New motor vehicle sales, March 2025
Released: 2025-05-14
There were 189,259 new motor vehicles sold in Canada in March 2025, increasing 9.4% from one year earlier. This gain was largely attributable to sales of new light trucks, which rose 13.5% from March 2024. Over the same period, sales of new passenger cars declined 10.9%.
In March 2025, 12,347 new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) were sold, representing a decline of 44.9% from the 22,390 sold in March 2024. New ZEVs comprised 6.5% of total new motor vehicles sold in March 2025.
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Note to readers
The term "zero-emission vehicle" (ZEV) refers to any motor vehicle that has the potential to produce no tailpipe emissions. The ZEV category includes battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
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