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TABLE A2-28: AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS IN THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY, 2000 - 2006
(Current dollars)
  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 20061
Eastern Canada              
Newfoundland and Labrador 639 656 682 636 614 620 635
Prince Edward Island 533 551 580 617 614 572 598
Nova Scotia 584 598 624 631 692 713 731
New Brunswick 540 496 528 578 585 569 587
Quebec 581 584 604 628 630 643 667
Ontario 751 782 800 768 776 795 801
Western Canada              
Manitoba 682 703 736 729 702 732 733
Saskatchewan 621 639 665 660 663 660 677
Alberta 705 707 735 732 721 753 775
British Columbia 752 767 790 785 803 821 828
Yukon 616 638 N/A 645 795 956 1,083
Canada 680 693 716 712 716 735 750

Notes: N/A = Not Available; Average weekly earnings include overtime
Industries classified in accordance with the new North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). Truck transportation industries (NAICS 484) include General freight trucking (NAICS 4841) and Specialized freight trucking (NAICS 4842).

  1. Preliminary data for 2006.

Source: Statistics Canada, Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, Cat. 72-002; CANSIM Table 281-0026


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