Table 1
New motor vehicle sales

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New motor vehicle sales
  January 2010 December 2010r January 2011p January 2010 to January 2011 December 2010 to January 2011
  Seasonally adjusted
  number of vehicles % change
New motor vehicles 125,849 127,374 131,393 4.4 3.2
Passenger cars 60,843 57,998 57,429 -5.6 -1.0
North American1 33,501 32,621 34,685 3.5 6.3
Overseas 27,342 25,377 22,744 -16.8 -10.4
Trucks, vans and buses 65,006 69,376 73,964 13.8 6.6
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,702 2,641 2,846 5.3 7.8
Prince Edward Island 482 442 428 -11.2 -3.2
Nova Scotia 3,997 3,391 3,782 -5.4 11.5
New Brunswick 3,067 2,966 3,225 5.2 8.7
Quebec 34,443 35,365 35,344 2.6 -0.1
Ontario 45,027 46,770 48,312 7.3 3.3
Manitoba 3,545 3,561 3,826 7.9 7.4
Saskatchewan 3,996 3,857 4,188 4.8 8.6
Alberta 15,678 16,074 16,712 6.6 4.0
British Columbia2 12,912 12,307 12,730 -1.4 3.4
  January 2010 December 2010r January 2011p January 2010 to January 2011  
  Unadjusted  
  number of vehicles % change  
New motor vehicles 83,512 114,376 86,320 3.4  
Passenger cars 35,674 46,157 32,116 -10.0  
North American1 18,910 26,655 18,905 0.0  
Overseas 16,764 19,502 13,211 -21.2  
Trucks, vans and buses 47,838 68,219 54,204 13.3  
New motor vehicles          
Newfoundland and Labrador 1,545 1,868 1,546 0.1  
Prince Edward Island 297 354 239 -19.5  
Nova Scotia 2,566 2,844 2,303 -10.2  
New Brunswick 2,013 2,483 2,047 1.7  
Quebec 19,400 27,399 19,905 2.6  
Ontario 29,728 43,557 31,588 6.3  
Manitoba 2,340 3,340 2,564 9.6  
Saskatchewan 2,992 3,719 3,131 4.6  
Alberta 12,525 16,272 13,124 4.8  
British Columbia2 10,106 12,540 9,873 -2.3  
revised
preliminary
1.
Manufactured or assembled in Canada, the United States or Mexico.
2.
Includes Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
Note(s):
Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.