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New motor vehicle sales
  April 2007 March 2008r April 2008p April 2007 to April 2008 March to April 2008
  Seasonally adjusted
  number of vehicles % change
New motor vehicles 147,587 147,089 143,300 -2.9 -2.6
Passenger cars 75,607 78,941 75,020 -0.8 -5.0
North American1 49,452 47,233 46,129 -6.7 -2.3
Overseas 26,155 31,708 28,891 10.5 -8.9
Trucks, vans and buses 71,980 68,148 68,280 -5.1 0.2
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,480 2,533 2,550 2.8 0.7
Prince Edward Island 464 496 474 2.2 -4.4
Nova Scotia 4,273 4,774 4,040 -5.5 -15.4
New Brunswick 2,988 3,283 3,530 18.1 7.5
Quebec 36,898 37,593 36,814 -0.2 -2.1
Ontario 53,545 51,100 52,196 -2.5 2.1
Manitoba 4,077 4,211 3,984 -2.3 -5.4
Saskatchewan 3,810 4,510 4,192 10.0 -7.1
Alberta 21,271 21,535 19,658 -7.6 -8.7
British Columbia2 17,781 17,054 15,862 -10.8 -7.0
  April 2007 March 2008r April 2008p April 2007 to April 2008  
  Unadjusted  
  number of vehicles % change  
New motor vehicles 172,428 153,505 179,245 4.0  
Passenger cars 92,446 80,365 98,618 6.7  
North American1 60,392 50,287 60,137 -0.4  
Overseas 32,054 30,078 38,481 20.1  
Trucks, vans and buses 79,982 73,140 80,627 0.8  
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 3,176 2,530 3,585 12.9  
Prince Edward Island 531 452 571 7.5  
Nova Scotia 5,531 4,990 5,679 2.7  
New Brunswick 3,637 3,509 4,522 24.3  
Quebec 46,524 39,517 52,534 12.9  
Ontario 61,256 53,765 61,885 1.0  
Manitoba 4,713 4,521 4,800 1.8  
Saskatchewan 4,261 4,368 5,013 17.6  
Alberta 23,761 22,250 22,684 -4.5  
British Columbia2 19,038 17,603 17,972 -5.6  
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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.