Top Fleet Awards – Trucking HR Canada

HR Leader of the Year

This award celebrates and recognizes a human resource professional who exemplifies human resources practices within their organization. The award is presented annually to an individual who serves as an effective role model for other HR professionals in the trucking industry.

Achievement of Excellence for Community Engagement

Trucking HR Canada and the Trucks for Change Network worked together to develop this award that recognizes an organization that is a positive and active social force and whose corporate values emphasize partnerships that benefit the community. Fleets are evaluated on their community commitment and evidence of employer-supported outreach work, as well as activities that encourage employees to participate in charitable activities in their communities.

Achievement of Excellence for Employee Engagement

This award is presented annually to a Top Fleet Employer that has demonstrated a formal commitment towards supporting and engaging with their employees. Here, employee surveys often provide information about how an employer is doing, as do management approaches and communication practices. This includes things like open-door policies, staff meetings designed to garner employee feedback, recognition approaches, and more. It is evidenced by a workplace culture that values the opinions of employees, and acts on them.

Achievement of Excellence for HR Innovator

This award is presented annually to a Top Fleet Employer that has demonstrated a “thinking outside of the box” approach towards their HR initiatives. This means being a forward thinker about elements that may impact their organization, and being able to creatively come up with a beneficial solution. It can be a one-time initiative focused on one aspect of an HR plan, or an ongoing initiative that is unique or industry leading. Whether it is a new technology, or new idea, we want to learn about it.

Achievement of Excellence for HR Leadership

The Award of Excellence in HR Leadership celebrates a Top Fleet Employer of Distinction (at least five years as a TFE) that has consistently maintained high scores overall in established TFE application rating criteria, exemplifying Top Fleet Employer principles. The award recognizes long-term dedication toward HR excellence is presented to an industry leader that represents the best of HR practices worth emulating. Simply put, they put their words into action.

Achievement of Excellence for Training and Skills Development

This award is presented annually to a Top Fleet Employer that has demonstrated a formal commitment to supporting their employees through various professional and skills development, and by fostering a culture focused on continuous and ongoing training and learning. This includes offering career development opportunities and identifying key processes/programs for performance management and training across the entire organization.

Achievement of Excellence for Women in the Workplace

This award is presented annually to a Top Fleet Employer that has demonstrated a commitment to gender equality and ensuring women are represented and supported within their workplace. This includes things like targeted recruitment approaches designed to appeal to women, onboarding programs to support women drivers, supporting women in seeking coaching and mentoring opportunities, and/or supporting their professional development.

Achievement of Excellence for Workplace Culture

This achievement award is presented annually to the TFE that demonstrates an ongoing commitment to fostering a positive and productive work culture through deliberate programs, practices, and policies. THRC research shows more and more trucking and logistics companies are accessing resources to help in these efforts; workplaces that nurture their cultures increase retention and add resilience to better meet the needs of a changing workforce.

Achievement of Excellence for Workplace Diversity and Inclusion

This award is presented annually to a Top Fleet Employer that has demonstrated a formal commitment towards supporting employees regardless of age, sexual orientation, religion, race, color, gender, national origin, gender identity or expression, disability status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. This is evidenced through policies and approaches that promote a workplace environment inclusive of women, the needs of younger employees, and other under-represented groups including indigenous peoples, people with disabilities, visible minorities, and new Canadians.

**2025 Achievement of Excellence for Workplace Diversity & Inclusion**
Bison Transport

Achievement of Excellence for Workplace Wellness and Mental Health

This award is presented annually to a Top Fleet Employer with a demonstrated commitment to overall employee mental health in the workplace. This includes policies and practices that foster an environment where employees feel comfortable talking about mental health, and formal commitments like employee assistance plans, or supported leave provisions for employees in need of support.

Achievement of Excellence Awards

2024 Showcase

Award categories