Electric vehicle sales continued to be sluggish in the second quarter of 2025, dipping from 9.7 per cent in Q1 to 9.2 per cent in Q2
Zero-emission vehicles accounted for 8.6 per cent of new vehicle registrations in Q2 2025 according to new data released by StatsCan
EV sales fell over 50 per cent in Quebec in Q1 2025 “significantly impacting the national total,” says Statistics Canada
The end of subsidies and a trade war with the U.S. drive ZEV adoption down in Canada
Sales for zero-emission vehicles across Canada in Q4 hit 18.3 per cent: 202,103 battery-electric and 68,882 plug-in hybrids sold in 2024
The latest data also shows national ZEV adoption in Canada slightly exceeded S&P’s earlier prediction for 2024
Of the 75,636-plus zero-emission vehicles newly registered in Canada in Q3 2024, 74 per cent were battery-electric vehicles
The Q3 2024 numbers mark an all-time high for the Canadian EV sector with S&P predicting that EVs will make up 15.2 per cent of all light-duty vehicle sales in 2024
The StatsCan data shows there was an incremental increase in new battery-electric vehicle registrations in 2023 over the previous year
Data provider predicts Canada’s zero-emission vehicle market share will hit 16 per cent by the end of 2024, despite widespread talk of a slump in ZEV sales
