New motor vehicle registrations, second quarter 2024
Released: 2024-09-09
In the second quarter, Canadians registered 511,173 new motor vehicles, which represented the largest number of registrations since the third quarter of 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and an increase of 7.9% from the same quarter in 2023.
Over 6 in 10 new registrations (61.8%) in the second quarter of 2024 were multi-purpose vehicles, with this vehicle type experiencing a 12.7% increase compared with the same period last year. Meanwhile, new registrations of pickup trucks increased by 3.7%, while passenger cars (-2.0%) and vans (-0.4%) decreased.
In the second quarter, new registrations of all fuel types increased from the same period last year. For the fourth consecutive quarter, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) (+43.1%) had the largest percentage increase, followed by battery electric vehicles (BEVs) (+36.1%), diesel-powered vehicles (+5.8%), hybrid electric vehicles (+5.0%) and gasoline-powered vehicles (+4.5%).
New zero-emission registrations make up 12.9% of all new registrations
In the second quarter, 65,733 new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) were registered, representing 12.9% of all new motor vehicle registrations. This marks an increase of 37.9% from the same period last year, when 47,683 ZEVs were registered, accounting for 10.1% of all new motor vehicle registrations.
New registrations of ZEVs in the second quarter were comprised of 73.8% BEVs and 26.2% PHEVs. Multi-purpose vehicles continued to be Canadians' ZEV type choice, accounting for just over 8 in 10 new registrations (80.1%). When compared with the same quarter of the previous year, ZEV registrations for pickup trucks (+113.1%), multi-purpose vehicles (+45.7%) and passenger cars (+9.4%) increased in the second quarter, while vans (-53.1%) experienced the sole decrease.
Over half of new zero-emission vehicle registrations are in Quebec
In the second quarter, over half (51.6%) of all ZEV registrations were in Quebec, followed by Ontario (21.9%) and British Columbia (18.5%).
More ZEVs were registered in Manitoba (+92.2%), New Brunswick (+74.5%), Quebec (+68.5%), Prince Edward Island (+44.2%), Saskatchewan (20.0%), Ontario (+12.3%) and British Columbia (+10.6%) in the second quarter when compared with one year earlier.
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Note to readers
Estimates for Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Alberta are currently unavailable because of contractual limitations of the existing data sharing agreement. However, they are included in the Canadian total.
This survey looks at registrations of new motor vehicles in the provinces and territories in a given year.
Estimates for British Columbia include the territories.
Products
The "New motor vehicle registrations: Quarterly data visualization tool," an interactive tool that allows users to compare and analyze new motor vehicle registration data by fuel type and geography, is now available online.
The new "Interactive map of new zero-emission vehicle registrations," which provides current and historical data on new zero-emission vehicle registrations, by geographic level, is now available online.
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