TABLE A2-26: TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY BY REGION, 1998 - 2003

		Canada	Atlantic Region 5	Quebec	Ontario	Prairie Provinces 6	British Columbia 7
Employment by Medium and Large For-Hire Firms 1
1998	Company drivers	56,990	3,423	12,811	22,336	13,902	4,518
	Other company employees	42,274	4,196	7,906	17,526	9,654	2,992
	Total	99,264	7,619	20,717	39,862	23,556	7,510
1999	Company drivers	59,718	3,592	14,062	22,838	13,987	5,239
	Other company employees	48,558	4,035	8,157	20,061	12,842	3,463
	Total	108,276	7,627	22,219	42,899	26,829	8,702
2000	Company drivers	66,423	3,354	14,770	27,850	15,103	5,346
	Other company employees	47,839	4,221	8,449	20,887	10,624	3,658
	Total	114,262	7,575	23,219	48,737	25,727	9,004
2001	Company drivers	70,253	3,972	15,379	30,392	14,936	5,574
	Other company employees	47,343	4,153	8,216	21,381	9,968	3,625
	Total	117,596	8,125	23,595	51,773	24,904	9,199
2002	Company drivers	74,204	4,079	17,031	30,032	17,554	5,508
	Other company employees	49,044	4,332	9,625	20,673	10,867	3,547
	Total	123,248	8,411	26,656	50,705	28,421	9,055
2003 e	Company Drivers	74,997	4,113	16,667	32,192	17,399	4,626
	Other Company Employees	48,729	4,501	8,848	21,381	10,653	3,346
	Total	123,726	8,614	25,515	53,573	28,052	7,972
Employment by Small For-Hire Firms 2
1998	Company drivers	21,930	1,907	6,101	2,663	6,547	4,712
	Other company employees	7,563	706	2,153	1,218	2,200	1,286
	Total	29,493	2,613	8,254	3,881	8,747	5,998
1999	Company drivers	16,789	1,539	4,002	4,584	4,387	2,277
	Other company employees	6,754	504	2,256	1,461	1,597	936
	Total	23,543	2,043	6,258	6,045	5,984	3,213
2000	Company drivers	16,070	1,314	4,415	2,233	4,778	3,330
	Other company employees	5,258	353	1,524	1,019	1,357	1,005
	Total	21,328	1,667	5,939	3,252	6,135	4,335
2001	Company drivers	16,027	1,354	4,429	3,544	4,147	2,553
	Other company employees	6,975	859	1,443	2,231	1,436	1,006
	Total	23,002	2,213	5,872	5,775	5,583	3,559
2002	Company drivers	15,848	1,194	4,588	3,768	3,874	2,424
	Other company employees	7,988	323	2,125	2,409	2,169	962
	Total	23,836	1,517	6,713	6,177	6,043	3,386
2003 e	Company drivers	16,100	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Other company employees	8,100	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Total	24,200	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Employment by Owner Operators 3
1998	Drivers and other employees	89,209	7,965	13,432	30,267	24,780	12,765
1999	Drivers and other employees	82,795	7,470	16,147	25,250	22,612	11,316
2000	Drivers and other employees	77,896	7,622	14,163	26,341	19,663	10,107
2001	Drivers and other employees	78,219	6,009	16,414	24,165	21,312	10,319
2002	Drivers and other employees	78,783	6,595	16,793	24,179	20,742	10,474
2003 e	Drivers and other employees	79,500	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Delivery Drivers 4
1996	Drivers	97,410	6,000	25,755	38,130	14,325	13,200
1999	Drivers	98,901	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2000	Drivers	99,407	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2001	Drivers	99,915	5,195	28,880	38,015	14,290	13,535
2002	Drivers	100,405	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2003 e	Drivers	100,907	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Notes: N/A = Not Available        Full-time and part-time employees;

e = Estimated data for 2003 owner-operators and small for-hire carriers; Preliminary data for large for-hire

1 Includes Canadian-domiciled for-hire carriers with annual revenues of $1 million or more.

2 Includes Canadian-domiciled carriers with annual operating revenues between $30,000 and $1 million.

3 Includes Canadian-domiciled owner-operators with annual operating revenues of $30,000 or more.

4 Based on Census data in 1996 and 2001; estimated values for other years.

5 Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick

6 Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta.

7 British Columbia includes employment figures for the Territories (the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut).

Source: Statistics Canada, Trucking in Canada, Cat. 53-222; Service bulletin, Cat. 50-002, and special tabulations