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Canada's most fuel-efficient cars (and the thirstiest)

The best and worst of the 30,784 vehicles NRCan has rated, by class — updated whenever NRCan publishes.

Published 10 August 2026 · figures current to 11 August 2026

NRCan rates every vehicle sold new in Canada. For the 2026 model year that is 646 petrol and diesel vehicles plus 239 battery-electric ones. Here are the ends of the distribution.

Most efficient 2026 vehicles

Ranked by combined consumption.
VehicleClassCombined
Kia Niro FESport utility vehicle: Small4.4 L/100 km
Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid SEMid-size4.5 L/100 km
Hyundai Elantra HybridMid-size4.7 L/100 km
Toyota Corolla HybridCompact4.7 L/100 km
Kia NiroSport utility vehicle: Small4.8 L/100 km
Kia Niro Plug-in HybridSport utility vehicle: Small4.8 L/100 km
Toyota Prius AWDMid-size4.8 L/100 km
Honda Civic Sedan HybridMid-size4.9 L/100 km
Toyota Corolla Hybrid AWD (2-mode)Compact4.9 L/100 km
Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid XSEMid-size4.9 L/100 km

Most efficient 2026 electric vehicles

Ranked by combined consumption.
VehicleClassCombined
Tesla Model 3 Premium-IMid-size15.3 kWh/100 km
Tesla Model Y RWD-BSport utility vehicle: Small15.4 kWh/100 km
Tesla Model Y Standard-BSport utility vehicle: Small15.4 kWh/100 km
Toyota bZSport utility vehicle: Small16.1 kWh/100 km
Toyota C-HRSport utility vehicle: Small16.2 kWh/100 km

Thirstiest 2026 vehicles

Ranked by combined consumption.
VehicleClassCombined
Lamborghini RevueltoTwo-seater19.9 L/100 km
Ford F-150 Raptor R 4X4Pickup truck: Standard19.7 L/100 km
Chevrolet Silverado 4WD FFVPickup truck: Standard19.2 L/100 km
Ford Mustang GTDSubcompact19.2 L/100 km
GMC Sierra 4WD FFVPickup truck: Standard19.2 L/100 km
Ferrari PurosangueCompact19 L/100 km
Cadillac Escalade-V AWDSport utility vehicle: Standard17.7 L/100 km
BMW M5 TouringStation wagon: Mid-size17.5 L/100 km
Dodge Durango AWD SRT HellcatSport utility vehicle: Standard17.4 L/100 km
BMW XM LabelSport utility vehicle: Standard17 L/100 km

NRCan sorts vehicles into 17 classes, and comparing across them is not very meaningful — a pickup will never look good next to a hatchback. The ranking tool compares a vehicle against its own class, which is the fairer question.

Watch your own vehicle. Look it up and we will email you the day Transport Canada issues a new recall for it.

Note: Every number in this post is read from the recall and fuel tables when the page loads, so it reflects the most recent data rather than the day it was written.

Source: Vehicle recalls. Data current as of 30 July 2026.