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Table 1 New motor vehicle sales

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New motor vehicle sales
  March 2008 February 2009r March 2009p March 2008 to March 2009 February to March 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  number of vehicles % change
New motor vehicles 148,437 114,995 122,194 -17.7 6.3
Passenger cars 80,161 60,417 61,617 -23.1 2.0
North American1 48,885 34,553 35,641 -27.1 3.1
Overseas 31,276 25,864 25,976 -16.9 0.4
Trucks, vans and buses 68,276 54,578 60,577 -11.3 11.0
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,552 2,041 2,201 -13.8 7.8
Prince Edward Island 498 366 437 -12.2 19.4
Nova Scotia 4,844 3,544 3,694 -23.7 4.2
New Brunswick 3,363 2,520 2,762 -17.9 9.6
Quebec 37,883 31,470 34,736 -8.3 10.4
Ontario 51,574 42,337 44,781 -13.2 5.8
Manitoba 4,289 3,342 3,524 -17.8 5.4
Saskatchewan 4,444 3,472 3,654 -17.8 5.2
Alberta 21,764 14,687 14,946 -31.3 1.8
British Columbia2 17,226 11,216 11,459 -33.5 2.2
  March 2008 February 2009r March 2009p March 2008 to March 2009  
  unadjusted  
  number of vehicles % change  
New motor vehicles 153,505 82,039 129,845 -15.4  
Passenger cars 80,124 40,786 65,695 -18.0  
North American1 50,287 23,129 38,347 -23.7  
Overseas 29,837 17,657 27,348 -8.3  
Trucks, vans and buses 73,381 41,253 64,150 -12.6  
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,530 1,188 2,234 -11.7  
Prince Edward Island 452 239 417 -7.7  
Nova Scotia 4,990 2,445 4,098 -17.9  
New Brunswick 3,509 1,717 2,958 -15.7  
Quebec 39,517 21,501 38,272 -3.2  
Ontario 53,765 30,303 47,318 -12.0  
Manitoba 4,521 2,287 3,643 -19.4  
Saskatchewan 4,368 2,386 3,795 -13.1  
Alberta 22,250 11,102 15,152 -31.9  
British Columbia2 17,603 8,871 11,958 -32.1  
revised
preliminary
Manufactured or assembled in Canada, the United States or Mexico.
Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.