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Table 6
Annual sales of new motor vehicles, by type and origin, in units and dollars, Canada

Annual sales of new motor vehicles, by type and origin, in units and dollars, Canada
Year Total Passenger cars Trucks 1
Total North America Japan Other countries Total North America Overseas
  number
1986 1,515,920 1,095,313 761,169 203,304 130,840 420,607 368,423 52,184
1987 1,533,637 1,065,093 700,930 243,288 120,875 468,544 417,189 51,355
1988 1,565,501 1,056,310 724,733 243,835 87,742 509,191 459,777 49,414
1989 1,483,875 988,134 675,340 239,548 73,246 495,741 422,398 73,343
1990 1,317,869 884,564 580,397 239,603 64,564 433,305 361,403 71,902
1991 1,287,790 873,184 573,297 237,701 62,186 414,606 347,671 66,935
1992 1,227,419 798,023 503,460 236,675 57,888 429,396 370,422 58,974
1993 1,192,934 739,049 493,759 196,310 48,980 453,885 402,112 51,773
1994 1,260,056 748,666 573,361 129,547 45,758 511,390 475,444 35,946
1995 1,166,535 670,190 553,265 71,493 45,432 496,345 469,590 26,755
1996 1,204,557 660,769 572,581 47,901 40,287 543,788 517,738 26,050
1997 1,424,380 738,550 629,488 66,297 42,765 685,830 628,214 57,616
1998 1,428,932 740,809 590,667 98,275 51,867 688,123 627,256 60,867
1999 1,542,041 806,450 625,292 103,016 78,142 735,591 672,444 63,147
2000 1,587,561 849,171 640,856 106,937 101,378 738,390 669,492 68,898
2001 1,597,964 868,633 619,810 122,998 125,825 729,331 647,987 81,344
2002 1,733,318 934,704 651,305 144,596 138,803 798,614 698,870 99,744
2003 1,626,468 865,475 604,726 126,908 133,841 760,993 654,136 106,857
2004 1,575,195 820,103 542,814 116,426 160,863 755,092 653,637 101,455
2005 1,630,310 845,222 574,639 123,482 147,101 785,088 673,205 111,883
2006 1,666,327 863,161 573,102 142,159 147,900 803,166 681,244 121,922
2007 1,690,538 859,003 551,001 151,298 156,704 831,535 727,909 103,626
2008 1,674,145 894,506 557,422 167,916 169,168 779,639 667,139 112,500
                     $'000
1986 21,841,550 14,669,730 9,856,684 2,811,893 2,001,153 7,171,820 6,441,827 729,993
1987 24,471,752 15,748,410 10,031,338 3,567,223 2,149,849 8,723,342 7,930,138 793,204
1988 26,865,327 16,709,476 11,080,866 3,784,902 1,843,708 10,155,851 9,369,528 786,323
1989 26,959,378 16,541,801 11,034,684 3,887,341 1,619,774 10,417,577 9,059,482 1,358,095
1990 24,888,751 15,245,831 9,784,293 4,015,958 1,445,580 9,642,918 8,210,502 1,432,416
1991 22,855,626 14,103,545 9,038,584 3,789,001 1,275,960 8,752,081 7,503,659 1,248,422
1992 23,484,455 13,691,746 8,450,516 4,053,782 1,187,451 9,792,709 8,613,984 1,178,725
1993 24,630,359 13,278,180 8,620,649 3,560,913 1,096,620 11,352,180 10,227,082 1,125,101
1994 27,893,795 14,182,894 10,595,001 2,346,168 1,241,727 13,710,902 12,846,447 864,453
1995 28,168,806 13,882,004 11,070,368 1,492,451 1,319,184 14,286,804 13,544,980 741,824
1996 31,485,777 14,510,882 12,062,092 1,118,289 1,330,501 16,974,894 16,115,584 859,309
1997 38,986,224 16,836,615 13,809,161 1,519,604 1,507,852 22,149,610 20,341,263 1,808,346
1998 40,255,777 17,054,244 13,101,703 2,110,330 1,842,211 23,201,534 21,165,239 2,036,296
1999 45,317,914 19,017,278 14,138,902 2,246,522 2,631,853 26,300,638 24,055,653 2,244,986
2000 46,930,514 20,790,660 15,089,665 2,431,251 3,269,743 26,139,852 23,745,933 2,393,922
2001 46,886,252 21,168,628 14,575,745 2,882,386 3,710,497 25,717,623 22,958,458 2,759,162
2002 52,227,499 23,191,483 15,521,295 3,501,294 4,168,898 29,036,014 25,633,136 3,402,877
2003 50,493,308 21,685,587 14,565,218 2,988,274 4,132,093 28,807,720 24,845,915 3,961,804
2004 49,639,223 20,489,761 13,261,753 2,694,970 4,533,035 29,149,463 25,384,561 3,764,904
2005 52,311,147 21,220,807 14,051,867 2,928,424 4,240,519 31,090,339 27,031,615 4,058,725
2006 53,966,261 22,077,502 14,250,869 3,469,392 4,357,245 31,888,757 27,445,267 4,443,494
2007 53,676,866 21,770,114 13,452,878 3,707,820 4,609,417 31,906,752 27,961,186 3,945,567
2008 51,565,539 22,331,952 13,263,053 3,966,400 5,102,499 29,233,586 25,036,422 4,197,166
Trucks include minivans, sport-utility vehicles, light and heavy trucks, vans and buses.