An employee works on a Ford Flex at the Oakville Assembly Plant. (Photo by: Sam VarnHagen/Ford Motor Co.)

TORonTO Ford Motor Co. of Canada says its sales for April were up 16 per cent from year ago, helped by sharply higher sales of its F-Series pickup trucks.

Ford says it sold 27,907 vehicles last month, up from 24,171 a year ago.

The gain came as the companys overall truck sales gained 21 per cent to total 20,809, up from 17,267 from a year ago, and sales of its F-Series truck shot up 38 per cent.

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Ford car sales were up three per cent form a year ago.

Meanwhile, Chrysler Canada reported sales of 25,745, up from 24,540 in April 2012, also helped by truck sales.

Chrysler said Ram truck sales gained 31 per cent to total 8,020, up from 6,129, while overall truck sales increased 3.2 per cent to 19,865 vehicles. Passenger car sales gained 11 per cent to total 5,880, up from 5,283.