Sales of new electric vehicles jumped in March as Canadians took advantage of the long-awaited return of federal government subsidies.
Data released by Statistics Canada on Thursday shows 21,547 new EVs were purchased in March, the highest since December 2024—just before the government paused the rebate program.
Ottawa brought back subsidies for new EVs on Feb. 16, after pausing them in January 2025 when money from the previous program ran out.
March sales represented an 83 percent jump from the month before, and 75 percent from the same time a year ago.
“I think it’s not only that, of course anybody would want to get $5,000 off of a new car, but I think that there was a lot of pent up demand as well,” said Joanna Kyriazis, the director of policy and strategy at Clean Energy Canada….