Employment in Canada’s trucking and logistics sector fell in December 2025, with 16,700 fewer jobs compared to the month before, a 2.1% month-to-month drop. There were 6,300 fewer truck drivers behind the wheel, too, according to new data from Trucking HR Canada.

“The slight dip in employment numbers is not unexpected given global instability and its impact on trade,” said Craig Faucette, chief operating officer at THRC, in a news release. “The sector did shed some jobs, but less than previous months.”

Meanwhile, overall employment across Canada remained largely unchanged, with national employment rising by just 8,200 jobs last month, in line with the upward trend seen for the previous three months.

Compared to December 2024, total employment in trucking and logistic was down 1.2%, representing 9,800 fewer jobs year over year. While there were 900 more people seeking a job in the industry last month compared to November, the figure is down 3.9% — or 1,300 people — compared to December 2024.

And while there were 14,900 fewer drivers working in December 2025 than a year earlier (a 4.3% decrease), the number of job seekers in the transport truck driver occupation rose 7.2% month to month in December, an increase of 1,100 people. Compared to a year earlier, the number of drivers actively looking for work was up 17.1%, or 2,400 people.