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Mitsubishi Canter vans: how many are still registered?

1,027still registered

Mitsubishi Canter vans still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 13 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 3,307 (2006 Q4) - 31.0% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 5.4% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 776 in 2030, and under 1,000 around 2026.

643 of the survivors (62.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

31.0% survives 2006 Q4 peak: 3,307

Declared off-road (SORN)643 · 62.6%
Disappearing per year5.4%
Projected 2030~776

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Mitsubishi Canter nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is vans only.

Mitsubishi Canter cars2still reg.Mitsubishi Canter lorries542still reg.Mitsubishi Canter buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 1,027 surviving Mitsubishi Canter vans, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 884 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 53.6% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built1987 → 2017
2001000
19872017
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On the road over time

Total Mitsubishi Canter vans registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

3,307
1994log scale2026: 987
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Mitsubishi Canter vans split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

2801cc to 2900cc332 vans · 32.3%
2901cc to 3000cc672 vans · 65.4%
3901cc to 4000cc14 vans · 1.3%
Other sizes (4)9 vans · 0.8%

Fuel

Diesel1,022 · 99.5%
Other fuels (2)5 · 0.4%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.