Highlights

-Over 90% of goods moved within Manitoba depend on trucks.

–53% of Manitoba’s economy is derived from trade.

-Transportation and warehousing contributed 6.3% to Manitoba’s GDP in 2023.

-Manitoba’s for-hire trucking carriers earned approximately $4.0 billion in revenue in 2019.

-From 2019-2023, truck transportation grew by over $100 million dollars in Manitoba.

-The Manitoba trucking industry operates more than 15,000 power units and 20,000 trailers.

-Truck transportation accounts for over 28% of transportation and warehousing GDP across Canada.

-For domestic transportation, trucking is the preferred mode of transport.

-According to Statistics Canada, the trucking sector generated operating income that generated more than $67 billion in 2019.

–324,000 Canadians are employed as truck drivers in Canada.