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New motor vehicle sales
  January 2007 December 2007r January 2008p January 2007 to January 2008 December 2007 to January 2008
  Seasonally adjusted
  number of vehicles % change
New motor vehicles 142,251 141,616 153,231 7.7 8.2
Passenger cars 70,765 69,472 80,754 14.1 16.2
North American1 45,106 43,510 53,049 17.6 21.9
Overseas 25,659 25,963 27,706 8.0 6.7
Trucks, vans and buses 71,485 72,144 72,476 1.4 0.5
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,209 2,350 3,085 39.7 31.3
Prince Edward Island 460 456 501 8.9 9.9
Nova Scotia 3,927 4,110 4,623 17.7 12.5
New Brunswick 3,194 3,065 3,248 1.7 6.0
Quebec 34,513 34,418 39,953 15.8 16.1
Ontario 51,739 51,029 54,558 5.4 6.9
Manitoba 3,918 3,999 4,278 9.2 7.0
Saskatchewan 3,600 4,089 4,219 17.2 3.2
Alberta 22,052 21,327 21,799 -1.1 2.2
British Columbia2 16,639 16,774 16,967 2.0 1.2
  January 2007 December 2007r January 2008p January 2007 to January 2008  
  Unadjusted  
  number of vehicles % change  
New motor vehicles 94,413 122,954 105,543 11.8  
Passenger cars 42,705 52,979 51,844 21.4  
North American1 27,594 34,864 34,557 25.2  
Overseas 15,111 18,115 17,287 14.4  
Trucks, vans and buses 51,708 69,975 53,699 3.9  
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,164 1,577 1,710 46.9  
Prince Edward Island 243 334 288 18.5  
Nova Scotia 2,437 3,269 3,115 27.8  
New Brunswick 2,020 2,425 2,138 5.8  
Quebec 20,683 23,786 25,040 21.1  
Ontario 34,399 47,060 37,287 8.4  
Manitoba 2,530 3,785 2,949 16.6  
Saskatchewan 2,439 4,078 2,958 21.3  
Alberta 16,390 20,240 17,044 4.0  
British Columbia2 12,108 16,400 13,014 7.5  
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ppreliminary
1.Manufactured or assembled in Canada, the United States or Mexico.
2.Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note:Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.
Date Modified: 2009-08-13

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