History · 02
Twenty-nine years of saying yes to the loads other carriers walked away from.
Caravan started with one truck, one phone line, and a dispatcher who knew every driver by first name. The fleet got bigger. The dispatch desk didn’t change.
Milestones
From one truck to four hundred and fifty.
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1997
Caravan is founded by 3 partners
A single-tractor operation out of Oakville, Ontario, built on the promise of dependable cross-border freight and a phone number that gets answered.
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2010s
Fleet and terminal growth expand into Quebec
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2015
Caravan AB is formed in Alberta
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2020s
Cross-border scale
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Today
Asset-based, North American
Twenty-four-hour dispatch out of Oakville. Same operating model, larger map.
The freight business doesn’t reward shortcuts. It rewards the carrier that answered the phone in 1997 and is still answering it now.
Caravan operating philosophy
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