The trucking industry has been moving more goods across Canada for decades, and these Canadian trucking statistics will give you a snapshot of the sector. Below, we’ll highlight everything from revenue and shipments to truck drivers and unfilled positions. Here’s a quick overview of Canadian trucking statistics. 

1. Canadian Trucking Statistics: Revenue 

The latest revenue figures available for Canadian trucking statistics are for the year 2018. The industry brought in $39.5 billion that year, the most revenue ever recorded in the Canadian trucking industry.  

2. Total Number of Canadian Truck Drivers

From 2000 up until 2021, the number of truck drivers in Canada’s trucking industry has generally been on the increase, despite declining numbers from 2016 to 2020. 2021 though saw the most truck drivers in the industry on record, with 324,200 Canadian truck drivers total in the industry. Trucking is a great career choice, which is one of the reasons why those numbers are still on the rise. 

3. Number of Truck Driver Positions Unfilled 

There have always been unfilled positions in the Canadian trucking industry, but the numbers really ramped up between 2016 and 2019. Q1 of 2016 saw roughly 7,500 vacancies, but by Q2 of 2019 that number was up to over 22,000. The latest data is from 2021, which shows that there are still vacancies for over 18,000 positions in the Canadian trucking industry. 

4. The Canadian Trucking Industry’s Total Shipments

The trucking industry continues to deliver for Canadians, with goods being shipped around the clock every single day. Whether it’s LTL shipments, hot shot delivery, or shipping refrigerated goods, there’s always something moving across this beautiful country. Total shipments from 2012 to 2018 have remained steady, with around 65 million total shipments taking place each of those years on record. 2018 is when the last data came out, when 63 million total shipments took place. 

5. Canada’s Vehicle Production

The Canadian economy has produced fewer vehicles from 2019 through to 2021, in part due to supply chain issues. Overall, Canadian motor vehicle production fell by almost 19% year over year from that point forward. When we look at heavy trucks, the numbers reflect what we’ve seen in light commercial vehicles and cars. Canada produced roughly 23,310 heavy trucks in 2019, 14,720 in 2020, and just 12,500 in 2021. Hopefully these numbers will increase into 2022. 

Source: Statista