Job prospects Shipper-receiver in Ontario

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Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "shipper-receiver" in Ontario or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Ontario

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Prospects over the next 3 years

The employment outlook will be Limited for shippers and receivers (NOC 14400) in Ontario for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment decline will lead to the loss of some positions.
• Several positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are several unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

What Types of Employers Are Out There?

• Manufacturing, with leading shares in food, transportation equipment, and fabricated metal product facilities
• Retail and wholesale trade, mainly at general merchandise stores, machinery, equipment and supplies, and building material wholesalers
• Warehousing and storage

What are the Main Trends Affecting Employment?

• Expansions of warehousing facilities across Ontario   
• Prevalence of e-commerce activities   
• However, the general slowdown in the economy will constrain job prospects

What Skills Do I Need to Succeed?

• A forklift certificate is a common requirement in job postings.

Here are some key facts about shippers and receivers in Ontario:

• Approximately 44,550 people work in this occupation.
• Shippers and receivers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Other retail stores (NAICS 44-45, except 445): 21%
  • Other transportation and warehousing (NAICS 482-483, 486, 487, 493): 18%
  • Wholesale trade (NAICS 41): 15%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 88% compared to 81% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 12% compared to 19% for all occupations
• 64% of shippers and receivers work all year, while 36% work only part of the year, compared to 63% and 37% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 43 weeks compared to 43 weeks for all occupations.
• Less than 5% of shippers and receivers are self-employed compared to an average of 15% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: 76% compared to 52% for all occupations
  • Women: 24% compared to 48% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 15% compared to 9% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 49% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: 6% compared to 8% for all occupations
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 17% compared to 22% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: 10% compared to 24% for all occupations
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: less than 5% compared to 13% for all occupations

Breakdown by region

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Source Labour Market Information | Prospects Methodology