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Best vehicle valuation data for Canada (2026)

Last updated: October 2026

Five vehicle valuation and market price data APIs for Canada compared on what they return, Canadian currency and units, published pricing and access, with every claim linked.

Cardog is first on this list. It serves Canadian listings in CAD and kilometres, and market quotes that give the median, quartiles, best price and days on market for a model year or build configuration, with the live listing count behind every number and daily price history. The same key decodes 99.77% of Canadian VINs to trim and lists Transport Canada and NHTSA recalls, and prices are published from US$30 a month with a free plan. The other sources on the list are Canadian Black Book, MarketCheck Price, VinAudit Market Values and CarsXE Market Value; each is summarized below from its own public pages.

This page is written by Cardog, and Cardog is on the list, so read it with that in mind. Every claim about another company links to that company's own public page, and we checked those pages on 2026-10-27. Every Cardog claim is something our API serves today.

How we evaluated

"Valuation" covers two different things, and each vendor serves its own mix:

Book values. Wholesale, trade-in, retail or residual values for one vehicle from its details.
Market prices. Statistics over live asking prices for a slice of the market, such as a model year.

For each source we asked:

Canada. Does the vendor's own page say it answers for Canada, in CAD or kilometres?
What comes back. Book values, market statistics, or both, and is the sample size shown?
Pricing transparency. A published price, or pricing by contact?
Access. Self-serve key, or sales-led?

We only used each vendor's own public pages. We did not sign up for paid accounts or compare numbers for the same vehicle across vendors.

Comparison table

Vendor	Canada as stated	What it returns	Pricing as published	Access
Cardog	Canadian listings; prices default to CAD, radius in km	Quotes with median, P25, P75, best price, days on market and live count; daily price history; listing search	Credits; 5 per quote request, 1 per listings request; plans from US$30 a month	Self-serve, 50 free credits a month
Canadian Black Book	"engineered specifically for Canada" (toolkit post)	Wholesale, trade-in, retail, private party, residual and end of term values; retail market insights (API)	Pricing by contact (API)	Sales-led
MarketCheck Price	Canadian endpoints answer in CAD (MarketCheck Price)	A value estimate from VIN, mileage and location (MarketCheck Price)	$0.07 a call on a plan from $299 a month (pricing)	Self-serve, 500 free calls a month (pricing)
VinAudit Market Values	`country` of `canada` (Market Values)	Mean, standard deviation and count by VIN (Market Values)	Not stated on the Market Values page	Not stated on the Market Values page
CarsXE Market Value	Mileage in "kilometers in Canada" (Market Value)	Wholesale, retail, trade-in and auction values by VIN (Market Value)	Not stated on the Market Value page	Not stated on the Market Value page

Where a vendor's page shows "$" without naming a currency, we show "$" as published.

1. Cardog

Canadian listings and market statistics behind one API key. Market: GET /v2/quotes and GET /v2/tape/history/{ref}. Listings: GET /v2/listings/search, /count and /facets.

The sample behind every number. Each quote gives liveCount, bestPrice, priceP25, priceMedian, priceP75, avgDomDays, price cuts over the last 30 days and asOf, for a model year or a build configuration, with up to 20 refs per call. See Market data.
Price history. The tape returns daily bars for an instrument over a window.
Canadian listings by default. Listing prices default to CAD and the search radius is in kilometres.
One set of keys. The same refs join quotes to the VIN decode, Transport Canada and NHTSA recalls, and spec sheets with units.
Built for developers and agents. TypeScript and Python SDKs, a remote MCP server at mcp.cardog.io with market quote and inventory search tools, and a dated Cardog-Version header.

Pricing. 5 credits per quote request (a multi-quote of up to 20 refs is one request) and 1 per listings request. The Free plan is 50 credits a month, no card; paid plans from US$30 a month. See Pricing.

2. Canadian Black Book

Its Used Car API lists wholesale, trade-in, retail, private party, residual and end of term values, with VIN decoding and colours. Other APIs cover retail market insights (listing prices, days on market, price and mileage history), a custom trade value adjusted by condition answers, new car pricing, recreational vehicles and collectible cars. Output is JSON or XML (API). The Used Car, New Car and Retail Web APIs are also available through GraphQL (developer portal). A Canadian Black Book post lists daily data updates for the Used Car Web API (toolkit post).

Pricing and status. No prices published; "Talk to a Product Specialist" (API). Sales-led.

3. MarketCheck Price

MarketCheck Price estimates "what a car is worth in today's market from its VIN, mileage and location." Values are in USD on the US endpoints and CAD on the Canadian endpoints (MarketCheck Price).

Pricing and status. $0.07 a call on plans from Basic at $299 a month plus data fees; Free is 500 calls a month (pricing).

4. VinAudit Market Values

A market value lookup with a country parameter of usa (the default) or canada. By VIN it returns the mean price, the standard deviation and the number of data points used for the estimate (Market Values).

Pricing and status. Not stated on the Market Values page.

5. CarsXE Market Value

A market value endpoint that returns wholesale, retail, trade-in and auction values by VIN. Its mileage parameter is "miles in the US, kilometers in Canada" (Market Value).

Pricing and status. Not stated on the Market Value page.

Why Cardog is first

Every number shows its sample. A quote carries the live listing count it was computed from.
Published, self-serve pricing. Plans from US$30 a month, a free plan with no card, and a key the same day.
Canadian listings by default. CAD and kilometres without a parameter.
The quote is a key, not a dead end. The same refs open the VIN decode, Transport Canada and NHTSA recalls and spec sheets.
Built for agents. A remote MCP server with market quote and inventory search tools.

FAQ

Which vehicle valuation data sources cover Canada? Cardog serves Canadian listings and market quotes. Canadian Black Book, MarketCheck Price, VinAudit Market Values and CarsXE Market Value also mention Canada on their own pages.

Which valuation sources publish their prices? Cardog and MarketCheck publish prices. Canadian Black Book prices by contact.

What does a Cardog market quote return? The median, 25th and 75th percentile asking prices, best price, days on market, recent price cuts and the live listing count, for a model year or build configuration.

What does a Cardog quote cost? Five credits per quote request, and a multi-quote of up to 20 refs is one request.

Can an AI agent use Cardog market data? Yes. The remote MCP server at mcp.cardog.io includes market quote and inventory search tools.

Sources

Checked on 2026-10-27:

Canadian Black Book, API: https://www.canadianblackbook.com/api/
Canadian Black Book, developer portal: https://developer.canadianblackbook.com/
Canadian Black Book, "Toolkit: 5 essential APIs for accurate vehicle valuation and risk analysis in Canada": https://www.canadianblackbook.com/toolkit-5-essential-apis-for-accurate-vehicle-valuation-and-risk-analysis-in-canada/
MarketCheck, MarketCheck Price: https://docs.marketcheck.com/docs/api/cars/market-insights/marketcheck-price
MarketCheck, Pricing: https://www.marketcheck.com/pricing
VinAudit, Market Values API: https://data.vinaudit.com/docs/api/market/values
CarsXE, Market Value: https://docs.carsxe.com/docs/products/market-value

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