Canadian Electric Vehicle Sales Data

News, articles and insights on electric vehicle (EV) sales data in the Canadian market. This includes reporting of quarterly sales numbers as well as the percentage of electric vehicles on the road in the Canadian fleet.

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National EV registrations fall to 8.7 per cent in Q1 2025: StatsCan

EV sales fell over 50 per cent in Quebec in Q1 2025 “significantly impacting the national total,” says Statistics Canada

Emma Jarratt

Jun 16, 2025

3 minute read

Canadian EV sales number take a hit in Q1 2025: S&P Global

The end of subsidies and a trade war with the U.S. drive ZEV adoption down in Canada

Emma Jarratt

Jun 15, 2025

3 minute read

StatsCan reports Quebec reached 30 per cent ZEV sales in 2024

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

Emma Jarratt

Mar 13, 2025

3 minute read

Q3 2024 ZEV registrations hit 15.7 per cent: StatsCan

Of the 75,636-plus zero-emission vehicles newly registered in Canada in Q3 2024, 74 per cent were battery-electric vehicles

Emma Jarratt

Dec 13, 2024

2 minute read

Battery-electric vehicles account for 1.3 per cent of all vehicles registered as of 2023: StatsCan

The StatsCan data shows there was an incremental increase in new battery-electric vehicle registrations in 2023 over the previous year

Emma Jarratt

Oct 29, 2024

2 minute read

S&P Global Mobility says Canadian ZEV market share rebounded to 13.4 per cent in second quarter

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

Emma Jarratt

Sep 17, 2024

3 minute read

New StatsCan data: ZEV registrations jump to 12.9 per cent in Q2 2024

More than 65,000 zero-emission vehicles were registered in Q2 2024 — a 30 per cent quarter-over-quarter increase

Emma Jarratt

Sep 10, 2024

3 minute read

Echoing StatsCan, S&P Global Mobility reports Canada’s ZEV market share fell to 12.5 per cent in Q1 from 13.2 in Q4

Quebec was the only province to post a gain in Q1 and now leads all provinces in ZEV market share (at 25 per cent) and ZEV volume

Brian Banks

Jun 19, 2024

4 minute read

Quebec ZEV registrations hold steady in Q1, but drops in Ontario and B.C. pull down national ZEV market share to 11.3 per cent: StatsCan

The overall decline reflects a drop in battery electric vehicle registrations nationally to 8.2 per cent, compared to 9 per cent in Q4, while plug-in hybrid registrations held steady at 3 per cent

Brian Banks

Jun 13, 2024

4 minute read

StatsCan reports Q4 2023 ZEV registrations at 12 per cent, fractionally lower than Q3

Big news at the provincial level, meanwhile: for the first time ever, Quebec and B.C. tied for the largest ZEV market share, at 21.4 per cent

Brian Banks

Mar 12, 2024

4 minute read