More Than 70% of Canada’s trade with the United States is moved by truck
Most Major U.S. markets are less than one day’s truck drive away from any Canadian border crossing
A truck crosses the Canada-U.S. border every 2.5 seconds
Trucks carry $30 million in exports/imports across the Canada/U.S. border every hour
There are close to 13,000 Canadain trucks using satellite communication
There are over 612,000 truck trips a week on the main highway network in Canada
Trucks carry 75%, by value, of all Canadian manufactured goodsIn 2002, 26 trucks a minute crossed the Canada-United States border.
For-hire trucking, private trucking and couriers represent a $48-billion industry.
There are 671,000 trucks in Canada, but only 163,000 of these are tractor-trailers hauling freight on the highways-most are straight trucks, used in urban areas or local hauling.
Close to one-third of a million people work in the trucking industry or drive trucks.
In the 2001 Census compiled by Statistics Canada, “truck driver” is the largest occupation listed for male Canadians.
1 per cent of all truck drivers are male.
The largest Internet-based load-matching service lists about 40,000 available loads a day.
From 1994 to 1998, trucks were only 4 per cent of vehicles involved in collisions. They did, however, make up 11 per cent of vehicles involved in fatal collisions.
Between 1994 and 1998, the collision rate for trucks involved in fatal collisions declined by 16.5 per cent and the collision rate for trucks involved in injury collisions declined by 12.1 per cent.
For-hire trucking adds 2.4 times more to Canada’s gross domestic product than rail (passenger & freight).
The value of exports and the value of imports carried by truck have grown at annual rates of 11 per cent and 9 per cent respectively since 1992.
Trucks registered in Canada account for 70 per cent of cross-border trucking activity.
Trucks’ demand for energy has been growing by 4.6 per cent a year since 1990, versus a total growth in energy demand of only 1.6 per cent a year.
Ontario, with 38 per cent of the Canadian population, accounts for 40 per cent of truck travel, 41 per cent of for-hire trucking revenues, 54 per cent of the total for-hire international truck tonnage, and 63 per cent of all truck trips that cross the Canada-United States border.
The average truck on the highway weighs 24.2 tonnes and carries a payload of 14.1 tonnes-but, there is a lot of variation above and below these averages.
By 2007, truck engines will only be emitting about 2 per cent of the particulates (small, sooty bits) and oxides of nitrogen that they did in 1987.
There are about 26,000 trucks in Canada with satellite-based tracking and messaging services.
