NOC 2021 · 73300 · TEER 3
Transport truck drivers
Unit group 73300 of the National Occupational Classification, 2021 Version 1.0.
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What this group covers
Transport truck drivers drive straight trucks or tractor-trailers to transport freight. Long-haul truck drivers operate heavy trucks over urban, interurban, provincial and international routes, while short-haul and local transport truck drivers operate over urban and short interurban routes. They are employed by transportation, manufacturing, distribution and moving companies, and trucking employment service agencies, or they may be self-employed.
Example job titles
As Statistics Canada publishes them. Yours may be worded differently and still belong here.
- automobile carrier driver
- automobile transport driver
- bulk goods truck driver
- bulk milk truck driver
- cement truck driver - construction
- coal hauler (except underground mining)
- commercial driver
- commercial truck driver
- commercial vehicle operator
- dangerous goods truck driver
- dump truck driver
- dumpster truck driver
- escort - transportation
- explosives truck driver
- flatbed truck driver
- freight truck driver
- fuel oil truck driver
- gasoline truck operator
- gravel hauler
- gravel truck driver
- groceries long haul driver
- heavy truck driver
- hydrovac truck operator
- line-haul driver
- line-haul truck driver
- liquid fertilizer truck driver
- local truck driver
- log hauler
- log truck driver
- logging truck driver
- long combination vehicle (LCV) driver
- long distance truck driver
- long haul driver
- long haul tractor-trailer driver
- long haul transport driver
- long haul truck driver
- low-bed semi-trailer driver
- mobile cement mixer driver
- mobile concrete mixer driver
- mobile support equipment operator - Canadian Armed Forces
- moving truck driver
- moving van driver
- muskeg tractor operator
- oil transport driver
- professional truck driver
- ready-mix driver - construction
- ready-mix truck driver
- regional truck driver
- short haul truck driver
- shunt truck driver
- shunter - trucking
- shunter truck driver
- tank truck driver
- tow truck driver
- tractor-trailer truck driver
- transport driver
- transport truck driver
- truck driver
- truck mixer driver - construction
- truck operator
- truck owner operator
- trucker
- truck-trailer driver
What it pays, and where it is hiring
Job Bank publishes a wage estimate and a three-year employment outlook for each occupation, region by region. Both are below as published — where an estimate is missing from the source it is missing here too, because the alternative is inventing one.
Across Canada
$26.42 an hour
Low $19.45, high $37.00
Where it pays most
- Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House · Alberta$35.00
- Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River · Alberta$35.00
- Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake · Alberta$35.00
- North Coast · British Columbia$35.00
- Nechako · British Columbia$35.00
Economic regions only. A province’s figure is an average over the regions inside it, so including one would rank a province above its own best region and read as a finding.
By province and territory
| Where | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland and Labrador | $24.75 | $17.97 – $36.00 | Good |
| Prince Edward Island | $24.00 | $18.00 – $30.29 | Good |
| Nova Scotia | $24.00 | $18.00 – $30.00 | Good |
| New Brunswick | $23.00 | $17.00 – $32.00 | Good |
| Quebec | $25.20 | $19.45 – $34.50 | Limited |
| Ontario | $26.00 | $19.23 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Manitoba | $24.00 | $17.00 – $34.72 | Limited |
| Saskatchewan | $27.00 | $18.50 – $37.00 | Good |
| Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $42.31 | Moderate |
| British Columbia | $30.77 | $22.00 – $40.38 | Moderate |
| Yukon Territory | $34.00 | $26.50 – $43.27 | Moderate |
| Northwest Territories | $30.00 | $25.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Nunavut | $29.00 | $20.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
By economic region
The 72 economic regions where Job Bank publishes a wage or a rated outlook, of 72.
| Where | Province | Median hourly | Low to high | Outlook 2025–2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalon Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $24.20 | $17.97 – $32.00 | Good |
| South Coast--Burin Peninsula | Newfoundland and Labrador | $25.00 | $18.00 – $40.00 | Good |
| West Coast--Northern Peninsula--Labrador | Newfoundland and Labrador | $24.00 | $16.67 – $36.00 | Good |
| Notre Dame--Central Bonavista Bay | Newfoundland and Labrador | $25.00 | $18.00 – $40.00 | Good |
| Cape Breton | Nova Scotia | $21.00 | $16.50 – $33.00 | Good |
| North Shore | Nova Scotia | $25.00 | $18.50 – $38.46 | Good |
| Annapolis Valley | Nova Scotia | $24.00 | $17.63 – $30.00 | Good |
| Southern | Nova Scotia | $20.00 | $16.50 – $27.00 | Good |
| Halifax | Nova Scotia | $25.00 | $19.00 – $28.05 | Good |
| Campbellton--Miramichi | New Brunswick | $23.00 | $18.75 – $32.50 | Good |
| Moncton--Richibucto | New Brunswick | $23.95 | $17.00 – $34.12 | Good |
| Saint John--St. Stephen | New Brunswick | $23.68 | $17.00 – $30.00 | Good |
| Fredericton--Oromocto | New Brunswick | $20.00 | $15.65 – $28.50 | Good |
| Edmundston--Woodstock | New Brunswick | $22.50 | $17.00 – $27.00 | Good |
| Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Quebec | $26.00 | $20.00 – $36.54 | Limited |
| Bas-Saint-Laurent | Quebec | $25.00 | $19.00 – $35.71 | Moderate |
| Capitale-Nationale | Quebec | $25.25 | $20.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Chaudière-Appalaches | Quebec | $25.00 | $18.46 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Estrie | Quebec | $25.20 | $19.45 – $34.50 | Moderate |
| Centre-du-Québec | Quebec | $25.00 | $21.98 – $35.00 | Limited |
| Montérégie | Quebec | $25.00 | $19.75 – $33.00 | Moderate |
| Montréal | Quebec | $23.68 | $16.15 – $33.75 | Limited |
| Laval | Quebec | $25.00 | $19.75 – $35.20 | Limited |
| Lanaudière | Quebec | $27.00 | $20.00 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| Laurentides | Quebec | $27.00 | $21.50 – $36.06 | Moderate |
| Outaouais | Quebec | $27.63 | $18.29 – $37.60 | Limited |
| Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Quebec | $28.26 | $22.78 – $41.64 | Moderate |
| Mauricie | Quebec | $24.38 | $17.90 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Saguenay--Lac-Saint-Jean | Quebec | $27.00 | $18.00 – $35.00 | Moderate |
| Côte-Nord | Quebec | $29.00 | $23.00 – $35.00 | Limited |
| Nord-du-Québec | Quebec | $29.00 | $23.00 – $35.00 | Limited |
| Ottawa | Ontario | $26.00 | $20.00 – $32.00 | Moderate |
| Kingston--Pembroke | Ontario | $25.00 | $20.00 – $30.00 | Moderate |
| Muskoka--Kawarthas | Ontario | $25.00 | $18.00 – $32.05 | Moderate |
| Toronto | Ontario | $25.10 | $19.78 – $37.78 | Moderate |
| Kitchener--Waterloo--Barrie | Ontario | $28.00 | $20.00 – $34.75 | Moderate |
| Hamilton--Niagara Peninsula | Ontario | $26.00 | $19.23 – $38.00 | Moderate |
| London | Ontario | $25.00 | $19.60 – $34.62 | Moderate |
| Windsor--Sarnia | Ontario | $26.00 | $17.60 – $33.33 | Moderate |
| Stratford--Bruce Peninsula | Ontario | $28.00 | $23.00 – $38.46 | Moderate |
| Northeast | Ontario | $27.00 | $20.00 – $38.49 | Limited |
| Northwest | Ontario | $27.00 | $20.00 – $33.11 | Limited |
| Southeast | Manitoba | $25.00 | $20.95 – $34.00 | Moderate |
| South Central | Manitoba | $25.00 | $20.00 – $31.12 | Moderate |
| Southwest | Manitoba | $25.50 | $17.40 – $36.00 | Moderate |
| North Central | Manitoba | $26.32 | $21.00 – $31.49 | Moderate |
| Winnipeg | Manitoba | $24.00 | $17.00 – $34.72 | Limited |
| Interlake | Manitoba | $25.96 | $18.00 – $34.00 | Moderate |
| Parklands | Manitoba | $27.25 | $17.86 – $36.00 | Limited |
| North | Manitoba | $27.25 | $17.86 – $36.00 | Limited |
| Regina--Moose Mountain | Saskatchewan | $26.35 | $20.00 – $38.89 | Good |
| Swift Current--Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | $27.00 | $18.46 – $46.15 | Good |
| Saskatoon--Biggar | Saskatchewan | $27.00 | $19.78 – $35.00 | Good |
| Yorkton--Melville | Saskatchewan | $27.00 | $18.50 – $37.00 | Good |
| Prince Albert | Saskatchewan | $28.40 | $18.00 – $35.90 | Moderate |
| Northern | Saskatchewan | $28.40 | $18.00 – $35.90 | Moderate |
| Lethbridge--Medicine Hat | Alberta | $29.23 | $20.00 – $41.00 | Moderate |
| Camrose--Drumheller | Alberta | $30.00 | $24.00 – $39.00 | Moderate |
| Calgary | Alberta | $30.00 | $21.00 – $42.31 | Moderate |
| Banff--Jasper--Rocky Mountain House | Alberta | $35.00 | $23.35 – $44.00 | Moderate |
| Red Deer | Alberta | $30.50 | $21.00 – $44.00 | Moderate |
| Edmonton | Alberta | $28.85 | $21.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Athabasca--Grande Prairie--Peace River | Alberta | $35.00 | $23.35 – $44.00 | Moderate |
| Wood Buffalo--Cold Lake | Alberta | $35.00 | $26.00 – $55.00 | Limited |
| Vancouver Island and Coast | British Columbia | $32.45 | $22.00 – $42.50 | Moderate |
| Lower Mainland | British Columbia | $29.00 | $21.00 – $40.00 | Moderate |
| Thompson--Okanagan | British Columbia | $32.00 | $22.00 – $41.54 | Limited |
| Kootenay | British Columbia | $32.31 | $27.00 – $45.00 | Limited |
| Cariboo | British Columbia | $32.05 | $24.00 – $40.00 | Limited |
| North Coast | British Columbia | $35.00 | $26.31 – $40.00 | Limited |
| Nechako | British Columbia | $35.00 | $26.31 – $40.00 | Limited |
| Northeast | British Columbia | $35.00 | $24.00 – $44.00 | Limited |
Job Bank rates employment prospects for each occupation in each economic region from very good to very limited over 2025–2027, and says “undetermined” where it has not got enough to rate. It is an assessment of prospects, not a count of vacancies.
The estimates on this page come from Labour Force Survey (2023-2024) · Small Area Estimation (2024) · Employment Insurance Survey Data (2023-2024).
Job Bank publishes an estimate for 24,364 of the 44,376 occupation-and-place pairs in this release. The rest are suppressed rather than modelled, and appear here as not published.
Wage estimates from the 2025 Wages release, revised 19 November 2025; employment outlooks from 2025-2027 Employment Outlooks - NOC 2021, released 8 December 2025. Both are updated annually. Estimates for different regions come from different surveys, so comparing two regions is exactly as sound as Job Bank’s own regional comparison and no more.
Source: Statistics Canada — National Occupational Classification 2021 V1.0; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank wages; Employment and Social Development Canada — Job Bank 3-year employment outlooks. Data current as of 13 August 2026. NOC 2021 Version 1.0. The classification is versioned rather than dated — IRCC moved to it in November 2022, and a new version would be a new classification rather than an update.