Careers In Transportation

Canada is poised for a dynamic future in transportation. New opportunities and challenges will arise as the industry adapts to changing demographics, technological advances and changing skills requirements for the Canadian workforce. The transportation sector offers exciting and rewarding work. The sector must continue to attract qualified and highly skilled workforce entrants in order for transportation to continue to play its key role as an economic enabler and to maintain the quality of life for all Canadians now and in the future. 

Transport Canada is committed to working with the transportation sector, universities and colleges, other governments and other federal departments to ensure the continued availability of a world-class, highly skilled workforce for the transportation sector. 

To access information about a potential career or a field of study in transportation please choose from the following links: 

• Transport Canada / Federal Public Service
• Transportation Sector Stakeholders - Sector Councils
• Transportation Industry Associations / Representatives
  • Air
  • Marine
  • Rail
  • Surface
  • Additional Industry Associations
• Special Interest Groups
• Academic Community
  • Academic Organizations
  • Federal Granting Councils
  • Educational Institutions
  • Other Educational Institutions

Transport Canada / Federal Public Service 

• Transport Canada
  • A Job in Transportation: The Ultimate Destination!
  • Transport Canada's e-Recruitment Centre
• Public Service Commission of Canada
• Community of Federal Regulators (CFR)

Transportation Sector Stakeholders - Sector Councils 

Transportation Sector Councils represent both employee and employer groups, and bring together representatives from business, labour, education, other professional organizations, and government to identify issues and to implement long-term, human resources planning and skills development strategies for the transportation sector. 

There are currently four transportation Sector Councils: 

• The Canadian Automotive Repair and Service (CARS) Council
  The Canadian Automotive Repair and Services Network (CARS) Network includes the CARS Council, representing management in the automotive industry, and the CARS Institute, which acts on behalf of automotive repair and service employees. 

• Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC)
  The Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council represents the aviation maintenance and aerospace manufacturing industry. 

• Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council (CSCSC)
  The CSCSC was established with the following mandate: to identify and assess the impact of new and emerging technologies, innovations and conditions that have the greatest impact on the supply chain sector, and to develop an appropriate strategic human resources action plan for Canadian industry and academia.

• The Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC)
  The Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council's mission is to assist the Canadian trucking industry to recruit, train and retain the human resources needed to meet current and long-term requirements.

• The Motor Carrier Passenger Council of Canada
  The Motor Carrier Passenger Council works closely with both industry and government partners in promoting and improving human resource standards for bus transportation in Canada.

Transportation Industry Associations / Representatives 

Air

• Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC)
• Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC)
• Canadian Airports Council (CAC)
• IAAE Canada (International Association of Airport Executives)

Marine

• Association of Canadian Port Authorities (ACPA)
• Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA)
• Chamber of Maritime Commerce (CMC)
• Chamber of Shipping of British Columbia
• Shipping Federation of Canada
• St. Lawrence Economic Development Council (SODES)
• St. Lawrence Shipoperators

Rail

• Railway Association of Canada (RAC)

Surface

• Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA)
• Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA)
• Ontario Motor Coach Association (OMCA)
• Ontario School Bus Association (OSBA)
• Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) - Career Highways
• Private Motor Truck Council of Canada (PMTC)
• Québec Bus Owners Association (APAQ)

Additional Industry Associations

• Transportation Association of Canada (TAC)
• Western Transportation Advisory Council (WESTAC) 
  

Special Interest Groups 

• Buckley Search Inc.
• Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME)
• Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF)
• Intelligent Transportation Systems of Canada (ITS Canada)
• Van Horne Institute

Academic Community 

Academic organizations

• Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC)
• Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)
  

Federal Granting Councils

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
  Canada's premier health research funding agency funds over 8,500 researchers in universities, teaching hospitals, and research institutes across Canada.

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) 
  Supports the development of highly qualified Canadians involved in science and engineering studies and research. NSERC invests millions of dollars in transportation-related Research and Development (R&D). Their annual transportation-related expenditure of $15 million supports more than 300 professors and approximately 300 students at various Canadian universities. 

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
  Supports research on the economic, political, social and cultural dimensions of human activity. SSHRC-funded research fuels innovative thinking about real life issues, including the economy, education, transportation and the environment. 
  

Educational Institutions

• Carleton University. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Transport Technology Research Laboratory. (Ottawa, Ontario)
• École Polytechnique de Montréal. Département de génie civil. Groupe MADITUC (Modèle d'Analyse Désagrégée des Itinéraires de Transport Urbain Collectif). (Montreal, Quebec)
• McMasterUniversity, Institute for Transportation and Logistics. (Hamilton, Ontario)
• McMaster University, School of Geography & Earth Sciences. Spatial Analysis. (Hamilton, Ontario)
• Memorial University. Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Ocean and Naval Architectural Engineering. (Saint John's, Newfoundland and Labrador)
• Memorial University. Marine Institute. Centre for Marine Simulation. (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) 
• Memorial University. Marine Institute. Offshore Survival and Safety Centre (OSSC) (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador) 
• Ryerson University. Department of Civil Engineering. Research - Transportation (Toronto, Ontario) 
• Université de Montreal. Centre for Research on Transportation. (Montreal, Quebec) 
• Université Laval. Interdisciplinary Research Group on Mobility, Environment and Safety (GRIMES). (Quebec, Quebec)
• University of British Columbia. Centre for Transportation Studies. (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• University of Manitoba - Transport Institute (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
• University of Waterloo. Department of Civil Engineering. Transportation Systems Research Group (Waterloo, Ontario)

Other Educational Institutions

• British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) - School of Transportation
• College of the North Atlantic
• Durham College, Whitby Campus - Skills Training Centre
• Institut maritime du Québec - Cégep de Rimouski - Note: the site is available in French only
• Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST)