TORONTO, Ont. -- Shelley Uvanile-Hesch is a rarity. Of the 181,330 tractor-trailer drivers working in Canada’s trucking industry in 2016, barely 3% were women, according to Newcom Media’s Changing Face of Trucking research. In contrast, women made up about half (47%) the entire workforce overall.
In recent years, a significant share of truck drivers include those who have crossed borders in their career paths -- immigrants, Temporary Foreign Workers, and new Canadians all. In particular, a massive share of those who turn wheels for a living now wear turbans rather than the traditional trucker cap.
TORONTO, Ont. -- Immigrants from South Asia have accounted for a massive shift in the demographics of Canada’s truck drivers, according to an unprecedented research project conducted by Newcom Media’s editorial teams, drawing on more than 25 years of Canada Census data.