Conference Call Invitation

Richard D. McGraw, President and Chief Executive Officer
Rick E. Gaetz, President and C.O.O., Vitran Distribution Systems
Kevin Glass, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
of

VITRAN CORPORATION INC.
(TSE: VTN.A, AMEX: VVN)

cordially invite you to participate in a conference call reviewing Vitran's 2000 forth quarter / year-end results

Wednesday, February 21st at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

Forth Quarter results will be released earlier that day

Vcall Webcast of the call http://www.vcall.com/NASApp/VCall/EventPage?ID=66280

Following the call's completion, there will be a reply beginning at 12:00 p.m. (Eastern). The replay will be available until Saturday, February 24th at midnight (Eastern). The replay dial-in is 800/633-8284 or 858/812-6440 (access code: 17804253).

Vitran Corporation Inc. is a North American group of transportation companies offering less-than-truckload, truckload, intermodal marketing, truckload brokerage and logistics services.

For more information, please contact
Sharon Younker at 416/596-7664 or syounker@vitran.com
Robert Rinderman at 212/835-8500 or VVN@jcir.com