Car Sharing, launched in 1987 in Switzerland and later in 1988 in Germany, came to North America via Quebec City in 1993. As of January 1, 2007 - based on data provided by Susan Shaheen, University of California, Berkeley 13 Canadian carsharing programs claimed 21,817 members sharing 994 vehicles.

Here is a current list of Canadian car sharing organizations.

BC	Cortes Island	Co-operative Auto Network
	Courtney	Co-operative Auto Network
	Nanaimo	Co-operative Auto Network
	Tofino	Co-operative Auto Network
	Vancouver	Co-operative Auto Network
	Victoria	Victoria Car Share Co-op
	Whistler	Co-operative Auto Network
AB	Calgary	Calgary Alternative Transportation Co-op
	Edmonton	Carsharing Co-operative of Edmonton
SA	Regina	Regina Car-Share
	Saskatoon	Contact Heather Trueman
MB	Winnipeg	Contact Bruce Berry
ON	Guelph	Contact Bill Barrett
	Kingston	Contact Cathy McNutt
	Kitchener- Waterloo	Grand River Car Share
	London	planning - contact Brad Dixon
	Ottawa	Vrtucar
	Toronto	AutoShare
PQ	Gatineau	CommunAuto
	Montreal	CommunAuto
	Quebec City	CommunAuto
	Sherbrook	CommunAuto
NS	Halifax	CarShareHFX