Toronto, Ontario -- Battery electric vehicles continued their upward climb in Canada’s collision repair landscape in the third quarter of 2025, reaching their highest share of repairable claims to date, according to Mitchell’s latest Plugged-In: EV Collision Insights report.
BEVs represented 4.91 percent of repairable collision claims nationwide, up 24.3 percent year over year. The increase came as Canadian consumers encountered a patchwork of market conditions through Q3, with early sales figures showing uneven momentum across brands.
Cadillac posted a 91 percent increase in BEV sales compared to the previous quarter, though several models in its lineup were only newly available in 2024. BMW reported an overall year-over-year decline in total sales but noted growth across its electric M variants, including the i4, i5, i7 and iX.
Despite growing BEV adoption, repairers continue to face higher claim costs tied to complexity and constrained parts availability. Average repairable severity for Canadian BEVs fell slightly from Q2 but remained the highest among all powertrains at $6,954. Plug-in hybrids followed at $6,111, with mild hybrids close behind at $6,064 and internal combustion vehicles at $5,564.
The report showed OEM parts usage for BEVs at 85.13 percent, significantly higher than the 62.30 percent seen in ICE vehicles. Repairability also remained lower, with only 13.51 percent of BEV parts repaired compared to 15.96 percent for ICE models.
British Columbia and Quebec led the country in BEV claim frequency at 8.74 percent and 8.37 percent respectively. The Tesla Model 3 and Model Y continued to dominate Canada’s BEV claim mix, followed by the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Hyundai Kona EV.
