Top 10 Best-selling Cars in Canada, First Half of 2021
The Canadian auto industry continues to rebound nicely. Sales of new light-duty vehicles were up 51.7 percent in the second quarter and 33.2 percent in the first half of 2021 compared with the same periods a year ago, when the first wave of COVID-19 hit the country.
More precisely, 868,394 new vehicles have been sold since the start of 2021 according to the Automotive News Data Center.
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Want to know which models performed the best? Here are the top 10 best-selling cars in Canada for the first six months of 2021, including a new No. 1.
Come back in a couple of days for a ranking of the most popular SUVs and pickups.

10. Nissan Sentra
Total sales during the first half of 2021: 5,006 units
An increase of 103 percent from the same period in 2020

Total sales during the first half of 2021: 5,619 unités
An increase of 19.7 percent from the same period in 2020

Total sales during the first half of 2021: 5,707 units
A drop of 16.2 percent from the same period in 2020

7. Toyota Camry
Total sales during the first half of 2021: 6 012 units
An increase of 58.7 percent from the same period in 2020

6. Mazda3
Total sales during the first half of 2021: 6,209 units
An increase of 17.4 percent from the same period in 2020

Total sales during the first half of 2021: 6,400 units (estimate)
An increase of 14.3 percent from the same period in 2020

4. Kia Forte
Total sales during the first half of 2021: 7,486 units
An increase of 32 percent from the same period in 2020

Total sales during the first half of 2021: 12,486 units
An increase of 28.8 percent from the same period in 2020

2. Honda Civic
Total sales during the first half of 2021: 20,243 units
An increase of 11.3 percent from the same period in 2020

Total sales during the first half of 2021: 20,572 units
An increase of 39.2 percent from the same period in 2020