Canada. Car Sales Up

The number of new motor vehicles sold in July climbed 5.3% to 126,665 units, reflecting especially strong sales in Ontario. Sales of both passenger cars and trucks were up.

After a sharp decline at the end of 2008, sales of new motor vehicles have generally been rising since the beginning of 2009. On a year-over-year basis, July's sales were 8.5% lower than July 2008.

Preliminary industry data indicate that the number of new motor vehicles sold was relatively unchanged in August.

A strong gain in North-American built passenger car sales in July

The number of new passenger cars sold in July rose by 6.3% to 63,025 vehicles. North American-built passenger cars were responsible for this increase with a 15.1% rise, the largest increase for this category since January 2008. The number of overseas-built passenger cars sold fell 4.4%, a third consecutive monthly decline.

Sales of new trucks (which include minivans, sport-utility vehicles, light and heavy trucks, vans and buses) increased by 4.3% to 63,640 units in July.

Ontario leads increases across Canada

Sales rose in all provinces across Canada in July. More than two-thirds of the national increase came from Ontario, where sales rose 10.0% following a slight decrease in June.

After posting the largest decrease in June, sales in New Brunswick rose 6.3%, completely offsetting that decline.

The lowest growth rates were posted in British Columbia (+1.5%), Nova Scotia (+1.9%), Newfoundland and Labrador (+2.2%) and Alberta (+2.2%). Sales in Alberta were 20.2% lower compared with 12 months earlier, the largest year-over-year decline among all provinces for a third month.

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