A shortage of truck drivers leads to an urgent scouting for drivers. Canada is facing a very acute shortage of truck drivers affecting the logistics
A shortage of truck drivers leads to an urgent scouting for drivers.
Canada is facing a very acute shortage of truck drivers affecting the logistics industry across Canada. There have been many factors propelling this shortage. The major factors include the high number of truck drivers who voluntarily retired during the COVID-19 pandemic, the high number of aging truck drivers who retired or are about to retire, the increase in delivery services as well as the drop in interest in people entering the sector. According to the 2021 Labour Market Snapshot of Trucking HR Canada, there were 18,000 vacant positions in the truck driving sector in Canada in the second quarter of 2021. The report says that in Canada, the trucking and logistics industry moves over $850 billion in products to domestic and export markets. Even before the onset of the global pandemic, the Forest Products Association of Canada estimated that the truck driver shortage was costing the industry approximately $450 million in lost productivity.
Truck driving is a very crucial factor in the Canadian supply chain and has a heavy impact on the national economy when there are disruptions and labor shortages.
Move to Canada under Express Entry as a truck driver
With the recent decision to recognize truck drivers for Express Entry, truckers from all over the wold are welcome to try to become Permanent Residents through this program.
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