The Ice Road Truckers salaries in Canada are almost the same as the Ice Road Truckers salary in the United States with little difference. The exchange rates for the Canadian dollar and the US dollar is not the same.
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So $100,000 US dollars are not the same such as $100,000 Canadian dollars which means that the US guys are paid better than Canadian ice road truck drivers.
It is estimated that ice road truckers salary in Canada is $60,000 to $80,000 (Canadian $) and the average paid for a load is $2,000 (Canadian $).
Every year, long ice roads are built over the Canadian Northern hemisphere and those lakes are used for transportation of goods to the Canadian diamond mines. The ice roads connect 3 diamond mines that are covered with series of lakes around.
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The weather in Northern Canada is extreme and brutal during the winter. The temperatures can drop to -50 C (-45 F) without the wind and with a wind can get to 70 C (-95F).
The ice roads are the lifeline to the Canadian communities, and without ice roads and ice road truck drivers these communities will be cut off from the basic surviving goods during the winter.
