In the third quarter, Canadians registered a total of 484,415 new motor vehicles, up 0.2% from the same quarter of 2024 and a decrease of 10.6% from the second quarter of 2025.
Among vehicle types, new registrations for vans (+24.2%) and pickup trucks (+0.1%) saw growth in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the same quarter last year. Conversely, new registrations for passenger cars (-1.9%) and multi-purpose vehicles (-0.8%) declined, marking the first year-over-year decrease in new registrations for multi-purpose vehicles since the third quarter of 2022.
Growth in new registrations in terms of fuel types varied in the third quarter of 2025, with hybrid electric vehicles (+29.3%) leading, followed by gasoline-powered vehicles (+5.3%). By contrast, new registrations for battery electric vehicles (-52.3%) faced the largest decline, followed by plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (-5.2%) and diesel-powered vehicles (-1.9%).
Share of new zero-emission vehicle registrations remains below 10%
In the third quarter, 45,366 new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) were registered, making up 9.4% of all new motor vehicle registrations. Despite being a slight increase from the previous quarter, when ZEVs represented 8.6% of new registrations, this share reflects a considerable decline compared with the third quarter of 2024, when ZEVs made up 15.7% of all new registrations.
New zero-emission vehicle registrations fall by 40% compared with the same period the previous year
Compared with the third quarter of 2024, new registrations for ZEVs declined by 40.1% in the third quarter of 2025, continuing their downward trend observed earlier this year. New ZEV registrations dropped compared with the previous year across most provinces, including Quebec (-45.7%), New Brunswick (-39.9%), Prince Edward Island (-36.9%), British Columbia (-35.6%), Ontario (-33.7%), Manitoba (-22.1%), Saskatchewan (-21.5%) and Nova Scotia (-16.2%).
Note to readers
Estimates for Newfoundland and Labrador and Alberta are currently unavailable because of contractual limitations of the existing data sharing agreement. However, they are included in the Canadian total.
This survey looks at registrations of new motor vehicles in the provinces and territories in a given year.
With the release of the data for the first quarter of 2025, table 20-10-0024-01 has been archived. New registrations by fuel and vehicle type by geographic level are now available in table 20-10-0025-01.
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