Transportation 6,800 truck driver jobs lost in April May 13, 2020 OTTAWA, Ont. – About 6,800 truck driving jobs were eliminated this April, representing a drop of 2.3% compared to the previous month, Trucking HR Canada reports. While employment across the…
Transportation ECONOMIC WATCH: Transportation, warehousing jobs dip January 16, 2020 OTTAWA, Ont. – Canada shed 5,100 transportation and warehousing jobs between November and December, as totals dropped from 1,031,600 to 1,026,500, Statistics Canada reports. But the numbers are…
Transportation ECONOMIC WATCH: General trucking rates dip January 3, 2020 TORONTO, Ont. – Canada’s-hire truck transportation rates dropped 0.4% between the second and third quarters of 2019, but were still 1.8% higher than those seen in the third quarter of…
Transportation Transportation, warehousing jobs dipped in April May 11, 2018 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…
Transportation Transportation, warehousing wages climbing April 3, 2018 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.
Transportation Transportation, warehousing jobs decline February 9, 2018 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.
Transportation Off-road equipment imports surge February 6, 2018 Canada’s international trade balance. 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…
Business Management For-hire motor carriers boost revenues but higher costs cuts into first quarter profits October 3, 2011 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.
Business Management Motor carrier margins fare better than expected, StatsCan survey shows August 19, 2010 OTTAWA, Ont. - Canadian trucking companies did surprisingly well overall in keeping their profit margins intac...
Regulations What does the future of trucking hold? April 1, 2010 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...
Transportation StatsCan Reports 2008 Commodity Shipments March 1, 2010 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...
Transportation Top Canadian carriers’ revenue, expenses steady in Q4 May 13, 2009 OTTAWA, Ont. -- The top for-hire carriers in Canada saw both operating revenue and expenses remain practically...
Transportation Truck driving slips to #2 on list of most common jobs for men March 4, 2008 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Retail salespersons and sales clerks have usurped truck drivers as having the most common occupatio...
Transportation Costs continue to outpace revenues for nation’s top motor carriers February 21, 2008 OTTAWA, Ont. Financial statistics for the nation's largest carriers (the 97 Canadian-based trucking companies ea...
Transportation Motor carrier revenues drop in second quarter February 12, 2008 OTTAWA, Ont. -- Canadian motor carrier operating revenues for the second quarter of 2007 dropped 2%, compared to th...
