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TABLE A2-26: TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, 2000 - 2005
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2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004e |
2005e |
| For-Hire |
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| Medium and Large1 |
114,262 |
117,596 |
123,248 |
122,618 |
142,4176 |
151,015 |
| Small2 |
21,328 |
23,002 |
23,836 |
23,446 |
23,900 |
24,150 |
| Owner-operators3 |
77,896 |
78,219 |
78,783 |
74,855 |
77,000 |
78,500 |
| Subtotal4 |
213,486 |
218,817 |
225,867 |
220,919 |
243,3176 |
253,665 |
| Delivery drivers5 |
99,407 |
99,915 |
100,405 |
100,907 |
101,694 |
102,509 |
| Total |
312,893 |
318,732 |
326,272 |
321,826 |
345,0116 |
356,174 |
Notes: Full-time and part-time employees; e = Estimated data for 2004 and 2005
- Includes Canadian-domiciled for-hire carriers with annual operating revenues of $1 million or more.
- Includes Canadian-domiciled for-hire carriers with annual operating revenues greater than $30,000 and less than $1 million. Includes part-time employees.
- Includes Canadian-domiciled owner-operators with annual operating revenues of $30,000 or more.
- Excluding private trucking data as Statistics Canada’s Private Trucking survey was cancelled in 1999.
- Based on 1996 and 2001 Census data; estimated values for all years except 2001.
- Large increase in employment in 2004 is due to a 12 per cent increase in medium/large for-hire carriers (those earning annual revenues over $1 million) in 2004 over the carriers counted in 2003.
Source: Statistics Canada, Trucking in Canada, Cat. 53-222-XPB, Service Bulletin, Cat. 50-002, 1996 and 2001 Census, Special Tabulations and Transport Canada.
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