CarGurus.ca Data Parser & API

CarGurus.ca is the Canadian portal of CarGurus — an estimated 4.2M visits per month with dealer and private listings — and Carapis extracts its full listing data, including the Deal Rating, price and dealer details, through one REST API. It brings CarGurus’ market-pricing model to Canada, and because it shares the CarGurus platform, one parsing strategy spans both cargurus.com and cargurus.ca — delivered without you building or maintaining a DataDome-protected scraper.

What is CarGurus.ca?

CarGurus.ca is the Canadian edition of CarGurus, the US-headquartered car-shopping marketplace that ranks listings by how their price compares to the market. It draws an estimated 4.2M visits per month (2025) across dealer and private inventory. Like the US site, it computes a Deal Rating per vehicle, giving Canadian listings a transparent price-vs-market signal that most local portals do not expose.

Market Position

CarGurus.ca attracts an estimated 4.2M visits per month (2025), placing it below AutoTrader.ca and the Kijiji properties but as a meaningful pricing-focused alternative in Canada. Because it runs on the same CarGurus platform as cargurus.com, a single Carapis parsing strategy covers both the US and Canadian sites. Its Deal Rating and market-pricing model are the differentiator — a pricing-signal layer that AutoTrader.ca and Kijiji do not provide.

Data Fields Available

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

• Vehicle identity — make, model, trim, model year, VIN
• Condition — mileage and condition
• Pricing — listed price and the CarGurus Deal Rating (price-vs-market signal)
• Specification — factory options and trim packages
• Listing context — dealer name / location / ratings, photo gallery

The Deal Rating is the standout field — a ready-made Canadian market-pricing signal for dealers and analysts.

API Quick Start

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

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=cargurus-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 — Deal Rating anchors competitive-pricing models for Canadian dealers.
• Market research — track Canadian price trends and days-on-market. See market research.
• Inventory monitoring — watch competitor listings and price moves at scale.

Frequently asked questions

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