Key Takeaways
- Total industry revenue reached $68.4 billion CAD in 2022
- Operating expenses as % of revenue averaged 92.5% for for-hire carriers in 2022
- Fuel costs accounted for 28% of total operating expenses in 2023 Q1
- In 2022, the Canadian trucking industry employed approximately 292,400 workers, representing 2.3% of total Canadian employment
- Driver shortages affected 81% of Canadian trucking companies in 2023, with an estimated need for 42,000 additional drivers
- Women make up only 6.5% of heavy truck drivers in Canada as of 2021
- Active commercial vehicle fleet totaled 162,000 tractor-trailers in 2022
- Average age of Canadian trucking fleet is 8.7 years in 2023
- 42% of fleet vehicles are equipped with ELDs as mandated in 2023
- Trucking industry moved 72.6% of land freight tonnage in 2021 (439 million tonnes)
- Cross-border trade by truck valued at $1.2 trillion CAD annually 2022
- Average truckload volume for dry van: 22 tonnes per trip in 2023
- Crash rate for heavy trucks was 1.2 per million km traveled in 2021
- 15% of fatal crashes involve trucks, but trucks are only 4% of vehicles
- Hours-of-service violations totaled 12,500 in audits 2022
In 2022, trucking generated $68.4B CAD revenue while profit margins averaged just 4.2%.
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