Table 1
New motor vehicle sales

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New motor vehicle sales
  March 2010 February 2011r March 2011p March 2010 to March 2011 February to March 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  number of vehicles % change
New motor vehicles 131,646 132,595 135,261 2.7 2.0
Passenger cars 62,852 58,083 59,678 -5.0 2.7
North American1 34,065 35,523 38,701 13.6 8.9
Overseas 28,787 22,560 20,977 -27.1 -7.0
Trucks, vans and buses 68,794 74,512 75,583 9.9 1.4
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,699 2,671 2,664 -1.3 -0.3
Prince Edward Island 502 471 518 3.2 10.0
Nova Scotia 3,980 3,916 3,962 -0.5 1.2
New Brunswick 3,196 3,007 3,414 6.8 13.5
Quebec 36,282 34,053 34,361 -5.3 0.9
Ontario 48,492 49,743 50,463 4.1 1.4
Manitoba 3,581 3,992 4,236 18.3 6.1
Saskatchewan 3,760 4,065 4,270 13.6 5.0
Alberta 16,446 17,318 18,041 9.7 4.2
British Columbia2 12,708 13,359 13,332 4.9 -0.2
  March 2010 February 2011r March 2011p March 2010 to March 2011  
  Unadjusted  
  number of vehicles % change  
New motor vehicles 148,052 98,145 156,446 5.7  
Passenger cars 70,252 39,577 69,249 -1.4  
North American1 38,427 23,454 45,824 19.2  
Overseas 31,825 16,123 23,425 -26.4  
Trucks, vans and buses 77,800 58,568 87,197 12.1  
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,822 1,684 2,897 2.7  
Prince Edward Island 529 292 570 7.8  
Nova Scotia 4,404 2,796 4,530 2.9  
New Brunswick 3,553 2,135 4,017 13.1  
Quebec 44,715 24,047 43,249 -3.3  
Ontario 53,788 36,817 58,106 8.0  
Manitoba 3,770 2,894 4,693 24.5  
Saskatchewan 3,899 2,840 4,600 18.0  
Alberta 17,476 13,784 19,666 12.5  
British Columbia2 13,096 10,856 14,118 7.8  
r
revised
p
preliminary
1.
Manufactured or assembled in Canada, the United States or Mexico.
2.
Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals as a result of rounding.