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Transportation in Canada 2003
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TABLE A2-24: TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY BY REGION, 1997 - 2002
    Canada Atlantic
Region 6		 Quebec Ontario Prairie
Provinces 7		 British
Columbia 8
Employment by Medium and Large For-Hire Firms 1
1997 Company drivers 51,256 3,100 10,519 20,779 12,520 4,338
  Other company employees 40,397 3,467 6,858 17,209 9,728 3,135
  Total 91,653 6,567 17,377 37,988 22,248 7,473
1998 Company drivers 52,739 3,132 11,989 20,793 12,854 3,971
  Other company employees 39,685 3,907 7,295 16,626 9,120 2,737
  Total 92,424 7,039 19,284 37,419 21,974 6,708
1999 Company drivers 56,037 3,399 12,629 21,741 13,311 4,957
  Other company employees 46,600 3,954 7,492 19,445 12,418 3,291
  Total 102,637 7,353 20,121 41,186 25,729 8,248
2000 Company drivers 62,582 3,106 13,732 26,892 14,177 4,675
  Other company employees 45,656 4,126 7,634 20,388 10,227 3,281
  Total 108,238 7,232 21,366 47,280 24,404 7,956
2001 Company drivers 66,528 3,821 14,275 29,374 14,083 4,975
  Other company employees 45,191 4,081 7,511 20,763 9,524 3,312
  Total 111,719 7,902 21,786 50,137 23,607 8,287
2002 Company drivers 69,066 3,908 15,644 28,495 16,307 4,712
  Other company employees 46,966 4,252 8,775 20,162 10,520 3,257
  Total 116,032 8,160 24,419 48,657 26,827 7,969
Employment by Small For-Hire Firms 2
1997 Company drivers 18,449 1,320 5,491 3,550 5,287 2,801
  Other company employees 7,175 591 1,574 1,715 2,128 1,167
  Total 25,624 1,911 7,065 5,265 7,415 3,968
1998 Company drivers 21,210 1,680 5,702 3,454 5,785 4,589
  Other company employees 6,483 642 1,690 1,260 1,983 908
  Total 27,693 2,322 7,392 4,714 7,768 5,497
1999 Company drivers 16,964 1,183 4,509 4,896 4,161 2,215
  Other company employees 5,598 279 1,377 1,660 1,439 843
  Total 22,562 1,462 5,886 6,556 5,600 3,058
2000 Company drivers 16,780 1,162 4,507 2,755 5,022 3,334
  Other company employees 6,206 326 1,913 1,273 1,455 1,239
  Total 22,986 1,488 6,420 4,028 6,477 4,573
2001 5 Company drivers N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
  Other company employees N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
  Total N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2002 5 Company drivers N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
  Other company employees N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
  Total N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Employment by Private Carriers 3
1997/1998 e Company drivers 12,380 566 3,304 5,261 1,790 1,459
  Other company employees 5,212 154 1,596 2,326 469 667
  Total 17,592 720 4,900 7,587 2,259 2,126
Employment by Owner Operators 2
1997 Drivers and other employees 64,242 5,692 12,566 18,556 17,985 9,443
1998 Drivers and other employees 63,304 5,484 10,357 21,396 17,259 8,808
1999 Drivers and other employees 60,488 5,597 12,203 17,739 16,665 8,284
2000 Drivers and other employees 58,990 5,768 11,835 20,453 14,688 6,246
2001 5 Drivers and other employees N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2002 5 Drivers and other employees N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Delivery Drivers 4
1997 e Drivers 97,898 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1998 e Drivers 98,398 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1999 e Drivers 98,901 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2000 e Drivers 99,407 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
2001 Drivers 99,915 5,195 28,880 38,005 14,290 13,535
2002 e Drivers 100,405 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

e = Estimate    N/A = Not Available    Full-time employees;
Other Employees: maintenance and garage, terminal and other employees.

  1. Includes Canadian-domiciled for-hire carriers with annual revenues of $1 million or more.
  2. Includes Canadian-domiciled carriers with annual revenues of $30,000 or more.
  3. Statistics Canada's Private Trucking Survey suspended in 1999 until further notice.
  4. Based on Census data; estimated values for 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002.
  5. Data not available for 2001 and 2002 due to major revisions under Statistics Canada's annual Small For-Hire Trucking Survey.
  6. Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick.
  7. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta.
  8. 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.
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