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Canadian Electric Vehicle Sales Data
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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.
Zero-emission vehicle registrations in Canada top 6 per cent for first time ever in Q4 2021
While registrations fell in absolute numbers across the board in Q4 versus Q3, the market share of battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles reached a new high of nearly 6.2 per cent, according to Statistics Canada. For the year, ZEV market share was 5.2 per cent, up from 3.5 per cent in 2020
Over one in 20 new cars registered in Canada in 2021 were EVs
IHS Markit 2021 year-end report shows that zero-emission vehicles’ share of registrations in 2021 (excluding hybrid electrics) was an equally robust 5.6 percent, up from 3.8 per cent in 2020, as provinces with EV sales incentives led the way.
EV registrations surge 25.7 per cent in Q3 2021 compared to Q3 2020 despite overall all-vehicle decline, StatsCan says
Year-over-year new battery electric vehicle registrations in Canada were up a noteworthy 25.7 per cent in Q3 2021 versus Q3 2020, according to just-released data from Statistics Canada, despite an 8.2 per cent drop in total vehicle registrations
Canadian battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle registrations surged 89 per cent in Q2 2021, according to StatsCan
StatsCan’s latest report, for April to June 2021, holds encouraging news: year-over-year zero-emission passenger vehicle registrations increased at a faster rate than combustion engine vehicles, representing 4.9 per cent of the total market
StatsCan data for Q1 2021 shows rise in EV adoption to 4.6 per cent, as sales of hybrids double

Quebec and B.C. continue to lead Canada in overall electric vehicle registrations, but a host of second-tier EV markets — Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick and PEI — saw the biggest Q1 increases
Zero-emission vehicle market share in Canada rose to 3.5 per cent in 2020, according to StatsCan’s official release
The data, released with an enhanced set of market trackers, shows that while the raw total of battery and plug-in hybrid EVs sold was down slightly from 2019, percentage growth was up in a year when the entire auto sector was set back by COVID-19
