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Statistics Canada
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Transportation, warehousing jobs dipped in April
OTTAWA, Ont. – Employment in Canada’s transportation and warehousing sector dipped slightly to 974,300 people in April, down 2,600 jobs compared to March, Statistics Canada reports. The figure was still up 4.7% over April 2017. The nation’s unemployment rate was…
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Transportation, warehousing wages climbing
OTTAWA, Ont. – Workers in Canada’s transportation and warehousing sector saw weekly earnings rise 2.4% in January when compared to the same month a year ago, Statistics Canada reports. That was still below the average increase of 3.2% recorded by…
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Transportation, warehousing jobs decline
OTTAWA, Ont. — Canada’s transportation and warehousing sector lost 5,900 jobs in January – down 0.6% overall — but still counted 40,700 more jobs than January 2017, Statistics Canada reports. The findings were included in the latest Labor Force Survey,…
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Off-road equipment imports surge
OTTAWA, Ont. – Buyers scrambled to import logging, mining, and construction equipment in December, in a push to beat 2018 emissions regulations for off-road diesel engines and machines, Statistics Canada reports. The imports of such machinery jumped 24.6% on the…
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For-hire motor carriers boost revenues but higher costs cuts into first quarter profits
OTTAWA, Ont. – Canadian trucking companies earned operating revenue of $10.1 billion in the first quarter, up 5.2% from the same quarter a year earlier.
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Motor carrier margins fare better than expected, StatsCan survey shows
OTTAWA, Ont. – Canadian trucking companies did surprisingly well overall in keeping their profit margins intac…
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What does the future of trucking hold?
WINNIPEG, Man. – Predicting the shape of the future is a considerably less than perfect science, littered with predictions so off the mark they are laughable. Consider the famous assertion back in 189…
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StatsCan Reports 2008 Commodity Shipments
OTTAWA, Ont. – Canada’s largest for-hire trucking companies transported 5.6% fewer shipments weighing 1.9% less than the previous year in 2008, according to Statistic Canada’s latest Trucking Commodit…
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Top Canadian carriers’ revenue, expenses steady in Q4
OTTAWA, Ont. — The top for-hire carriers in Canada saw both operating revenue and expenses remain practically…
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Truck driving slips to #2 on list of most common jobs for men
OTTAWA, Ont. — Retail salespersons and sales clerks have usurped truck drivers as having the most common occupatio…
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Costs continue to outpace revenues for nation’s top motor carriers
OTTAWA, Ont. Financial statistics for the nation’s largest carriers (the 97 Canadian-based trucking companies ea…
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Motor carrier revenues drop in second quarter
OTTAWA, Ont. — Canadian motor carrier operating revenues for the second quarter of 2007 dropped 2%, compared to th…
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Both exports and imports rise in November
OTTAWA, Ont. — Canadian merchandise exports increased in November for only the third time in 2007, halting a three…
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Exports increase for the first time since July
OTTAWA, Ont. — All sectors but other consumer products recorded growth in exports in November, according to Statis…
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Inventory-to-shipment ratio edges up on weaker shipments
OTTAWA, Ont. — With shipments dipping and inventory levels increasing slightly, the inventory-to-shipment ratio ed…
