Hiring pressures continue to ease in trucking and logistics, THRC says
The hiring challenges that gripped Canada’s trucking and logistics industry in 2022 and 2023 have continued to ease in 2025, with new data from Trucking HR Canada (THRC) showing an increased supply of job seekers and reduced demand for workers.
Employment across the sector in the second quarter of 2025 was basically unchanged from the same period last year, down just 0.2%, but higher than in Q1 this year. And while employment among transport truck drivers fell 1.1% in Q2 compared to same time in 2024, it increased by 6,500 compared to the previous quarter.
Overall, 11,600 more people were looking for work in the sector compared to Q2 2024, including 2,800 more truck drivers. Yet, THRC says job vacancy data for the first quarter shows fewer positions that employers are actively seeking to fill.
“For employers, this potentially means there is a greater pool of workers to recruit from,” says Craig Faucette, chief program officer of Trucking HR Canada in a news release. “This provides employers with an opportunity to build their workforces with the skilled workers needed to drive business growth.”
In trucking, the share of jobs with openings fell from 5.3% in Q1 2024 to 4.1% in 2025, and from 4.6% to 3.5% for truck drivers — a decline of 3,680 positions, or 24%. This drove the unemployment rate across the trucking and logistics sector to rise from 4.3% in Q2 2024 to 5.7% in Q2 2025, and from 4.5% to 5.3% for transport truck drivers.
While vacancy rates for truck drivers remain above the national average of 2.8% across all industries, THRC says the drop reflects easing hiring pressures in the sector.
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Thirty years ago truck drivers in Canada made the same as those in New York city or California. Look.at what Walmart Truck drivers make in the U S vs Canada or a number of other trucking jobs
This has caused freight rates to drop.and more people to leave the industry that have been replaced often by foreigners sometimes that came as foreign students. . Trump is going to restrict truck drivers going into the U S . What will happen if we no longer have cross border freight to haul to those looking for work as truck drivers?
Flood the market with drivers that are not properly trained or educated. Lots can’t even read write or speak English. All in an attempt to drive down already poor wages at a job that you used to be able to make a decent living wage. The whole industry is in trouble when there’s 8000 plus truck accidents a year. Many of which end with people dying so big corporations make a few extra dollars for executives and shareholders.