{"id":9437,"date":"2026-04-29T16:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T16:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/?p=9437"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:38:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:38:57","slug":"trucking-workforce-shrinks-thrc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/trucking-workforce-shrinks-thrc\/","title":{"rendered":"Trucking Workforce Shrinks: THRC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada\u2019s trucking and logistics&nbsp;sector employed 13,400 fewer workers in March 2026 compared to&nbsp;March 2025 \u2014 a decrease of 1.8 percent, reports THRC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Employment of transport truck drivers fell by 7.3%&nbsp;in the same period, shedding 23,600 jobs. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese employment numbers are part of a trend of decreasing employment, especially for truck drivers, compared to the previous year,\u201d says Craig Faucette, Chief Operating Officer at Trucking HR Canada.&nbsp; \u201cThe decline in employment, including driver employment, underscores the importance of targeted workforce strategies, and THRC is committed to providing the insights and solutions employers need to respond effectively.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/truckinghr.com\/2026\/04\/28\/trucking-workforce-shrinks-as-driver-employment-drops-7-3-year-over-year\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s trucking and logistics&nbsp;sector employed 13,400 fewer workers in March 2026 compared to&nbsp;March 2025 \u2014 a decrease of 1.8 percent, reports THRC.&nbsp; Employment of transport truck drivers fell by 7.3%&nbsp;in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[232,541,210],"class_list":["post-9437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-labour-hr-driver-shortage","tag-employees","tag-jobs","tag-trucking-hr-canada"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9437"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9438,"href":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9437\/revisions\/9438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}