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Table 1 New motor vehicle sales

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New motor vehicle sales
  January 2008 December 2008r January 2009p January 2008 to January 2009 December 2008 to January 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  number of vehicles % change
New motor vehicles 154,105 112,976 119,231 -22.6 5.5
Passenger cars 82,061 58,868 60,447 -26.3 2.7
North American1 53,587 34,662 35,888 -33.0 3.5
Overseas 28,474 24,206 24,559 -13.7 1.5
Trucks, vans and buses 72,044 54,108 58,784 -18.4 8.6
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 3,069 2,099 2,183 -28.9 4.0
Prince Edward Island 510 393 444 -12.9 13.0
Nova Scotia 4,746 3,570 3,503 -26.2 -1.9
New Brunswick 3,299 2,766 2,856 -13.4 3.3
Quebec 40,002 31,047 30,026 -24.9 -3.3
Ontario 54,618 38,183 42,080 -23.0 10.2
Manitoba 4,361 3,532 3,753 -13.9 6.3
Saskatchewan 4,327 3,452 3,995 -7.7 15.7
Alberta 21,988 16,182 17,360 -21.0 7.3
British Columbia2 17,185 11,752 13,031 -24.2 10.9
  January 2008 December 2008r January 2009p January 2008 to January 2009  
  Unadjusted  
  number of vehicles % change  
New motor vehicles 105,546 97,164 78,812 -25.3  
Passenger cars 51,847 44,974 35,946 -30.7  
North American1 34,557 28,021 21,581 -37.5  
Overseas 17,290 16,953 14,365 -16.9  
Trucks, vans and buses 53,699 52,190 42,866 -20.2  
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,710 1,404 1,125 -34.2  
Prince Edward Island 288 297 249 -13.5  
Nova Scotia 3,115 2,783 2,149 -31.0  
New Brunswick 2,138 2,153 1,779 -16.8  
Quebec 25,041 21,582 17,636 -29.6  
Ontario 37,288 35,481 27,732 -25.6  
Manitoba 2,949 3,317 2,430 -17.6  
Saskatchewan 2,958 3,432 2,736 -7.5  
Alberta 16,968 15,457 13,197 -22.2  
British Columbia2 13,091 11,258 9,779 -25.3  
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Manufactured or assembled in Canada, the United States or Mexico.
Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.