Richmond Hill, Ontario — The continuous business many automakers saw during the pandemic has seemed to slow down once the month of October rolled around, according to Desrosiers.
Desrosiers Automotive Consultants (DAC) oversaw mixed provincial new light-vehicle sales throughout the year and into October 2020.
“Although October recorded a decrease overall, the performance was close to expected levels,” said Andrew King, managing partner of DAC. “For which this year, can be taken as a positive sign.”
Ontario—noted a decrease of 4.1 percent in September—once again, saw a sales decrease of 5.7 percent.
Sale decreases were also noticed in Quebec, New Brunswick, and Alberta at four percent, 2.8 percent and 1.2 percent respectively.
However, significant increases were noted as well with the somewhat volatile Prince Edward Island up 10.5 percent. British Columbia—a significant volume player—noted a sales increase of 9.7 percent for the month with Saskatchewan similarly up 9.8 percent.
All in all—six provinces noted positive sales against four decreases.
A total of 156,095 units were sold across Canada for the month, down just 2.1 percent from October 2019 when 159,440 units were sold.
