Recognized as one of BC's Top Employers (2025):
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Feb 11, 2025)
Here are some of the reasons why Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. was selected as one of BC's Top Employers (2025):
- Arrow Transportation Systems helps employees plan ahead with retirement planning assistance services, along with a defined benefit pension plan -- and employees may be able to transition into life after work through phased-in retirement options
- Arrow Transportation Systems fosters workplace wellness through a dedicated mental health and wellness strategy and launched a mental health benefit, covering marriage and family therapists, clinical counsellors, psychotherapists, and social workers (to $1,000 annually)
- Arrow Transportation Systems bolsters ongoing development with tuition subsidies for job-related courses, subsidies for professional accreditation, and in-house apprenticeships and skilled trades programs -- and also supports the education of the next generation with post-secondary academic scholarships for children of employees (up to $3,500 per child per year)

A truck driver at Arrow Transportation Systems
(Photo credit:
Amelia Hillyard)

A truck driver at Arrow Transportation Systems
(Photo credit:
Amelia Hillyard)

A truck driver at Arrow Transportation Systems
(Photo credit:
Amelia Hillyard)
Highlights
Industry | Transportation, shipping and logistics |
Established in Canada | 1919 |
Parent company | Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. |
Parent company head office | Vancouver BC |
Major Canadian locations | Drayton Valley AB, Ingersoll ON, Fort St. James BC, Vermilion Bay ON, Calgary AB, Port Coquitlam BC, Richmond BC, Chilliwack BC, Prince George BC, Vancouver BC, Ashcroft BC, Kamloops BC, Quesnel BC, Grande Prairie AB, Athabasca AB, Saskatoon SK, Stewart BC, Peace River AB, Edmonton AB |
Full-time employees in Canada | 1,228 |
Part-time employees in Canada | 64 |
Average age of employees in Canada | 46 years |
Longest serving employee | 45 years |
Benefits note | Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. has multiple employee groups, the following programs and policies may vary by position |
Flexible work options | hybrid work option, flexible work hours, compressed work week, shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay), telecommuting |
Long-term savings | defined-benefit (DB) pension |
Health plan premium | as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 80% of the premiums |
Health spending account | up to $1,200 each year |
Mental health practitioner benefit | up to $1,000 each year |
Maternity top-up (mothers) | up to 80% of salary for 17 weeks |
Vacation allowance | new employees receive 2 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job |
Employee performance reviews | employees receive individual performance reviews every 12 months |
In-house training initiatives | apprenticeship/skilled trades programs, in-house training, online training, mentoring, leadership development programs, paid internships |
Related tuition subsidies | employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year |
Employee charitable involvement | employees are involved in selection of charities |