A 2009 Toyota Matrix sits at a median of $7,892 in the Canadian market right now. Most cars land between $5,786 and $9,794. That's your bargaining window. Anything under about $5,800 is priced aggressively, and once you're pushing past $9,800 you're paying top of the range for a 16-year-old hatchback.
The median odometer reading here is 191,618 km. High, but that's normal for the year, and it means the price you see already reflects a well-used car. Don't expect showroom numbers.
What mileage does to the price
Every extra 10,000 km knocks roughly $300 off the asking price. Do the math on a car listed at the median: one with 230,000 km should sell for about $1,150 less than one sitting near the 191,000 km mark, all else equal. Flip that around when you're shopping. If a higher-kilometre example is priced the same as a lower one, the seller is banking on you not noticing.
Six cars got flagged as deals in the last 90 days. That tells you the sub-$5,800 end of the range shows up often enough to be worth waiting for. If a listing lands near or below $5,786 and the odometer isn't wildly above 191,000 km, that's the kind of number worth moving on.
Numbers reflect live listings across Canada over the last 90 days, filtered for outliers. Data as of . Prices in CAD.