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Vehicle registrations - Canada. December of 2010

Drop in number of Canadians passenger car registrations

In December, vehicle registrations in Canada grew by 0.67% with respect to December of 2009. In total, 114,376 cars were registered and 1,584,499 new cars were sold in the last twelve months, 6.71% more than the year before.

The breakdown of car sales figures for the month of December is:

  • Commercial vehicles sold: 68,502, 9.3% more than in December of 2009.
  • Passenger cars regitrations: 45,874, which represents a figure of 9.94% less than in December of 2009.

Canada is the 12th-placed country in ranking of 135 countries based on number of vehicle registrations.

A very useful variable for estimating the level of economic wealth enjoyed by Canadians residents, when compared to the other countries in the ranking, is the number of vehicles sold or registered per thousand residents in the last year. With annual sales of 46.6 cars per 1,000 residents, 3.36 of them in the last month, Canada, occupies 5th place, so, compared to the other countries in the ranking, its population has a good standard of living.

As can be seen, the number of registrations per thousand residents has fallen in the last year. A drop in registrations generally indicates a fall in consumer confidence and, when it is sustained, a recession in the real economy.

Changes in Canadian vehicle registration numbers are shown in the tables below. As several studies indicate, these changes are very much related to changes in GDP and, hence, to a country's economic situation. Sales have declined since 2000, as 1,587,561 were registered that year, as have the number of registrations per thousand residents, which that year numbered 51.74.

Here we show you the progression of vehicle registrations in Canada. You can see car registrations in other countries in en vehicle registrations and see all the economic information about Canada in en Canadian economy.

Canada - New motor vehicle registrations
DateCommercial vehicles MonthPassengers vehicles MonthMonthly vehicle salesMonthly Vehicles/ 1,000 p.Commercial vehicles YearPassengers vehicles YearAnnual vehicle salesAnnual Vehicles/ 1,000 p.
December 201068,50245,874114,3763.36874,285710,2141,584,49946.60
November 201067,31851,203118,5213.52868,457715,2791,583,73647.09
October 201070,34055,391125,7313.74854,467715,3371,569,80446.68
September 201077,69959,650137,3494.08846,305721,3751,567,68046.62
August 201077,11361,097138,2104.11832,412729,1941,561,60646.44
July 201083,21867,582150,8004.48823,887736,4801,560,36746.40
June 201084,00972,882156,8914.67808,865742,3231,551,18846.13
May 201082,40274,680157,0824.67791,270743,4691,534,73945.64
April 201081,67570,512152,1874.53781,712751,9701,533,68245.61
March 201077,80070,252148,0524.40770,731756,7901,527,52145.42
February 201056,37145,417101,7883.03757,067752,2331,509,30044.88
January 201047,83835,67483,5122.48741,949747,6021,489,55144.29
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