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Canada: New motor vehicle registrations, first quarter 2026 [View all]
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New motor vehicle registrations, first quarter 2026
Released: 2026-06-11
Canadians registered 397,601 new motor vehicles in the first quarter, a decrease of 6.9% from the first quarter of 2025 and a decrease of 3.7% from the fourth quarter of 2025.
Among vehicle types, new registrations for vans (+4.5%) experienced the sole growth in the first quarter of 2026. Meanwhile, pickup trucks (-11.5%), passenger cars (-11.0%) and multipurpose vehicles (-5.3%) declined compared with the first quarter of 2025.
In terms of fuel type, only zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) saw growth in new registrations in the first quarter of 2026, with those of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles increasing by 22.9% and those of battery electric vehicles increasing by 12.9%. In contrast, new registrations of diesel-powered vehicles (-25.8%), gasoline-powered vehicles (-9.2%) and hybrid electric vehicles (-0.5%) decreased compared with the first quarter of 2025.
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Released: 2026-06-11
Canadians registered 397,601 new motor vehicles in the first quarter, a decrease of 6.9% from the first quarter of 2025 and a decrease of 3.7% from the fourth quarter of 2025.
Among vehicle types, new registrations for vans (+4.5%) experienced the sole growth in the first quarter of 2026. Meanwhile, pickup trucks (-11.5%), passenger cars (-11.0%) and multipurpose vehicles (-5.3%) declined compared with the first quarter of 2025.
In terms of fuel type, only zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) saw growth in new registrations in the first quarter of 2026, with those of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles increasing by 22.9% and those of battery electric vehicles increasing by 12.9%. In contrast, new registrations of diesel-powered vehicles (-25.8%), gasoline-powered vehicles (-9.2%) and hybrid electric vehicles (-0.5%) decreased compared with the first quarter of 2025.
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