Nissan Canada

Nissan Canada has 194 independent dealerships across Canada. In 2016, Nissan Canada sold total 122,059 units. It is an all-time record and a 2.9 percent increase over the previous year. The top selling vehicle of the Japanese manufacturer in Canada is the popular Nissan Rogue, with more than 40,000 sales.

In terms of global sales, Nissan also had a great year. Global sales increased 6.2 percent year-on-year. The total number of units sold across the planet was 559,361.

Nissan started selling Datsuns in Canada in 1960, but it took 5 more years before, the company actually incorporated. Originally, it was registered as Nissan Automotive Company (Canada) Ltd in January 1965 and it started with only six employees. In 2004, when Nissan Canada was celebrating its 40th year in Canada, it had 140 Nissan dealers across Canada with 4,800 jobs directly related to their products and services.

The company originally started in Japan as Jidosha-Seizo Kabushiki-Kaisha or Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd on December 26, 1933, to manufacture Datsun cars. But it was changed to Nissan Motor Co., Ltd within a year. In the 1950s Nissan started to expand worldwide with its Datsun cars. Today Nissan sells around 60 models under Nissan, Infiniti, and Datsun brands. The manufactures vehicles in approximately 20 countries and serve over 160 countries.