DRIVERS' SHORTAGE * Canada - More immigrants finding work in transport sector

Newcomers to Canada continue to flood the transportation sector, according to Stats Canada's newest Immigrant Labour Market report

Ottawa,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -13 May 2008: -- ... While most employment growth for immigrants aged 25 to 54 was in the service sector in 2007, the transportation sector -- including the truck, bus and cab industries -- saw a notable gain of 19,000 immigrant workers last year... Among the various age groups, older immigrants aged 55 and over posted very strong gains, increasing 9.3 percent and overshadowing the pace of 6.5 percent for Canadian-born older workers... The employment rate gap between immigrants and Canadian born workers continues to widen... For young immigrants aged 15 to 24, employment rose only 2 percent, virtually the same rate as for Canadian-born youth... Overall, employment among immigrants aged 25 to 54, that is, core working age, increased 2.1 percent in 2007, thanks in large part to gains among immigrants in Quebec (plus 28,000)... (Picture: The employment rate gap between immigrants and Canadian born workers continues to widen.)