We are thinking of moving to Canada in the not too distant future

To be honest I have been thinking of doing it since I served there in the Army 20 years ago. Unfortunately whenever I have filled out one of the online assessments (which I tend to do every 6 months or so in case the cut-off score has changed ), I have never been able to obtain a high enough score.

Anyway I went out last month and passed my class 1 HGV licence, knowing that this is a trade for which they seem to be recruiting heavily through the PNP program.

It would be great to hear from any other UK truckers thinking of moving to Canada.

Ian.

Hello and welcome.

Hi Ian,
Trucking now has its own dedicated area of the Forum (if you go to the main Forum page, it's in the section "working abroad by profession" towards the bottom of the page). There are plenty of people contemplating the move, in the process of moving, or now here in Canada. You may find some helpful advice (and friendly warnings) in there!!

Welcome and good luck!

Hello!

What part of Canada are you thinking of?

I have a class1 HGV, and was thinking of going over as a driver - but as I've been in maintenance for a while now, I think I'll stick to that as should be more money in the longrun, and I want to be home each night ect......

I haven't been on BE long, but it didn't take too long to figure out that some people will try and put you off working and living in Canada - although there are lots of people on here, with lots of great advice to offer.

Good luck

Chris

The only stupid questions are the ones you dont ask,,so ask away,and dont be shy Welcome to BE and the mine field of immigrating to canada as a trucker,

No matter what you do, if you have a dream of moving to Canada, don't be put off by nay sayers. We came over on a whim, just fancied something different, we stayed focused, as far as we were concerned there was never the possibility we would not do it, nothing was going to put us off. In reality there were a few things that could have stopped us, such as Canada Immigration, but we put that to the back of our minds. Put together the best case we could and it paid off, that was over 12 years ago.

We are still here on the West Coast, basking in the glorious September sunshine. Best move we ever made, there is no possibility we would ever return to the UK. We feel very fortunate.

Life here is like everywhere, it's what you make of it. There are lots of opportunities and space, even if you're in a city, open space is not far away. It's not a bed of roses, but it is as good as we think we'll find.

We met a guy who had been here 20 years, told how badly Canada had treated him. My feeling, it may have been the other way round. You get out what you put in. Luck is seeing opportunity and seizing it.