Abstract

The percentage of subcompact cars in the total sales of light-duty vehicles with the model year 1990 is shown here for the populated areas. Light-duty vehicles include all cars and light trucks. There is a significant spatial variation for the market share of subcompact cars with the model year 1990 across Canada. Almost all areas with subcompact car shares over 17% are found in southern Quebec, while the lowest subcompact car shares are in the Prairie Provinces. The Windsor-Quebec Corridor also had higher than average market shares of this vehicle class, as did the Lower Mainland British Columbia. It is noticeable that urban areas have relatively higher market shares of subcompact cars than rural areas.