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 account work for health and social services. Winter is the defining condition: temperatures well below minus thirty, wind, ice and the need for vehicles that start and stop reliably, which is why four-wheel-drive vehicles appear in the tasks. A driver who knows the neighbourhoods, the hospital and airport arrangements and the Perimeter Highway will be dispatched more, and one who is calm with difficult passengers will keep the job.

The experience requirement and the checks

The posting requires one to two years' experience, which the employer will read as professional driving of some kind: taxi, delivery, courier, shuttle, rideshare or commercial driving. Document it with dates and employers. The checks the city licence requires, a criminal record check with vulnerable-sector search from the Winnipeg Police Service, a child abuse registry check from the province and a driver's abstract from MPI, take days to weeks, so order them before the interview rather than after the offer. Manitoba Public Insurance's abstract is available online. A single-vacancy employer is choosing one person, and the applicant whose licence and checks are ready has the advantage. The rideshare driver course covers the licensing basics, and the blog post on rideshare driver safety practices covers the habits that keep a record clean.

What the Indigenous-support statements in the posting mean

The posting includes a block of statements about the employer's support for Indigenous workers: participation in programmes that support Indigenous people, mentorship, coaching and networking opportunities,



relationships with Indigenous communities and businesses, a welcoming work environment and access to Elders for support and guidance. Job Bank lets employers declare these commitments, and their presence signals both that the company serves Winnipeg's large Indigenous community, one of the largest urban Indigenous populations in Canada, and that Indigenous applicants are actively welcome. For any applicant, it tells you something about the clientele: trips to and from the North End, the health and social services that serve the community, and the respect and patience the work requires. Ask at interview what the mentorship and community relationships involve in practice, because they say a positive deal about how the company treats its drivers.

Deliveries, parcels and the non-passenger side of the job

Provide pick-up and delivery services on request appears in the tasks, and in a dispatched Winnipeg taxi that means parcels, pharmacy prescriptions, restaurant orders, documents and the occasional vehicle part, dispatched between passenger trips and paid on the meter or on account. It fills the quiet hours of a day shift and is part of why a full-time hourly role in a dispatched fleet is steadier than app driving, where the platform decides whether you are busy. Ask how delivery work is assigned and paid, whether drivers can decline it and how the four-wheel-drive vehicles are used for it in winter. The blog post on rideshare driver safety practices covers the habits that keep both passenger and delivery trips uneventful.

Preparing for the interview

Taxi companies interview for reliability, local knowledge and temperament with difficult passengers, which the posting names. Expect questions about an intoxicated or non-paying fare, a passenger who becomes unwell, a whiteout on the Perimeter, an address you do not know and whether you can work weekends and overtime. Bring your licence, your MPI abstract, the criminal record and child abuse registry checks or their receipts, your city licence or application, your diploma and references. Ask your own questions: how shifts are rotated, whether the vehicle is assigned, how fares and tips are handled, what the dispatch system is, what training is provided and how the four-wheel-drive vehicles are used.

Frequently asked questions

How much does the Maple Leaf Transit taxi driver job pay?

$19.00 an hour for 35 to 40 hours a week, full-time, with overtime available, according to the Job Bank posting. One position is open.

What experience is required?

One year to less than two years, plus a secondary school graduation certificate. The employer will read professional driving of any kind as relevant experience.

What licence do I need to drive a taxi in Winnipeg?

A City of Winnipeg vehicle-for-hire driver's licence, which requires a Manitoba Class 4 licence, a criminal record check with vulnerable-sector search, a child abuse registry check, an MPI driver's abstract and the city's training.

Is the vehicle supplied?

The posting describes an employed taxi driver operating the company's vehicles, including four-wheel-drive vehicles, so fuel, insurance and maintenance are the company's costs. Confirm at interview.

When does the posting close?

The Job Bank posting is advertised until September 30, 2026. Apply early, because employers often fill positions before the closing date.

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