NOC 75201: Delivery service drivers and door-to-door distributors

Delivery service drivers drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various products. Door-to-door distributors deliver items to residences and businesses. They are employed by dairies, drug stores, newspaper distributors, take-out food establishments, dry cleaners, mobile caterers and many other establishments, or they may be self-employed.

Express Entry eligibility

• Skilled work (TEER 0 to 3): no, TEER 5 does not count for Express Entry.
• Canadian Experience Class: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Worker Program: does not count.
• Federal Skilled Trades Program: not one of the eligible trades.
• High-wage occupation (from November 3, 2026): no. No high-wage add-on, and a job offer in it earns no CRS points.

TEER 5: Occupations that usually need short-term work demonstration and no formal education. Every program has other requirements too, such as language test results and, for FSW, a points test.

Category-based draws

NOC 75201 is not on any of IRCC’s occupation category lists. You can still be invited in general, Canadian Experience Class or other program draws if you qualify through other experience.

Category lists checked on canada.ca on 2026-10-17. IRCC category-based selection

CRS points for work in NOC 75201

None. Work in TEER 4 and 5 occupations earns no Canadian work points in the CRS.

See Canadian work points and the median-wage rule.

Main duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Operate and drive automobiles, vans and light trucks to pick up and deliver various products, such as food, newspapers, magazines, bakery and dairy products, and items such as dry cleaning
• Deliver newspapers, flyers, handbills, telephone directories and similar items to residences and businesses
• Perform pre-trip and post-trip inspection of vehicle
• Plan delivery travel schedules and service routes
• Load and unload cargo, goods or merchandise
• Provide customer service by selling products, delivering over established routes and accepting or making payments for goods
• Record information on pick-ups and deliveries, vehicle mileage and fuel costs and report any incidents or problems encountered
• May scan and sort freight or cargo for delivery
• May assemble, install or set-up delivered goods or merchandise
• May communicate with central dispatch using mobile communications equipment.

For Express Entry your duties must match the lead statement and most of the main duties above.

Example job titles

• bread deliverer
• canteen driver
• delivery driver
• door-to-door distributor
• driver salesperson
• dry cleaning driver
• flyer distributor
• newspaper carrier
• newspaper delivery driver
• pizza delivery driver
• vending machine driver-supplier

Employment requirements

• Some secondary school is usually required.
• A driver's licence appropriate to the class of vehicle being driven is required.
• One year of safe driving experience is usually required.
• On-the-job training may be provided.
• Eligibility for bonding and transportation of dangerous goods (TGD) certification may be required for delivery and courier drivers.

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