Any advice for an American looking to become a Canadian?

Yeah,don't

 

The US is in much better shape than we are in Canada IMO. I know a few people that have already got a visa and are headed south.

 

Honestly, Canadian CDL Drivers and O/O don't earn what Americans do unless you're with UPS, FedEx or Canadian courier companies like Purolator or Canpar. Even then factor in the cost of living, housing costs (buying or renting) etc. Everything has doubled especially food costs. I guess with fuel prices dropping the Canadian government is making it up one way or another. Crime and Health care use to be reasonable but chaos has taken that away as of late. You can't even protect yourself without getting charged in Ontario, Canada.



With everything going on in Canada's trucking industry being around 85% foreigners. I feel that its been a win for the past two months once the American Government imposed the English Proficiency law. Its changed a lot of things on the Canadian side because Freight Brokers are being told by Shippers to use English speaking Carriers. The President did the best thing ever even for the Canadian born English speaking trucker. I'm a Canadian born trucker who feels foreign in my own country so that should tell you something. The Canadian trucking industry that has cross border carriers survive on the exchange rate difference regarding Freight loads on staying in the green or close to it. With most of the new Canadians operating off of work visas the Majority have to run Canadian lanes alone. Factor in the abundance because of their obsession with Trucks, and lowballing rates. Even the drivers RPM dropped from averaging $0.67/cpm to $0.50/cpm. The flood gates have already opened and drowning the system of Canadian Trucking opposed to the mid 2000's.

This video says a lot

 

It's no good to go to Canada. You'll miss Trump.

 

If you're worried about cost of living most of the places you want to move to are among the most expensive in the country.

 

Right now is a horrible time for anyone looking to get into trucking in Canada . Why because it’s extremely slow and no one is hiring. I’ve applied to 7 different jobs that pay more than your average $23-27 a hr for local work and i’m not getting any response back . That’s with me driving since 2008 with a clean record

. The large mega carriers aren’t hiring newbies right now they all want 1 year experience. Also i hate to to break it to you but UPS, purolator, canpar are all union shops and are not easy to get hired on for full time . Especially as a newbie with no experience , everyone can cherry pick who they hire because there’s more drivers looking for work then demand for drivers . I know for a fact purolator likes to use and abuse you then get rid of you before your probation period is up .ive also heard ups is more or less the same and there starting wages are a joke somewhere around $21 a hr . Ups here in canada isn’t like the usa where drivers make $200k .

cost of living in any major city in canada is insanely high and don’t forget the high income tax we pay plus 13% sales tax on just about everything in ontario . You’re way better off staying in America even with having to deal with the orange devil right now . there’s so much more opportunities to make a decent wage in trucking . I know there’s lots of drivers working for the big ltl companies marking well over a $100k a year doing line haul . That’s pretty rare on this side of the boarder

 

Well since you stuck on moving here start searching for a reasonable paying company now. And yes, I understand the states has inflation with food, cost of living such certain places for rebt and mortgage etc. I just left Fort Wayne, IN And the amount of trucks I see right through waiting for loads just shows how bad things are. Howver, the States still controls the volume of Freight from purchasing power. Certain areas are way better the others and reloads beconea challenge for trucking companies. Understanding The Canadian Trucking Industry from a real life perspective from Canadian truckers puts it into perspective of what to expect.