AutoTrader.ca Data Parser & API

AutoTrader.ca is Canada’s #1 car marketplace — roughly 8-10M direct visits per month and ~26M reach across an estimated 400K+ listings — and Carapis extracts its full listing data, including spec, price, dealer details and history-report links, through one REST API. Owned by Trader Corporation, it dominates Canadian used-car search, and Carapis delivers its data without you building or maintaining an Akamai-protected scraper.

What is AutoTrader.ca?

AutoTrader.ca is the leading car-shopping marketplace in Canada, operated by Trader Corporation. It aggregates dealer and private-seller inventory with full specifications, pricing, photos and vehicle-history links, reporting roughly 8-10M direct visits per month and around 26M total reach (Trader). It is the central Canadian listings portal, paired with a dealer-software stack Trader acquired from Cox Automotive Canada in 2022.

Market Position

AutoTrader.ca is Canada’s #1 car marketplace with ~26M reach (Trader) and an estimated 400K+ listings, ahead of CarGurus.ca and the Kijiji properties on dealer inventory. Owner Trader Corporation acquired AutoTrader.ca plus KBB Canada and the Dealertrack/Dealer.com Canada software stack from Cox Automotive in 2022 — so the Canadian market is highly consolidated under Trader. With Kijiji’s C2C traffic, two ownership groups (Trader + Adevinta/Kijiji) cover the vast majority of Canadian listings.

Data Fields Available

Carapis extracts a complete structured record from each AutoTrader.ca listing:

• Vehicle identity — make, model, trim, model year, VIN
• Condition — mileage and condition
• Pricing — listed price and price positioning
• Specification — factory options and trim packages
• Listing context — dealer name / location / ratings, private-seller info, photo gallery
• History — links to CARFAX Canada vehicle-history reports

The combination of broad dealer reach and CARFAX Canada history links makes AutoTrader.ca the core Canadian resale dataset.

API Quick Start

import requests
 
resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings",
    params={"source": "autotrader-ca", "limit": 20},
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
)
for car in resp.json()["results"]:
    print(car["make"], car["model"], car["year"], car["price"])

const res = await fetch(
  "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=autotrader-ca&limit=20",
  { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.CARAPIS_API_KEY}` } },
);
const { results } = await res.json();

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=autotrader-ca&limit=20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CARAPIS_API_KEY"

Get an API key at my.carapis.com  and see the full API reference. Pricing is on the pricing page.

Use Cases

• Pricing intelligence — benchmark dealer pricing across Canada’s largest inventory for dealers.
• Market research — track Canadian inventory mix and price trends. See market research.
• Import / export — vet Canadian vehicles using spec, mileage and CARFAX Canada links. See import & export.

Frequently asked questions

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