Taxi Driver: Maple Leaf Transit in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Taxi Driver: Maple Leaf Transit in Winnipeg, Manitoba

MAPLE LEAF TRANSIT Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Start Date09/17/2026

Maple Leaf Transit is advertising for a full-time taxi driver in Winnipeg, Manitoba through the Government of Canada's Job Bank at $19.00 an hour for 35 to 40 hours a week, with day and weekend shifts, flexible hours and overtime available, for an applicant with one to two years' experience and a high-school diploma. The workplace is on the road across Winnipeg, the posting lists operating four-wheel-drive vehicles among the tasks, and it is open until September 30, 2026. It is a single vacancy, which means the employer is hiring one dependable full-time driver rather than a pool. This listing outlines the posting says, what Winnipeg's vehicle‑for‑hire licensing requires, what the work involves in the city and

how to apply
through the official Job Bank link.

The role as posted

The Job Bank posting is for the occupation the federal classification calls taxi driver, with Maple Leaf Transit as the employer and Winnipeg, on the road, as the work location, with the note that work locations may vary and that frequent or constant travel is required. The wage is stated as $19.00 an hour for 35 to 40 hours a week, the terms are permanent full-time employment with day and weekend shifts, flexible hours and overtime available, and the start is as soon as possible. One position is open. The education requirement is a secondary school graduation certificate and the experience requirement is one year to less than two years. The posting also describes the employer's support for Indigenous workers, including mentorship and community relationships. Everything in this listing is drawn from the posting; the official Job Bank posting is the authoritative text and the only place to apply.

What the posting lists as tasks

• clean and make minor repairs to the vehicle
• pick up passengers and drive them to destinations
• assist passengers with luggage and in boarding
• take the vehicle for servicing
• collect fares
• record transactions
• provide pick-up and delivery services on request
• attend to complaints or difficult passengers
• operate four-wheel-drive vehicles

Pay, hours and overtime

At $19.00 an hour for 35 to 40 hours, the role grosses $665 to $760 a week before deductions, with overtime available above that under Manitoba's employment standards, which require overtime pay after 40 hours in a week or 8 in a day for most employees. The posting does not list gratuities as a benefit, so ask at interview whether tips are kept by the driver, pooled or absorbed into the hourly rate, and whether the hourly rate is a guarantee against fares or a straight wage. Ask also how day and weekend shifts are rotated, whether the vehicle is assigned to you or shared, and what the overtime pattern looks like in practice. Because the vehicle is the company's, fuel, insurance and maintenance are not your costs, which makes $19.00 an hour worth more than a nominally higher own-vehicle rate. The DriverPartners.net blog has posts on tracking expenses and on driver safety that apply.

Winnipeg's vehicle-for-hire licence

Winnipeg has regulated taxis and vehicles for hire itself since the province transferred the responsibility in 2018, under the city's Vehicle for Hire By-law administered by the Vehicle for Hire office. A taxi driver in Winnipeg needs a city vehicle-for-hire driver's licence, which requires a valid Manitoba Class 4 driver's licence, a criminal record check with vulnerable-sector search, a child abuse registry check, a driver's abstract from Manitoba Public Insurance, completion of the city's required training and a fee; the vehicle is licensed separately by the company. The posting does not list the licence, but it is a legal requirement for the work and the employer will expect it or expect you to obtain it. Check the city's current requirements, because they change, and ask Maple Leaf Transit whether it assists with the application. Manitoba's Class 4 licence involves a knowledge test, a road test and a medical, and a driver holding only a Class 5 should start that process immediately. The Canada hub on DriverPartners.net lists drivers and employers across Manitoba.

Driving a taxi in Winnipeg

Winnipeg is a compact city of the prairies with a dense downtown, a ring of established neighbourhoods and newer suburbs to the south and west, an international airport a short drive from the centre, major hospitals near the core and a large Indigenous community whose transport needs the posting's language about Indigenous workers reflects. Taxi demand runs across the airport, the hospitals, the downtown entertainment district, the university campuses, the casinos and the suburban trips that transit does not serve well, with heavy