Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area are the sources of and destinations

for most spot market freight, according to groundbreaking

new research by the University of Manitoba Transport Institute and

TransCore Link Logistics. The two organizations recently released

preliminary findings from a joint research project looking at Canadian

trucking and logistics trends using TransCore’s Loadlink freightmatching

data.

Other findings include: postings originating in the US bound for

Canada accounted to more than 61% of total freight volume and

39% of equipment volume; outbound postings from Canada to the

US accounted for 13% of load volumes and 31% of equipment volumes;

and domestic loads within Canada accounted for 21.8% of

freight and 30% of equipment.