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By LeeAnn McCo!
June 24, 2004
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(Pacts & Picqures)
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© Why is trucking preferred? a
© 400,000 jobs are directly related to com!
trucking in Canada.
©» “Truck Driver” is the largest occupation liste
for male Canadians = 220,000 = shortage.
© 97.1% of all truck drivers are male.
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©» Typical tractor trailer pays $40;000 plus to
all levels of government per year imtaxes.
© Tractor Trailers represent less than
all vehicles involved in accidents.
® In 2002, 26 trucks a minute crossed the
Canada-United States border.
©» For-hire trucking, private trucking and
couriers represent a $48 billion industry.
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© There are 671,000 trucks in 3 but only
163,000 of these tractor-trailers are hauling
freight on the highways, most are st:
trucks, used in urban areas or local hau
© The largest Internet-based load-matching
service lists about 40,000 available loads a’
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© For-hire trucking adds 2.4 times more to
Canada’s gross domestic product than rail
(passenger & freight)
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carried by truck have grown at annual rates
of 11% and 9% respectively since 1
© More than 70% of Canada’s trade with
United States is shipped by truck.
© The average truck on the highway weighs
24.2 tonnes and carries a payload of
14.1tonnes-but, there is a lot of variation
above and below these averages.
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emitting about 2% of the partici
(small, sooty bits) and oxides of
nitrogen that they did in 1987.
© There are about 26,000 trucks in
Canada with satellite-based trucking
and messaging services.
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than any other province. Carleton ae هط
more trucks per capita than any aunty in
New Brunswick.
© No standard training provincially or nai
® Irregular hours
© Away for long periods
© They are classed as unskilled in the National
Occupation Code
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© Foreign Truck Drivers
© Eastern Canada Immigration &
Consultants
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profile of trucking in Canada
http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/EN/Report,
ivity/Chapter1.htm
Providing information on:
تدا دیاز
© Roads, Traffic and Safety Trucking Iss
© Trucking and the Economy Trucking Activity
| For Hire Motor Carriers DRIVERS
© Regional Perspective on Trucking
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Contact Information:
LeeAnn McConnell
McConnell Transport Ltd.
PO Box 9053
Woodstock, NB E7M 6B5
Tel: (506) 325-2211 ext. 702
Fax: (506) 328-6055
Email: leeannm@mcconnelltransport.com
Website: www.mcconnelltransport.com
The Transportation Industry
Is the Foreign Worker
Program
the Answer to Labour
Shortages?
By LeeAnn McConnell
June 24, 2004
Introduction to the Industry
(Facts & Figures)
“If you bought it a truck brought it”
Why is trucking preferred?
400,000 jobs are directly related to commercial
trucking in Canada.
“Truck Driver” is the largest occupation listed for
male Canadians = 220,000 = shortage.
97.1% of all truck drivers are male.
Facts & Figures Continued
Typical tractor trailer pays $40,000 plus to
all levels of government per year in taxes.
Tractor Trailers represent less than 2% of
all vehicles involved in accidents.
In 2002, 26 trucks a minute crossed the
Canada-United States border.
For-hire trucking, private trucking and
couriers represent a $48 billion industry.
Facts & Figures Continued
There are 671,000 trucks in Canada, but only
163,000 of these tractor-trailers are hauling
freight on the highways, most are straight
trucks, used in urban areas or local hauling.
The largest Internet-based load-matching
service lists about 40,000 available loads a
day.
For-hire trucking adds 2.4 times more to
Canada’s gross domestic product than rail
(passenger & freight)
Facts & Figures Continued
The value of exports and the value of imports
carried by truck have grown at annual rates of
11% and 9% respectively since 1992.
More than 70% of Canada’s trade with the
United States is shipped by truck.
The average truck on the highway weighs
24.2 tonnes and carries a payload of
14.1tonnes-but, there is a lot of variation
above and below these averages.
Facts & Figures Continued
By 2007, truck engines will only be emitting about
2% of the particulates (small, sooty bits) and
oxides of nitrogen that they did in 1987.
There are about 26,000 trucks in Canada with
satellite-based trucking and messaging services.
Reasons
for
Driver
Shortages
New Brunswick has more trucks per capita than any other
province. Carleton County has more trucks per capita than
any county in New Brunswick.
No standard training provincially or nationally
Irregular hours
Away for long periods
They are classed as unskilled in the National Occupation
Code
The Answer!
Foreign Truck Drivers
Eastern
Canada Immigration & Job
Consultants
Conclusion
Please see the following website for a
profile of trucking in Canada
http://www.tc.gc.ca/pol/EN/Report/TruckA
ctivity/Chapter1.htm
Providing information on:
Fleets
Energy
Roads, Traffic and Safety
Trucking
Issues
Trucking and the Economy
Trucking
Activity
For Hire Motor Carriers
DRIVERS
Regional Perspective on Trucking
Questions?
Contact Information:
LeeAnn McConnell
McConnell Transport Ltd.
PO Box 9053
Woodstock, NB E7M 6B5
Tel: (506) 325-2211 ext. 702
Fax: (506) 328-6055
Email: leeannm@mcconnelltransport.com
Website: www.mcconnelltransport.com