Trucking HR Canada honors Top Fleet Employers

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Trucking HR Canada celebrated the people who keep the wheels turning in the trucking and logistics industry during its annual Top Fleet Employers (TFE) gala in Toronto on Oct. 15.

A total of 108 fleets earned TFE recognition, along with four Top Fleet awards and nine Achievements of Excellence.

This year’s Top Fleet award winners are:

  • Small: Classic Freight Transport (N.S.)
  • Medium: Whitecourt Transport (Alta.)
  • Large: Challenger Motor Freight (Ont.)
  • Private/Fleet Services: Parkland Corporation (Alta.)
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Angela Splinter presents the Top Fleet Employer award in the small fleet category to a Classic Freight Transport representative. (Photo: Peter Power/THRC)

“The annual TFE Awards Gala brings together the country’s top fleets for a celebration of leading organizations that meet our highest standards of excellence in the workplace,” said Angela Splinter, CEO, THRC. “Each year the number of fleets we recognize grows as more fleets who are focused on making trucking and logistics a career destination of choice seek out this national recognition.”

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Angela Splinter presents the Top Fleet Employer in the medium fleet category to a Whitecourt Transport representative. (Photo: Peter Power/THRC)

This is the 12th year for the program honoring the best places to work in trucking and logistics in Canada and recognizing excellence in human resource practices in the sector.

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Craig Faucette, chief operating officer, THRC, presents the Top Fleet Employer in the large fleet category to Geoff Topping of Challenger Motor Freight. (Photo: Peter Power/THRC)

Nine companies received Achievement of Excellence Awards highlighting leadership in specific HR categories:

  • Community engagement: JD Smith Supply Chain Solutions (Ont.)
  • Employee engagement: Polaris Transportation Group (Ont.)
  • HR innovator: Joseph Haulage Canada (Ont.)
  • HR leadership: XTL Transport (Ont.)
  • Training and skills development: Bison Transport (Man.)
  • Women in the workplace: RST and Sunbury Transport (N.B.)
  • Workplace culture: Big Freight Systems (Man.)
  • Workplace diversity and inclusion: Bison Transport (Man.)
  • Workplace wellness and mental health: Arrow Transportation Systems (B.C.)

Special recognition was also given to employers that reached 10-year Top Fleet Employer milestones. They include Arnold Bros. Transport, Brian Kurtz Trucking, Canaan Shipping Co., Canada Cartage Systems, J&R Hall Transport, Joseph Haulage Canada, KAG Canada, Midland Transport, Olymel – Transport Transbo, Rosedale Transport, Steed Standard Transport, Sutco Transportation Specialists, Tandet, and TEN Canada.

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Attendees listen to a speaker during Trucking HR Canada’s Top Fleet Employer gala in Toronto. (Photo: Leo Barros)

The TFE program is a national initiative that recognizes the significance of sound HR policies and practices in trucking and logistics. TFE is not a competition – fleets’ HR practices and initiatives are evaluated to ensure they meet a rigorous standard in multiple criteria. Feedback is also collected from employees, including drivers.

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