Price index

The Canadian used car market, August 2026

1,685 model-year benchmarks summarized: the median sits at $29,468, and age, make, and mileage do the rest.

Median benchmark
$29,468
Model years tracked
1,685
Models
200
Makes
9

This index summarizes every price benchmark CarSignal publishes, each one the median of live Canadian listings from the last 90 days with outliers removed. The full table behind every number on this page is free to download.

Median price by make

The spread between the cheapest and priciest make in the dataset is $49,003: Honda medians sit at $20,897 while Porsche sits at $69,900.

MakeMedian benchmarkModel years
Honda$20,897144
Toyota$23,948243
Ford$24,131284
Jeep$24,90477
Lexus$31,441106
Audi$31,795225
Mercedes-Benz$32,245244
BMW$36,450257
Porsche$69,900105

What age does to price

A vehicle 11 to 15 years carries a median benchmark of $13,990, against $58,990 for one under 3 years old. The table is the depreciation curve of the Canadian used market in August 2026.

Vehicle ageMedian benchmarkModel years
0 to 2 years$58,990299
3 to 4 years$45,225234
5 to 7 years$33,498299
8 to 10 years$21,997283
11 to 15 years$13,990352
16 years and older$12,625218

The 10 best-value model years

Ten years old or newer, mileage under the dataset median of 95,136 km, ranked by price. Each links to its full benchmark.

Model yearMedian benchmarkMedian mileage
2018 Ford Ecosport$13,99286,190 km
2018 Ford Fiesta$14,00033,225 km
2019 Ford Fusion Energi$15,45080,544 km
2019 Ford Ecosport$15,99585,013 km
2016 Toyota Corolla$16,20090,000 km
2020 Ford Ecosport$16,98376,390 km
2017 Honda Fit$17,46771,257 km
2020 Ford Fusion Energi$17,98874,265 km
2021 Ford Ecosport$18,32168,129 km
2019 Honda Fit$18,67472,662 km
Citing this report is welcome and free: attribute CarSignal and link to mycarsignal.com. The dataset behind it is on the open data page as CSV and JSON, and the methodology lives on the about page. Month over month movement starts with the next issue, once a second monthly snapshot exists.