Kijiji (Vehicles) Data Parser & API

Kijiji.ca is Canada’s largest general classifieds marketplace, and its vehicles category carries total car traffic that rivals or exceeds AutoTrader.ca — and Carapis extracts its private-seller listing data, including price, condition and seller details, through one REST API. Owned by Adevinta, Kijiji is the dominant Canadian C2C channel, exposing private-seller inventory that dealer portals miss — delivered without you building or maintaining a DataDome-protected scraper.

What is Kijiji?

Kijiji.ca is Canada’s leading general online classifieds site, owned by Adevinta, with a very large vehicles category. Unlike the dealer-focused Kijiji Autos portal, the general Kijiji marketplace is private-seller-heavy (C2C), so it surfaces individual-owner cars with free-form descriptions, asking prices and condition notes. As of December 2024, its total vehicle traffic rivaled or exceeded AutoTrader.ca.

Market Position

Kijiji’s total vehicle traffic exceeds AutoTrader.ca’s (SimilarWeb, Dec 2024), making it the largest C2C car channel in Canada. It is part of the Adevinta / Kijiji group, which also runs the dealer-focused Kijiji Autos portal — so the two Kijiji properties plus AutoTrader.ca together cover the vast majority of Canadian listings. Kijiji’s distinct value is private-seller inventory: cars and prices that never appear on dealer-only portals.

Data Fields Available

Carapis extracts a complete structured record from each Kijiji vehicle listing:

• Vehicle identity — make, model, model year
• Condition — mileage and condition notes
• Pricing — asking price
• Description — free-form seller description
• Listing context — private seller details, location, photo gallery

The private-seller (C2C) coverage is the standout: individual-owner asking prices and inventory that dealer portals do not list.

API Quick Start

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

curl "https://api.carapis.com/v2/listings?source=kijiji&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

• Market research — capture Canadian private-seller pricing that dealer portals miss. See market research.
• Pricing intelligence — measure the C2C-vs-dealer price gap for dealers.
• Sourcing / acquisition — find private-seller inventory for dealer buying programs.

Frequently asked questions

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