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Table 1 New motor vehicle sales

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New motor vehicle sales
  September 2008 August 2009r September 2009p September 2008 to September 2009 August to September 2009
  Seasonally adjusted
  number of vehicles % change
New motor vehicles 138,809 126,849 128,415 -7.5 1.2
Passenger cars 74,204 62,773 64,043 -13.7 2.0
North American1 45,183 34,276 36,080 -20.1 5.3
Overseas 29,021 28,497 27,963 -3.6 -1.9
Trucks, vans and buses 64,605 64,076 64,372 -0.4 0.5
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,748 2,382 2,634 -4.1 10.6
Prince Edward Island 460 423 493 7.2 16.5
Nova Scotia 4,601 4,228 4,152 -9.8 -1.8
New Brunswick 3,442 3,105 3,376 -1.9 8.7
Quebec 35,646 33,134 33,413 -6.3 0.8
Ontario 49,313 47,490 47,133 -4.4 -0.8
Manitoba 3,854 3,772 3,758 -2.5 -0.4
Saskatchewan 4,089 3,734 4,021 -1.7 7.7
Alberta 19,935 15,737 16,089 -19.3 2.2
British Columbia2 14,721 12,844 13,346 -9.3 3.9
  September 2008 August 2009r September 2009p September 2008 to September 2009  
  Unadjusted  
  number of vehicles % change  
New motor vehicles 137,479 136,971 132,595 -3.6  
Passenger cars 74,483 68,383 67,469 -9.4  
North American1 45,558 37,309 38,747 -15.0  
Overseas 28,925 31,074 28,722 -0.7  
Trucks, vans and buses 62,996 68,588 65,126 3.4  
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,621 2,692 2,792 6.5  
Prince Edward Island 454 489 527 16.1  
Nova Scotia 4,274 4,453 4,100 -4.1  
New Brunswick 3,138 3,452 3,391 8.1  
Quebec 35,786 36,181 35,453 -0.9  
Ontario 49,739 51,725 48,354 -2.8  
Manitoba 4,179 4,285 4,139 -1.0  
Saskatchewan 4,125 4,178 4,212 2.1  
Alberta 19,190 16,124 16,205 -15.6  
British Columbia2 13,973 13,392 13,422 -3.9  
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.