Latest Update: June 19, 2025 - Catch up on the latest industry news and announcements
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Here are the latest Industry Headlines. Read more news in the links below.
- *new* IAM: Department of Defense Cancels GHC. On Wednesday, June 18, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that it was canceling the Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) for cause saying that HomeSafe Alliance had demonstrated an "inability to fulfill their obligations." Here's a link to the Federal News Network report and here's a link to the DoD release. (June 19, 2025)
- Federal News Network (USA): DoD orders ‘immediate’ changes to troubled PCS moving program, replaces senior official - In a memo, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the department to address "deficiencies" in the multibillion dollar Global Household Goods Contract (GHC). (May 21, 2025)
- Insurance Business: Western Financial partners with CAM for business insurance and employee benefits (May 8, 2025)
- IAM: DoD Moving Season 2025: What’s at Stake? (April 24, 2025)
- Supermove partnered with Drive Research to bring you the 2025 edition of the State of Moving & Storage Report. A lot has changed since their last survey in 2022. Costs are up, demand is shifting, and movers are adapting fast. What’s working? What’s not? They surveyed 130+ moving companies to uncover their biggest challenges, goals, and strategies for growth in 2025. The insights might surprise you. (February 25, 2025)
- Atlas® Van Lines in the USA has released its 2024 Migration Patterns Study revealing key trends and insights for the moving industry. Atlas Van Lines Canada data shows that it is the central provinces that are more outbound, while inbound provinces are located in the north and east. The top three inbound regions were Northwest Territories, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, whereas the top three outbound provinces were Ontario, Manitoba, and Quebec. (2024)
- Statistics Canada: Canada's population estimates, third quarter 2024. International migration (including permanent and temporary immigration) continued to drive population growth in Canada. (December 17, 2024)
- Transport Topics: CN and CPKC Initiate Lockout After Labor Talks Fail. (August 22, 2024)
- Toronto CityNews: ‘Complete panic’: How to spot red flags in moving scams. (July 23, 2024)
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Industry Headlines
- *new* IAM: Department of Defense Cancels GHC. On Wednesday, June 18, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that it was canceling the Global Household Goods Contract (GHC) for cause saying that HomeSafe Alliance had demonstrated an "inability to fulfill their obligations." Here's a link to the Federal News Network report and here's a link to the DoD release. (June 19, 2025)
- trucknews.com: Household movers should take ‘consultative’ approach, think beyond price: Kruger (November 16, 2023)
- trucknews.com: Household movers battle fake reviews, but there’s also room to improve (November 14, 2023)
- Toronto Star: Report warns of trucker shortage (September 20, 2023)
- InfoTel.ca: Kelowna woman calling for regulation of moving companies (September 16, 2023)
- CoStar.com: Moving Companies Feel Pinch As People Increasingly Stay Put. Interest Rates, Cost of Living Turn Pandemic Relocation Frenzy Into Slower Business. (by Kristian Gravenor & Garry Marr, August 9, 2023)
- Montreal City News: Housing Crisis Impacting Moving Season in Montreal As moving day across Quebec approaches July 1st, moving companies like Meldrum The Mover in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce are facing an irregular season. They say compared to previous years, there has been a delay in when residents are moving, which means many on their team are working overtime to keep up with the sudden surge in demand. (June 26, 2023)
- trucknews.com National Moving Day Keeps Quebec Trucks on the Move Quebec’s National Moving Day – a July 1 tradition traced to the days of rental properties with provincially mandated fixed terms – remains an unusually busy time for household movers in the province. David Simard-Jean followed a moving team on a sweltering day as they moved tenants from Hochelaga-Maisonneuve to their new home in the Quartier des spectacles. (July 7, 2023)
Movers
- EIN Presswire|Newsmatics: MTS Moving Granted Membership in the Canadian Association of Movers. (February 5, 2025)
- Winnipeg Sun: LOCAL LEGENDS: A legacy of excellence in the moving and storage industry. (July 14, 2024)
- Shelter Movers Acquires Firemen Movers. Longtime CAM not-for-profit partner Shelter Movers has bought a majority share of Firemen Movers Inc., CAM’s 2018 Independent Mover of the Year. (January 16, 2024)
- Brytor International celebrates its 60th anniversary with the inauguration of 7 new branches in 2024 (January 11, 2024)
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- Sparta Movers – Agent for Atlas Van Lines (January 10, 2024)
- Guelph Today: Founder of Macho Movers honoured with Influencer of the Year Award (November 23, 2023)
- Western Moving & Storage Completes Acquisition of Mid-Arctic Transportation Co. Ltd.(Operating as Matco Moving Solutions) from Manitoulin Group of Companies. On July 19th, 2023, Western Moving & Storage, a leading household relocation & storage company, announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Mid-Arctic Transportation Co. Ltd. (Operating as Matco Moving Solutions) from Manitoulin Group of Companies. (July 19, 2023)
Suppliers
Announcements of new products and services from CAM Supplier members. To post a new product, send the product information to newproducts@mover.net.
- Insurance Business: Western Financial partners with CAM for business insurance and employee benefits (May 8, 2025)
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Great Little Box Company achieves G7 Master Qualification (April 16, 2024)
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Great Little Box Company named one of Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers of 2024 (April 2, 2024)
Media
- Federal News Network (USA): DoD orders ‘immediate’ changes to troubled PCS moving program, replaces senior official - In a memo, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the department to address "deficiencies" in the multibillion dollar Global Household Goods Contract (GHC). (May 21, 2025)
- Toronto CityNews: ‘Complete panic’: How to spot red flags in moving scams. (July 23, 2024)
- CTV News Montreal: Fewer Quebecers changing addresses on July 1, say movers. (June 29, 2024)
- CTV News: Canadian border strike averted: union. (June 11, 2024)
- CBC News: CBSA work-to-rule would create 'chaos,' quick government response, professor says. Canadian border workers are in a legal strike position on Friday, June 7, 2024. (June 5, 2024)
- CTV News Atlantic: Thinking of moving? The Better Business Bureau Atlantic offers tips on how to avoid scams (May 5, 2024)
- Toronto Star: Alberta's population growth is breaking records (April 16, 2024)
- Toronto Star: Alberta to offer $5,000 to attract workers (March 13, 2024)
- Toronto Star: High overhead costs top concern among trucking firms. Rising costs in the trucking sector have overtaken the driver shortge as the biggest concern for employers, according to a new report from an industry non-profit. (March 6, 2024)
- The Canadian Press: Parents finally downsizing? How to help with the big move — without the big costs (January 23, 2024)
- The Globe and Mail: Do Canadian home owners really move every seven years? (January 21, 2024)
- NBC 5 Chicago: Moving company scammers face 20 years in prison (January 8, 2024)
- trucknews.com: Household movers should take ‘consultative’ approach, think beyond price: Kruger (November 16, 2023)
- trucknews.com: Household movers battle fake reviews, but there’s also room to improve (November 14, 2023)
- Toronto Star: Report warns of trucker shortage (September 20, 2023)
- InfoTel.ca: Kelowna woman calling for regulation of moving companies (September 16, 2023)
- FreightWaves: Cargo thefts spike 15% across US, Canada in 2022 The end of 2022 saw a surge in cargo thefts that pushed the yearly total to above an estimated $223 million worth of goods stolen across Canada and the U.S. Based on voluntarily reported cargo thefts, 1,778 “supply chain risk incidents” were recorded in Canada and the U.S. in 2022, a 15% jump compared to 2021. The No. 1 commodity [for cargo theft] was household goods for all of 2022, electronics was No. 2, and food and beverage commodities were No. 3. (February 8, 2023)
- March 4, 2022 CBC Marketplace Secret trackers and hidden cameras expose how some movers can be ripping you off
CAM Press Releases
- June 28, 2022 - Canadian Association of Movers Warns of the Increase in Moving Scams - “CAM has seen an increase in the number of incidents in which consumers are being victimized by rogue operations who call themselves movers,” says Nancy Irvine, President of the Canadian Association of Movers. “This trend has skyrocketed in the past few years, during the pandemic, with opportunistic, faceless scammers capitalizing on the new trend in which 90% of consumers go online to source their services,” she continues. Read the full press release below.
- It’s National Moving Month: Over 700 complaints about movers and storage companies trigger consumer warning. (PDF, 30April2019)
- Canadian Association of Movers Helps Family Victimized by Rogue (PDF, 9Apr2018)
- The Better Business Bureau serving Southern Alberta & East Kootenay and the Canadian Association of Movers Urge Consumers to Hire Trustworthy Moving Companies (PDF, 29Mar2018)
- Canadian Association of Movers: Meet Our New Chair – Cam Carswell (PDF, 5Dec2017)
- Canadian Association of Movers: Meet Our New President – Nancy Irvine (PDF, 1Dec2017)
- Canadian Association of Movers Warns Public about Brand Hijackings (PDF, 24Jan2017)
- Professional Moving Companies Win Big says Canadian Association of Movers (PDF, 29Nov2016)
- What Consumers Need to Know About Moving into Storage (PDF, 7Jul2016)
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- Consumers Must Take Steps to Protect their Goods in Transit (PDF, 23Jun2016)
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- Packing for Moving Day is Done Best by Professional Movers (PDF, 9June2016)
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- A 10-Point Plan for a Summer Move (PDF, 26May2016)
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- Children Need Special Attention on Moving Day (PDF, 20May2014)
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- The Canadian Association of Movers Declares 2014 to be the Year of the Reputable Mover (PDF, 20Mar2014)
Industry Associations
- International Association of Movers: DoD Moving Season 2025: What’s at Stake? (April 24, 2025)
Association Newsletters
- International Association of Movers The Portal Magazine
- The Communicator, California Moving & Storage Association
- Moving Forward, Pennsylvania Moving & Storage Association
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- MoverNews, Southwest Movers Association
- Safety Driven (Trucking Safety Council of BC)
Other resources:
Government
- Statistics Canada: Canada's population estimates, third quarter 2024. International migration (including permanent and temporary immigration) continued to drive population growth in Canada. (December 17, 2024)
- BC Transportation & Infrastructure: New rules will protect vulnerable road users. (June 3, 2024)
- February 21, 2024 - Nova Scotia Annual Population Estimates as of July 1, 2023. As of July 1, 2023, Nova Scotia's population was estimated to be 1,058,694, an increase of 33,249 (+3.24%) over the revised July 1, 2022 estimate (1,025,445). In absolute and percentage terms, Nova Scotia's population grew faster from July 1, 2022 to July 1, 2023 than in any comparable period in the modern data series.
- August 9, 2023 - Ontario's Ministry of Labour proposing to introduce heat-stress regulations to better protect workers | CBC News - With temperatures increasing, the proposed regulations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act would help better protect workers from excessive heat exposure or heat-related illnesses while on the job.
- February 9, 2022 - Statistics Canada released its report on Canada’s fastest growing and decreasing municipalities from 2016 to 2021. "This document highlights the municipalities in Canada that grew the fastest between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, as well as the municipalities whose population decreased the most."
- Quarterly Demographic Estimates, Statistics Canada
- Final Report: Ontario's Household Moving Industry, May 2015, prepared for the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services by PRISM Economics and Analysis (PDF) © Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2015 Reproduced with permission.
- Guide to violence prevention in the workplace, Government of Canada
Reports
- Supermove partnered with Drive Research to bring you the 2025 edition of the State of Moving & Storage Report. A lot has changed since their last survey in 2022. Costs are up, demand is shifting, and movers are adapting fast. What’s working? What’s not? They surveyed 130+ moving companies to uncover their biggest challenges, goals, and strategies for growth in 2025. The insights might surprise you.
- Atlas® Van Lines in the USA has released its 2024 Migration Patterns Study revealing key trends and insights for the moving industry. Atlas Van Lines Canada data shows that it is the central provinces that are more outbound, while inbound provinces are located in the north and east. The top three inbound regions were Northwest Territories, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, whereas the top three outbound provinces were Ontario, Manitoba, and Quebec.(2024)
- Atlas Van Lines US - Atlas Corporate Relocation Survey 2024 "Survey results come from responses by 575 decision-makers, with a responsibility for relocation, and employed by a company that has either relocated employees during the past two years or plans to relocate employees this year. Over 20 industries are represented, making regional, national, and international relocations." (2024)
- Supermove: The Moving Experience Report 2024-2025 This report is based on surveying 300+ Americans across the country who are planning to move this year and next. They were asked what they expect from moving companies. (February 6, 2024)
- The Globe and Mail: Do Canadian home owners really move every seven years? (January 21, 2024)
- Allied Van Lines US just issued their 2023 Migration Report. "In this report, you will find a detailed analysis of the current trends in interstate moves across the United States, highlighting significant patterns and underlying economic factors. This year marked another decrease in the volume of interstate moves. Following the 20% decrease in 2022 compared to 2021, there was a further 12% decline in 2023 relative to the previous year. This continuous decline indicates a notable shift in migration patterns over the last two years." (January 9, 2024)
- BBB industry report - Canada: A look into the moving industry (2023)
- North American Van Lines US just issued their 2022 Migration Report. "In 2022, Americans were on the move, but where to? Most found themselves leaving high cost of living areas in favor of warmer climates and more reasonable housing conditions. The chosen states for inbound moving migration predominantly reside in the south. Whether it’s a coincidence or not, many of these states were among the first to lessen Covid-19 regulations. While it’s a possibility that the surge in remote work leads people to areas with less restriction in the short term, it could also be that these locations offer a smaller tax burden in the long term as well." (January 2023)
- United Van Lines US released the results of their 2020 National Migration Study. In 2020, Americans continued to move westbound and southbound – and the COVID-19 pandemic factored into and accelerated many of those decisions to move. (Jan. 4, 2021)
- 53rd Annual Atlas Corporate Relocation Survey May 27 2020
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