Winnipeg Free Press By: The Canadian Press Save to Read Later TORONTO - Canadian auto sales surged nearly 52 per cent in the second quarter from a year ago to mark the second-best three-month period since the start of the pandemic. Vehicles are seen in a parking lot at the General Motors Oshawa Assembly Plant in Oshawa, Ont., on Wednesday, June 20, 2018.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin TORONTO - Canadian auto sales surged nearly 52 per cent in the second quarter from a year ago to mark the second-best three-month period since the start of the pandemic. According to estimates compiled by DesRosiers Automotive Consultants, Canadian light vehicle sales totalled 478,717 units in the second three months of the year, compared with 315,384 a year earlier. That's just short of about 500,000 units sold in the third quarter of last year.