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Table 8.3
Motor vehicle

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Motor vehicle: Part 1
  Production 1
Total vehicles Percentage change Passenger cars Trucks and vans
v2835 v2835 v2836 v2939
  thousand units percent thousand units
2008 2,052 -8.9 1,633 419
2009 1,468 -28.4 1,239 224
April 2008 197 4.5 160 38
May 2008 191 -8.7 143 48
June 2008 203 5.3 152 51
July 2008 120 -2.0 104 15
August 2008 175 -7.6 139 35
September 2008 181 -6.9 152 28
October 2008 167 -22.9 134 32
November 2008 161 -28.1 129 32
December 2008 108 -11.8 85 22
January 2009 66 -58.4 59 7
February 2009 85 -59.2 56 29
March 2009 117 -36.4 92 25
April 2009 128 -35.3 105 22
May 2009 92 -51.8 88 4
June 2009 107 -47.0 106 2
July 2009 99 -16.9 86 12
August 2009 141 -19.4 114 26
September 2009 161 -10.5 133 26
October 2009 170 2.1 143 26
November 2009 154 -4.2 129 25
December 2009 147 37.1 129 18
January 2010 141 114.8 134 7
February 2010 169 97.7 138 30
March 2010 197 68.5 161 36
April 2010 173 35.7 156 17
Motor vehicle: Part 2
  Sales
Total vehicles Passenger cars Trucks and vans
v42169912 Total Manufactured in North America Manufactured overseas v42169934
v42169921 v42169924 v42169927
  thousand units
2008 1,674 895 557 337 780 
2009 1,485 748 427 321 737 
April 2008 144 77 48 28 67
May 2008 143 79 49 30 64
June 2008 144 80 50 30 64
July 2008 138 75 47 28 63
August 2008 135 72 45 27 63
September 2008 139 73 45 29 65
October 2008 137 70 44 26 67
November 2008 125 62 39 24 63
December 2008 112 57 34 23 54
January 2009 119 61 37 24 58
February 2009 113 60 35 25 53
March 2009 121 62 35 26 59
April 2009 120 61 33 27 59
May 2009 121 60 32 28 61
June 2009 121 60 33 27 61
July 2009 127 63 38 26 64
August 2009 127 63 34 28 64
September 2009 128 64 36 28 64
October 2009 134 68 39 29 66
November 2009 125 63 36 27 62
December 2009 129 64 37 27 65
January 2010 128 61 34 28 66
February 2010 139 67 37 29 72
March 2010 133 65 35 30 68
April 2010 .. .. .. .. ..
This is non-Statistics Canada information and does not include all vehicle manufacturers.
Note(s):
Monthly data, when presented in this table, are not seasonally adjusted.
Source(s):
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers' Association of Canada, New Motor Vehicle Sales (Catalogue no. 63-007-XIE), contact: L. Chung (613-951-1903). CANSIM tables: 303-0018and 079-0003.