge Caliber | --- | 7 | -100% | --- | 4 | -100% |
#261 | Mitsubishi Eclipse | --- | 3 | -100% | --- | --- | --- |
#262 | Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren | --- | 1 | -100% | --- | --- | --- |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
--- | Total | 310,878 | 323,560 | -3.9% | 85,826 | 87,415 | -1.8% |
Red font indicates year-over-year declining sales
* Italicized unranked lines are nothing more than available breakdowns, already included in the model's total, not in addition to the model's total.
^ Brand total includes sales of commercial vans.
¹ Chrysler has been marketing the Viper as an SRT, but we show it here with Dodge so when you click the Car column header, you will see the Viper with with like-branded products. In fact, FCA recently decided to cancel SRT as a brand unto its own.
² Total Prius Family sales: down 9.3% to 2925 YTD; down 3.2% to 889 in May.
† Mini Cooper includes sales of the Hardtop, Convertible, Clubman, Coupe, Roadster, and Paceman.
‡ Total Genesis sales: up 5.4% to 1228 YTD; up 8.2% to 345 in May.
± Total Infiniti G/Q50/Q60 sales: up 55.1% to 1622 YTD; up 59.2% to 347 in May.
¤ Automakers release sales figures for the E-Class and CLS-Class together, S-Class and CL-Class together, RL and RLX together, Passat and CC together.
º Audi's A4 sales data includes sales of the Allroad.
Sales data for brands such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce are unfortunately not broken down by model. ANDC estimates say sales for those brands during the first four months of 2014 were 17, 5, and 6, respectively. Total Maserati and Bentley volume is reported, but not by specific models. It is believed that Tesla sold 71 copies of their Model S back in April 2014, but Tesla doesn't issue monthly sales reports. The ANDC estimate for Tesla May sales in Canada was 50 units.
