doc1864

well I'm single and coach driver for several years fed up with the uk want to move out to Canada as a coach driver anyone know of any companies looking for drivers full Manual licence

Silverdragon102

Guess a lot will depend on where about's in Canada you want to move and whether coach driver is needed

Have you checked out the wiki?

ScottDrummer

Try greyhound, although you will need a visa to work for them.

doc1864

ill go anywhere in Canada

iaink

You can only swap standard car licenses (in most provinces..not BC), so you would have to retake the test here anyway.

There is a trucking specific forum here, not directly related, but there might be some useful info there too...

http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=118

Emmjay

I only know of three major coach companies in Canada

Brewsters - on the west coast - run out of Banff and down to Vancouver

Acadian Lines -based in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick - basically run all around the Maritimes.

and

Greyhound, which run across most of Canada

Hope this helps.

Emmjay

Aviator

You may have some luck with the transit companies hiring bus drivers on the foreign worker program. Long distance bus driving jobs are not so easy to come by, some also require the driver to be a tour guide.

livermanl

Motor Coach Industries in Winnipeg (although i'm not sure if this is a coach company or a company that builds coaches...)

iaink

There is always school buses, although I get the impression is never going to make anyone wealthy....

Elaine B.

Or tour buses for bands and their crews although I suspect most of those are based in the States.

Aviator

The joys of Google - Headquatered in Illinois, a bus manufacturer owned by Greyhound.

http://www.mcicoach.com/AboutUs/history.htm

Emmjay

I do not think school buses would be possible, at least not initially.

I am the daughter of a former UK coach driver and got talking to a Canadian Coach Driver back in May and,apparantly, you need a special licence to drive the yellow school buses.

He works for Acadian in Nova Scotia and has driven for them for years and even he cannot drive these.

Emmjay

triumphguy

Here in Calgary they are gagging for school bus drivers. They train you, but it's only part time.

You need a class 2 license to drive big coach/tour bus/ greyhound.

Other companies in the Calgary area are Brewsters and Red Arrow.

http://www.brewster.ca/

http://www.redarrow.ca/schedules/index.php

Good luck!

Edo

But why are you fed up with uk. C'mon it's not that bad.

MB-Realtor

It a Builder of Buses & Coaches.