Airline
|
Image
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IATA
|
ICAO
|
Callsign
|
Hub airport(s) or headquarters
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Time activity Notes
|
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Parry Sound Harbour
|
2000 – ???? Charter rental & leasing service Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
|
A
|
Abbotsford Air Services |
|
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ABE |
ABBY AIR |
Abbotsford |
???? – ????
[3]
|
Adastra Aviation |
|
|
ADD |
ADASTRA |
Abbotsford |
[4]
|
Advance Air Charters
|
|
|
ADV
|
ADVANCE
|
Calgary
|
1993 – 1995 Operated
Douglas DC-8
|
Aerial Recon Surveys |
|
|
|
|
Whitecourt |
1985 – 2006 Renamed
Airborne Energy Solutions Operated
Cessna 177,
Robinson R44
|
Aero Activities Limited |
|
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Barker Field
Maple Airport |
1949 – 1957 Belongings to
Marion Alice Orr Sold in 1957
[5]
|
Aero Bee Airlines |
|
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|
|
Montréal Trudeau |
2012 – 2012 Founded by
Russ Payson Operated
Boeing 737 800
[6]
|
Aéro Golfe |
|
|
|
|
|
1988 – 2000 Renamed
Air Saguenay Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[7]
|
Aero Link |
|
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Toronto Pearson |
1997 – 2000 Operated
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia,
Piper Twin Comanche
[8]
|
AeroTaxi |
|
|
QAT |
AIR QUASAR |
Québec City |
1990 – 1992
[9]
|
Aero Trades Western
|
|
VM
|
ATW
|
AERO TRADES
|
Winnipeg Richardson
|
1979 – 1984 Acquired by
Soundair Operated
DC-4,
Convair 580,
Fokker F-27
[10]
|
Aerokon Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Whitehorse |
1984 – 2004 Operated
DHC-3 Otter
[11]
|
Aeropro
|
|
|
APO
|
AEROPRO
|
Québec City
|
1998 – 2010 Still operates as maintenance facility in Quebec City
|
Air 500
|
|
|
BRM
|
BOOMERANG
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1988 – 2007
|
Air 2000 Canada
|
|
2T
|
CMM
|
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1988 – 1988 Renamed
Canada 3000
|
Air Alliance
|
|
3J
|
AAQ
|
LIAISON
|
Québec City
|
1988 – 1999 to
Air Nova
|
Air Alliance |
|
|
|
|
|
2002 – 2006
[12]
|
Air Alma |
|
QB |
AAJ |
AIR ALMA |
Alma |
1980 – 2002 Operated
Embraer Bandeirante,
Piper Navajo
[13] Established as
Alma Air Services
|
Air Amos |
|
|
|
|
Amos |
1964 – 1964
[14]
|
Air Atlantic
|
|
9A
|
ATL
|
DASH
|
Saint John
|
1985 – 1998 Feeder airline for
Canadian Pacific Airlines and later
Canadian Airlines International
|
Air Atonabee |
|
OU |
OUL |
CITY EXPRESS |
Peterborough |
1980 – 1984 Renamed
City Express Operated
Saunders ST-27,
[15]
|
Air Baffin
|
|
|
BFF
|
AIR BAFFIN
|
Iqaluit
|
1990 – 1997 Renamed
Air Nunavut
|
Air BC
|
|
ZX
|
ABL
|
AIRCOACH
|
Vancouver
|
1980 – 1987 To
Air Canada Connector
|
Air Bras D’Or |
|
|
BRL |
BRASD'OR |
|
1986 – 1987 Operated
Twin Otter
[16]
|
Air Brazeau
|
|
|
|
|
Rouyn-Noranda
|
1973 – 1978 Established as
Northwestern Airways. Renamed
Quebec Aviation
|
Air Caledonia
|
|
|
ACM
|
WEST CAL
|
Vancouver
|
1984 – 1989 Operated
PBY Catalina
|
Air Canada Jazz |
|
QK
|
JZA
|
JAZZ
|
Halifax
|
2001 – 2011 Renamed
Air Canada Express
[17]
|
Air Canada Regional
|
|
QK
|
ARN
|
|
Halifax
|
2001 – 2002 Renamed
Air Canada Jazz
|
Air Canada Tango
|
|
AC
|
ACA
|
|
Montréal Trudeau
|
2001 – 2004
Low-cost subsidiary branch of
Air Canada
|
Air Caravane
|
|
EN
|
ACR
|
CARAVANE
|
Montréal Trudeau
|
1973 – 1981 Renamed/merged to:
Air Cardinal Operated
C-47,
DC-3,
Vickers Viscount
|
Air Cardinal
|
|
|
|
|
Montréal Trudeau
|
1981 – 1987 Established as
Air Caravane Operated
Vickers Viscount
|
Air Caribou |
|
|
|
|
Fermont |
???? – 1984 Acquired and merged into
Air Saguenay Operated
DHC-3 Otter
[18]
|
|
|
CS
|
CSW
|
CHARTER SYSTEMS
|
Montréal-Mirabel
|
1986 – 1988 Rebirth in 1997 as
International Cargo Charter and operating until 2003
|
Air Club International
|
|
HB
|
CLI
|
AIR CLUB
|
Montréal-Mirabel
|
1993 – 1998 Charter airline to Europe
|
Air Columbus Vacations |
|
|
|
|
|
2002 – 2003 Operated
Boeing 727
[19]
|
Air Commonwealth Alberta |
|
|
|
|
Edmonton |
1969 – 1979 Operated
DC-3
[20]
|
Air Dogrib |
|
|
|
|
Yellowknife Water Aerodrome |
1978 – 1982 Operated
Floatplane
[21]
|
Air Dorval |
|
|
ADT |
AIR DORVAL |
Dorval |
???? – ????
[22]
|
Air Fecteau
|
|
JG
|
AFH
|
FECTO
|
Senneterre
|
1936 – 1967 Merged with
La Sarre Air Services to form
Propair
[23]
|
Air Gaspé
|
|
QJ
|
|
|
Sept-Îles
|
1951 – 1986 Established in 1951 as
Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines. Became a subsidiary of
Quebecair in 1973
|
Air Georgian
|
|
ZX
|
GGN
|
GEORGIAN
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1994 – 2020 Assets sold to
Pivot Airlines
Regional,
charters,
cargo
[24] Subsidiary of
Air Canada Express
|
Air Integra |
|
|
AII |
INTEGRA |
Halifax |
1987 – 1993 Operated
Cessna 414
[25]
|
Air Labrador
|
|
WJ
|
LAL
|
LAB AIR
|
Goose Bay
|
1948 – 2017
Regional,
charters. Merged with
Innu Mikun Airlines to form
Air Borealis
|
Air Liaison |
|
Q9 |
LIZ |
LIAISON |
Baie-Comeau |
2001 – 2012 To
Skyjet MG
[26]
|
Air Link Express |
|
|
FSR |
|
|
1979 – 1999
[27]
|
Air Madeleine |
|
|
MLN |
AIR MADELEINE |
Rimouski |
1982 – 1996
[28]
|
Air Manan |
|
|
|
|
|
1994 – 2005
[29]
|
Air Manitoba |
|
7N |
NAM |
MANITOBA |
Winnipeg Lyncrest |
1990 – 1994 Established as
Northland Air Manitoba Operated
C-46,
DC-3,
HS 748,
Dash 8
[30]
|
Air Maritime |
|
|
|
|
|
1982 – 1984 Subsidiary of
Eastern Provincial Airlines. To
Canadian Airlines Operated
Hawker Siddeley 748
|
Air Melançon |
|
|
|
|
Sainte-Anne-du-Lac Water Aerodrome |
1957 – 2017 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver seaplane Acquired by Air Tarmac
[31]
|
Air Mikisew
|
|
V8
|
|
AURORA
|
Fort McMurray
|
1961 (as Contact Air) – 2011 Grounded in 2010 and permanently closed by 2011
|
Air Montréal |
|
F8 |
AMO |
AIR MONTREAL |
Montréal Trudeau |
1994 – 2000 Activities taken over by
GoAir CityLink Operated
Cessna Citation II,
Embraer Brasilia,
Fairchild Metroliner
[32]
|
Air Muskoka |
|
|
AMS |
AIR MUSKOKA |
Muskoka |
1975 – 2004
[33]
|
Air Niagara |
|
NX |
|
|
St. Catharines Niagara |
1986 – 1994 Operated
Convair 580,
Fokker F28
[34]
|
Air Niagara Express |
|
DB |
DBD |
AIR NIAGARA |
St. Catharines Niagara |
1978 – 1998 Operated
Cessna 550 Citation,
Convair 340,
Convair 440,
Convair 580,
Fokker F28
|
Air Nord-Ouest |
|
|
|
|
Québec City |
1970 – 2005 Operated
Cessna 185
[35]
|
Air Norterra |
|
3F |
ANX |
NORTERRA |
Yellowknife |
1998 – Renamed
Canadian North
[36]
|
Air Nova
|
|
QK
|
ARN
|
NOVA
|
Halifax
|
1986 – 2001 Merged into
Air Canada Connector
|
Air Ontario
|
|
|
|
|
London
|
1961 – 1987 Merged into
Air Canada Connector
|
Air Ontario
|
|
GX
|
ONT
|
ONTARIO
|
London
|
1987 – 2001 To
Air Canada Jazz as
Air Canada Connector
|
Air Ottawa |
|
|
|
|
Ottawa |
1990 – 1998 Operated
Piper Seneca,
Piper Chieftain
[37]
|
Air Park Aviation |
|
|
APA |
CAN-AM |
|
1981 – 1982 Exploration charter work Operated
DHC-3 Otter
[38]
|
Air Saguenay
|
|
|
|
|
Chutes-des-Passes,
Lac Sébastien
|
1960 – 2019
Regional,
charters,
floatplanes
[39]
|
Air Sandy |
|
|
SNY |
AIR SANDY |
|
1990s – ? Operated
Piper Navajo
[40]
|
Air Sask |
|
7W |
ASK |
AIR SASK |
Saskatoon |
1991 – 2000 Established as
La Ronge Aviation in 1958. Merged with
Athabaska Airways to form
Transwest Air
[41]
|
Air Satellite
|
|
6O
|
ASJ
|
SATELLITE
|
Baie-Comeau
|
1968 – 2008 To
Exact Air
|
|
|
9V
|
ASF
|
SCHEFF
|
Schefferville
|
1981 – 2004 Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter,
Beech 99
[42]
|
Air Southwest
|
|
|
ASW
|
AIR SOUTHWEST
|
Chilliwack
|
1983 – 2005
|
Air Toronto |
|
CS |
CNE |
CONNECTOR |
Toronto Pearson |
1984 – 1992 Established as Commuter Express To
Air Canada Connector Operated
Jetstream 31
[43]
|
Air Wemindji |
|
|
W9M |
|
|
1987 – 2003
[44]
|
Air West |
|
|
|
|
Nanaimo Harbour |
1970s Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
|
Air West |
|
|
AWT |
AIR WEST |
|
1982 – 2005
[45]
|
Air Windsor |
|
|
|
|
Windsor |
1970 – 1979 Established as
Gordon Airways in 1963
[46]
|
Airco Charters |
|
|
|
|
Edmonton City Centre |
1987 – 2012 Operated
Piper Navajo
[47]
|
AirGava |
|
|
AGV |
AIR GAVA |
Schefferville |
1973 – 1981 Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter,
C-47
[48]
|
Airspeed Aviation
|
|
5S
|
SPD
|
SPEEDLINE
|
Abbotsford
|
1986 – 2009 Acquired by
Orca Airways
|
|
|
|
|
|
Victoria STOLport
Ottawa Rockcliffe
|
1973 – 1975 A wholly owned subsidiary of
Air Canada
|
Airwave Transport |
|
|
AWV |
|
Toronto Pearson |
1989 – 2001
|
Airwest Airlines |
|
ZX |
|
Vancouver |
|
1964 – 1980 To
Air Canada Regional Operated
DHC-3 Otter,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[49]
|
Aklavik Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
Aklavik |
1947 – 1976 Acquired by
Kenn Borek Air Operated
Aeronca Champion,
Piper Super Cruiser,
Waco Standard
[50]
|
Alberta Citylink
|
|
|
ABK
|
ALBERTA CITYLINK
|
Medicine Hat
|
1996 – 2004 Owned by
Bar XH Air
|
Alberta Express |
|
|
|
|
|
1986 – 1986 Renamed
Alta Flights
[51]
|
Alberta Northern Airlines |
|
|
|
|
Calgary |
1981 – 1989
[52]
|
Alert Bay Air Services |
|
BF |
|
|
|
1958 – 1978 Renamed
Gulf Air Aviation
[53]
|
Algoma Airways |
|
|
AGG |
ALGOMA |
Sault Ste. Marie |
1970s – 1990s Operated
Piper Super Cub,
King Air 200
[54]
[55]
|
All West Freight |
|
|
|
|
|
1996 – 2012
[56]
|
AllCanada Express
|
|
|
CNX
|
CANEX
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1992 – 2005
|
Alma Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Alma |
1960 – 1980 Established as
Metrolitan Air Services in 1959 Renamed
Air Alma
[57]
|
Alpenglow Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Golden |
1999 – 2010 Scenic tours and charter flights Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
Cessna 185,
Cessna 206
[58]
|
Alta Flights
|
|
AL
|
ALZ
|
|
Edmonton
|
1986 – 2014 Established as
Alberta Express To
Sunwest Aviation
|
Amigo Airways |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1999 – 2006 Acquired by
Seair Seaplanes
[59]
|
Amos Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Amos |
1934 – 1940 Operated
Curtiss Robin C-1
[60]
|
Angus Aviation |
|
|
AZZ |
ANGUS |
|
1970s – 1990s Operated
King Air A100
[61]
|
Antarctic Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1987 – 1988 Operated one
DC-4, two
DHC-6 Twin Otter Flights to and onward
Antarctica
[62]
|
Arctic Air |
|
|
|
|
Fort Simpson |
1964 – 1974 Renamed
Simpson Air Operated
DC-3,
Beech King Air
[63]
|
Arctic Sunwest Charters
|
|
|
ASC
|
ARCTIC SUNWEST
|
Yellowknife
|
1989 – 2013 Acquired by the
Ledcor Group of Companies and re-branded as
Summit Air
|
Arctic Wings |
|
|
|
|
Churchill |
1953 – 1956 Merged with
Central Northern Airways to form
Transair
[64]
|
Arrow Airways |
|
|
|
|
The Pas |
1935 – 1942 Founded by Jack Hone To form
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated
Fokker Universal
[65]
|
Ashuanipi Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Wabush |
1975 – 2006 Merged to
Air Saguenay Operated
DHC-2 Beaver floatplane
[66]
|
Associated Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1952 – 1953
[67]
|
Associated Air Taxi |
|
|
|
|
|
1956 – 1953 Founded by
Robert B. Gayer Amalgamated with
Port Alberni Airways in 1948 Acquired by
Central British Columbia Airlines
[68]
|
Associated Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1955 – 1955 Acquired by
Pacific Western Airlines Operated
Avro York,
Lockheed 14 Super Electra
[69]
|
Associated Helicopters |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1961 – 1979 Subsidiary of
Associated Airways Acquired by
Okanagan Helicopters Operated
Bell 47
[70]
|
Astoria Airlines
|
|
S3
|
AOI
|
ASTORIA
|
Montréal Trudeau
|
1995 – 1995 Operated
Boeing 737-200 Very short-lived airline operating in the summer of 1995
|
Athabaska Airways |
|
9T |
ABS |
|
|
1955 – 2000 Founded by
Floyd Glass Merged with
Air Sask to form
Transwest Air
[71]
|
Atlantair |
|
|
ATB |
STARLITE |
|
1981 – 1981
[72]
|
Atlantic Central Airlines |
|
CN |
|
|
|
1960 – 1979 Operated
C-49 Skytrain
[73]
|
Atlantic Island Airways |
|
UZ |
AIW |
TARTAN |
Summerside |
1994 – 1995 Operated
Fokker F28
[74]
|
Atlas Aviation |
|
|
|
|
|
1947 – 1972 Renamed
Kenting Aviation Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[75]
|
Atonabee Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1971 – 1979 Renamed
Air Atonabee
[76]
|
Austin Airways
|
|
|
AAW
|
AUSTIN
|
Timmins
|
1934 – 1987 To
Air Ontario
|
Aviation Boreal |
|
|
|
|
|
1989 – 2004 Operated
DC-3,
Piper Navajo
[77]
|
Aviation Business Flights |
|
|
|
|
Vanvouver |
1985 – 1994 Renamed
WestEx
[78]
|
Aviation Quebec Labrador |
|
QC |
QLA |
QUEBEC LABRADOR |
Sept-Îles |
1983 – 2003 Operated
Embraer Bandeirante
[79]
|
Avionair |
|
|
ANU |
AVIONAIR |
|
1981 – 1999 Operated
Piper Navajo Chieftain Renamed
Starlink Aviation
[80]
|
Awood Air |
|
8D |
AWO |
AWOOD AIR |
Victoria |
1962 – 2000 Operated
HS 748,
Beech King Air
[81]
|
B
|
B C Yukon Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Watson Lake |
1953 – 1979 Established as
Northern British Columbia Air Service Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter,
DHC-3 Otter,
BN Islander
[82]
|
B.C. Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1943 – 1969 Established as
Westinghouse Airways Renamed
PWA Operated
Grumman Mallard,
DHC-2 Beaver,
Luscombe 8,
Republic Seabee
[83]
|
B.C. Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1928 – 1933 Operated
Ford Trimotor
[84]
|
B.N.P. Airways |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1958 – 1964 Operated
Grumman Goose
[85]
|
Bar XH Air |
|
|
BXH |
PALLISER |
Medicine Hat |
1974 – 2012 Merged to
Integra Air
[86]
|
Baxter Aviation
|
|
6B
|
|
|
Nanaimo Harbour
|
1985 – 2007 Acquired by
West Coast Air
|
Baie Comeau Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Matane |
1955 – 1973 Renamed
Golfe Air Quebec Operated
Beech 18,
DC-3,
BN Islander,
Trislander
[87]
|
Bay Chaleur Air |
|
VY |
|
|
Bathurst |
2002 – 2002 Operated
Beech 1900D
[88]
|
BCWest Air
|
|
|
|
|
Abbotsford
|
2007 – 2008 Closed in October 2008 due to unresolved shareholder dispute
|
Bearskin Lake Air Service |
|
JV |
BLS |
BEARSKIN |
Sioux Lookout |
1963 – 1977 Renamed
Bearskin Airlines Operated
DC-3,
Beech 99,
Piper Navajo
[89]
|
Beaver Air Services |
|
|
|
|
The Pas |
1982 – 2006 Renamed
Missinippi Airways Operated
Cessna Caravan
[90]
|
Bella Coola Air |
|
|
|
|
Bella Coola |
1996 – 2017 Charter operations
[91]
|
Big River Air |
|
|
|
|
|
1984 – 2007 Renamed
Air Roberval.
[92]
|
Big Salmon Air |
|
|
|
|
|
1988 – 2006
[93]
|
BMR Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Langley |
1980 – 2005 Operated
DC-7
[94]
|
Boreal Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1947 – 1957 Merged with
Mont Laurier Aviation to form
Nordair
[95]
|
Bow Helicopters |
|
|
|
|
Calgary |
1971 – 1979 Established as
Bullock Helicopters Acquired by
Okanagan Helicopters Operated
Bell Helicopters,
Aérospatiale Alouettes
[96]
|
Bradley Air Services
|
|
7F
|
FAB
|
FIRST AIR
|
Carp
|
1946 – 1996 Renamed/merged to
First Air
[97]
|
Bradley Air Services |
|
|
BAR |
BRADLEY |
|
2004 – 2006
[98]
|
British Columbia Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1943 – 1970 Operated
Grumman Goose,
Stinson 108,
DHC-2 Beaver
[99]
|
British Columbia Airways |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1927 – 1928 Operated
Ford Trimotor which crashed on 25 August 1928
[100]
|
Brock Air Services
|
|
|
BRD
|
BROCK AIR
|
Kingston Rogers
|
1978 – ????
Charters and
Medevac
[101]
|
Brooker-Wheaton Aviation |
|
|
BWB |
BROOKER-WHEATON |
Edmonton |
1970 – 1992 Renamed
Morningstar Air Express
|
Buffalo Narrows Airways |
|
|
|
|
Buffalo Narrows |
1976 – 1977 Renamed
Courtesy Air
[102]
|
Bullock Helicopters |
|
|
|
|
Calgary |
1964 – 1967 Founded by
Bruce and Evan James Bullock Operated
Bell 47G,
Bell 204 Rebranded to
Bow Helicopters
[103]
|
Burrard Air |
|
6E |
BXA |
BURRARD |
Vancouver |
1982 – 1986 Operated
BN Islander,
DHC-3 Otter
[104]
|
Business Flights |
|
CZ |
BFA |
CHINOOKAIR |
|
1978 – 2000 Established as
Chinook Air
[105]
|
Bute Air |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
???? – ???? Operated
BN Islander,
Piper Cheyenne,
Piper Navajo
[106]
|
Buzzard Air |
|
|
|
|
|
1984 – 1990
[107]
|
C
|
Calumet Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Saskatoon |
1935 – 1980 Founded by Paul and Nick Jankovich To
Air BC Operated
Cessna 180,
DHC-2 Beaver
[108]
|
Campbell Air |
|
|
|
|
|
1981 – 1997
[109]
|
CanAC |
|
|
|
CANAIR |
Toronto Pearson |
1989 – 1997
|
Canada 3000
|
|
2T
|
CMM
|
ELITE
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1988 – 2001 Formerly
Canada 2000
Canada 3000 Cargo sold to
Cargojet and 2005 revival failed
|
Canada 3000 Cargo |
|
|
|
|
|
2001 – 2004 Established as
Royal Cargo Airlines Renamed
Cargojet Airways
[110]
|
Canada Trans-Continental Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1927 – 1928
[111]
|
Canada West Air |
|
|
CWA |
CANADA WEST |
Vancouver |
1986 – 1990
|
Canada West Airlines
|
|
|
CWA
|
CANADIAN WESTERN AIRLINES
|
Edmonton
|
2002 – 2004 Formed by ex-Canada 3000 staff, along with tour operator
Canada West Holidays Merged with
Aero Falcon in 2004
|
Canadian Airlines
|
|
CP
|
CDN
|
CANADIAN
|
Calgary
|
1987 – 2001 To
Air Canada
|
Canadian Airways
|
|
|
|
|
Winnipeg Richardson
|
1926 – 1941 Established as
Western Canadian Airways Acquired by
Canadian Pacific Airlines
|
Canadian Colonial Airways
|
|
|
|
|
Montreal Saint-Hubert
|
1929 – 1942 Rebranded as
Colonial Airlines Operated
Fairchild FC-2
|
Canadian Metro Airlines |
|
|
|
|
London |
1938 – 1975 To
Propair Operated
Dash 8
[112]
|
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
|
|
CP
|
CPC
|
EMPRESS
|
Vancouver
|
1942 – 1987 Known as
CP Air, to
Canadian Airlines International The callsign is still used by
Canadian North
|
Canadian Regional Airlines
|
|
KI
|
CDR
|
CANADIAN REGIONAL
|
Calgary
|
1993 – 2000 To
Air Canada Connector
|
Canadian Transcontinental Airways |
|
|
|
|
Montreal Saint-Hubert |
1927 – 1938 Operated the first Post Office air mail delivery
[113]
|
Canadian Western Airlines |
|
W2 |
CWA |
CANADA WESTERN |
Vancouver |
2001 – 2004 Operated
Swearingen Metroliner,
Cessna 401
[114]
|
CanAir Cargo |
|
|
CWW |
CANAIR |
|
1990 – 1997 Acquired by
Royal Airlines Operated
Convair 580,
Short 330
[115]
|
CanJet
|
|
C6
|
CJA
|
CANJET
|
Halifax
|
2002 – 2015
|
CanJet Airlines
|
|
C6
|
CJA
|
CANJET.COM
|
Halifax
|
1999 – 2001 Reorganized on 15 May 2001 as
CanJet Airlines (2001) Ltd Merged into
Canada 3000 in August 2001.
|
Capital Air Surveys |
|
|
|
|
|
1969 – 1983
[116]
|
Capreol and Austin Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Bishop |
1934 – 1934 Founded by
Jack and Chuck Austin Renamed
Austin Airways
[117]
|
Cargaard Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Ottawa |
1988 – 2002 Established as
Terra Surveys, rebranded
Fugro Aviation Canada Operated
CASA C-212
[118]
|
Cargo North |
|
|
|
|
Thunder Bay |
2012 – 2015 Renamed
North Star Air
|
Carl Millard |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Pearson |
1954 – 1962 Renamed
Millardair
[119]
|
Carter Air Services |
|
|
|
|
|
1962 – 1999
[120]
|
Cassidair Services |
|
|
|
|
|
1956 – 1965 Renamed
Pacific Coastal Airlines
[121]
|
Centennial Airlines |
|
|
CNS |
CENTENNIAL |
|
2004 – 2004
[122]
|
Central Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
Sioux Lookout |
1978 – 1996 Renamed
Gold Belt Air Transport Operated
DHC-3 Otter
[123]
|
Central Airways |
|
|
CEN |
CENTRAL AIRWAYS |
|
1961 – 1961
[124]
|
Central British Columbia Airlines |
|
|
|
|
Prince George |
1946 – 1953 Renamed
Pacific Western Airlines
[125]
|
Central Canada Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
Kenora |
1926 – 1926 Operated
Curtiss HS
[126]
|
Central Northern Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1947 – 1956 Merged with
Arctic Wings to form
Transair
[127]
|
Chaparal Charters |
|
|
|
|
Montréal Trudeau |
1982 – 1984 Acquired by
Air Inuit Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter,
DC-3
[128]
|
Cherry Red Airline
|
|
|
|
|
Prince Albert
|
1928 – 1932
|
Chilcotin Cariboo Aviation |
|
|
DES |
CHILCOTIN |
Williams Lake |
1977 – 1992 Operated
BN Islander
[129]
|
Chimo Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Red Lake |
1994 – 2018 Operated
Beech D18S,
Cessna 180,
DHC-3 Otter,
DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter,
Noorduyn Norseman
[130]
|
Citizen Airways |
|
|
VAX |
VANTAGE |
|
???? – ????
[131]
|
City Express
|
|
OU
|
OUL
|
CITY EXPRESS
|
Peterborough
|
1971 – 1991 Established as
Air Atonabee in 1971
|
Coast Western Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
1988 – 2004
[132]
|
Coastal Cargo |
|
|
|
|
|
1955 – 1959 Operated
C-46
[133]
|
Colibri Aviation |
|
|
CAE |
HUMMINGBIRD |
|
1970s – 1980s Operated
Cessna Citation I
[134]
[135]
|
Collingwood Air |
|
|
BLE |
BLUEBIRD |
|
1988 – 1996 Established as
Collingwood Aviation Centre Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[136]
|
Colonial Airlines
|
|
|
|
|
Montreal
|
1942 – 1956 Formed from
Canadian Colonial Airways Acquired by
Eastern Air Lines
|
Commander Air Charter |
|
|
CML |
COMMANDAIR |
|
???? – ???? Charter operator
[137]
|
Commando Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
Red Lake |
1996 – 2000 Operated
C-46
[138]
|
Confortair |
|
|
CON |
CONFORT |
Sept-Îles |
1987 – 2005 Operated
Piper Navajo
[139]
|
Conifair Aviation |
|
RO |
ROY |
CONIFAIR |
Red Lake |
1979 – 1992 Rename to
Royal Airlines Operated
Douglas C-54
[140]
|
Connolly-Dawson Airways |
|
|
|
|
Whitehorse |
1957 – 1975 Merged with
Yukon Flying Service and
Range Airways to form
Great Northern Airways Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
Douglas DC-3
[141]
|
Contact Airways |
|
|
|
|
Fort McMurray |
1961 – 1995 Renamed
Air Mikisew
[142]
|
Corporate Express
|
|
|
CPB
|
PENTA
|
Calgary
|
1975 – 2009
|
Cougar Air |
|
|
CAJ |
COUGAR AIR |
|
1978 – 1979
[143]
|
CoVal Air |
|
|
CVL |
COVAL |
Campbell River |
1982 – 1996 Operated
BN Islander,
DHC-3 Otter,
Cessna 185 Skywagon
[144]
|
Cree Airways |
|
|
CRE |
CREE AIR |
Edmonton |
???? – ???? Operated
Cessna 421
[145]
|
Crownair |
|
|
CRW |
REGAL |
|
1989 – 1990 Operated
Douglas DC-8
[146]
|
Curtiss-Reid Flying Service |
|
|
|
|
Saint-Félicien |
1928 – 1950 Founded by
Wilfrid Thomas Reid Operated
Republic Seabee,
Douglas C-54
1950 C-54 crash
[147]
|
Cypress Airlines |
|
R6 |
CYS |
SKYBIRD |
Vancouver |
1987 – 1997 Operated
Convair 340
[148]
|
Cypress Jetprop Charter |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1996 – 1997 Operated
Convair 440,
Hawker Siddeley HS.125,
Convair R4Y
[149]
|
D
|
Deraps Aviation |
|
|
|
|
|
1988 – 2011 Merged into
Air Saguenay Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter
[150]
|
Direquair |
|
|
|
|
Chibougamau |
1975 – 1981 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter
[151]
|
Discovery Air |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Pearson |
2006 – 2018 Founded by David Taylor
[152]
|
Dominion Aerial Exploration Company |
|
|
|
|
Roberval Water Aerodrome |
1922 – 1926 Founded by
Harold S. Quigley Operated
Curtiss HS,
N.T.2B Reorganised into
Canadian Airways Company
[153]
|
Dominion Pegasus Helicopters |
|
|
|
|
King City |
1973 – 1979 Merged into
Okanagan Helicopters Operated
Robinson R22
[154]
|
Dorval Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
|
1954 – 1958 Engaged on Canadian
Dew Line operations Operated
Curtiss C-46,
Douglas C-47
[155]
|
Downair |
|
|
|
|
|
1973 – 1973 Operated
Lockheed L-1049
[156]
|
E
|
Eagle Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Silver Falls Water Aerodrome |
1986 – 1995 Operated
Beech D18S,
DHC-3 Otter
[157]
|
Earlton Airways |
|
|
|
|
Earlton |
1969 – 1998 Third-level carrier Operated
Swearingen Merlin,
Piper Navajo
[158]
|
Eastern Canada Air Lines
|
|
|
|
|
Moncton
|
1936 – 1938
|
Eastern Flying Service |
|
|
SPR |
SPEEDAIR |
|
1956 – 1988 Acquired by
Provincial Airlines
[159]
|
Eastern Provincial Airways
|
|
PV
|
EPA
|
PROVINCIAL
|
Gander
|
1949 – 1987 To
Canadian Airlines International
|
Eldorado Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Edmonton |
1978 – 1985 Operated
C-46,
C-47,
C-54,
Boeing 737
[160]
|
Eldorado Radium Silver Express
|
|
|
|
|
Edmonton City Centre
Port Radium
|
1935 – 1982 To
Eldorado Aviation
|
Enerjet |
|
EG |
ENJ |
ENERJET AIR |
Calgary |
2009 – 2019 2021 Rebranded as Lynx Air
[161]
|
Enterprise Air |
|
|
|
|
|
1993 – 2005 Renamed
Triumph Airways Operated
DC-3,
Cessna 310,
Piper Navajo
[162]
|
Expeditair |
|
|
|
|
|
1988 – 1999 Acquired by
Air Saguenay Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[163]
|
Express Air |
|
|
WEW |
|
Saskatoon |
2000 – 2020 Operated
Beech 1900D
[164]
|
F
|
Fairchild Aerial Surveys |
|
|
|
|
|
1922 – 1923 Founded by
Sherman Fairchild Operated
Fokker D.VII
[165]
|
Fecteau Transport Aerien
|
|
|
|
|
Senneterre
|
1936 - 1973 Renamed
Air Fecteau
|
First Air
|
|
7F
|
FAB
|
FIRST AIR
|
Ottawa
Yellowknife
Iqaluit
|
1973 - 2019 Merged into
Canadian North 1 November 2019
[166]
|
First Nations Transportation
|
|
|
|
|
Gimli
|
2003 - 2009
|
Flair Air |
|
F8 |
FLE |
|
Edmonton |
2005 – 2017 Acquired
NewLeaf Airways and renamed
Flair Airlines Operated
727-200,
737-400
[167]
|
FlyToo |
|
|
|
|
Calgary |
2017 – Never started
[168]
|
Forest Industries Flying Tankers (FIFT) |
|
|
|
|
|
1959 – 1962 Operated 4
Martin JRM Mars
[169]
|
Fortunair
|
|
FX
|
FXE
|
AIR FUTURE
|
Montreal, Toronto
|
1993 – 1995
|
Fugro Aviation Canada |
|
|
|
|
Ottawa |
2002 – 2012 Rebranded
CGG Aviation Canada Operated
CASA C-212,
Cessna 208
[170]
|
Futura Airlines |
|
|
FUT |
FUTURA |
|
1975 – 1979 Operated
Aero Commander 680,
Douglas C-47
[171]
|
G
|
Gagnon Air Service |
|
|
|
|
|
1969 – 1970 Merged with
Saguenay Air Service to form
Air Saguenay Operated
Cessna 180,
DHC-2 Beaver
[172]
|
Gander Aviation |
|
|
GAN |
GANAIR |
Gander |
1960 – 1979 Founded by William Bennett Operated
Beech Queen Air,
DHC-3 Otter
[173]
|
Garrison Aviation |
|
|
AHM |
AIR HURON |
|
1976 – 1979
[174]
|
Gateway Aviation |
|
WG |
|
|
Edmonton City Centre |
1952 – 1979 Operated
DC-3,
Convair 640,
DHC Otter,
Twin Otter,
HS 748
[175]
|
Georgian Express |
|
|
|
|
|
2004 – 2007 Acquired by
Cargojet Operated
Cessna Caravan,
Beech 1900
[176]
|
Geoterrex |
|
|
|
|
Ottawa |
1972 – 1988 Established as
Terra Surveys, rebranded
Cargaard Aviation Operated
PBY Catalina,
DHC-3 Otter,
CASA C-212,
Cessna 404
[177]
[178]
|
Gilbert's Flying Service |
|
|
|
|
|
1931 – 1932 Renamed
West Coast Air Services
[179]
|
Gillies Flying Service |
|
|
|
|
Buttonville |
1948 – 1963 Renamed
Toronto Airways
[180]
|
Ginger Coote Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1938 – 1942 Acquired by
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated
Fairchild 51,
Noorduyn Norseman
[181]
[182]
|
Globemaster Air Cargo
|
|
G5
|
|
|
Edmonton St. Albert
|
2003 – 2004
|
GoAir Citylink |
|
|
|
|
|
1998 – 2011 Operated
Embraer Brasilia
[183]
|
Gogal Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Snow Lake Water Aerodrome |
2004 – 2012 Operated
Noorduyn Norseman
[184]
|
Gold Belt Air Transport |
|
|
GBT |
GOLDBELT |
Pickle Lake Water Aerodrome |
1988 – 1997 Operated
BN Islander,
DHC-3 Otter
[185]
|
Golden Voyagairs |
|
|
|
|
|
1971 – 1973 Operated
Douglas DC-6B Travel club
[186]
|
Golfe Air Quebec |
|
EM |
GAQ |
GOLFAIR |
|
1973 – 1982 Established as
Baie Comeau Air Services in 1955 Operated
Beech 18,
BN Islander,
DC-3,
Twin Otter
[187]
|
Gordon Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1961 – 1970 Renamed
Air Windsor Operated
Cessna 150,
Cessna 172,
Piper Pacer,
Piper Aztec
[188]
|
Grand Island Aviation |
|
|
|
|
|
1986 – 2000 Acquired by
Air Saguenay Operated
Cessna 185
[189]
|
Gray Rocks Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Montreal Saint-Hubert |
1921 – 1938 Founded by Tom Wheeler Renamed
Wheeler Airlines
[190]
|
Great Lakes Air Service |
|
|
|
|
|
1961 – 1967 Established as
Great Lakes Airlines Renamed
Air Ontario
[191]
|
Great Lakes Airlines
|
|
|
|
|
Sarnia Chris Hadfield
|
1967 – 1981 To
Air Ontario
[192]
|
Great Northern Airways |
|
|
|
|
Whitehorse |
1965 – 1972 Formed by the merger of
Connolly-Dawson Airways,
Yukon Flying Service,
Range Airways Acquired by
Trans North Air Operated
DC-3,
Piper Aztec,
Fairchild F-27
[193]
|
Great Western Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1928 – 1929 Founded by
Emil Sick and
Frederick McCall Absorbed
Purple Label Airlines Operated
Stinson Detroiter
[194]
|
Greater Toronto Airways |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Bishop |
2014 – 2018 Renamed
FlyGTA Airlines
[195]
|
Green Airways |
|
|
|
|
Red Lake |
1950 – 2017 Founded by
G.H. Green Operated floatplane
DHC-3 Otter,
Noorduyn Norseman
[196]
|
Greyhound Air
|
|
|
|
|
Winnipeg Richardson
|
1996 - 1997 Rebranded to
KF Cargo in 2015
|
Gulf Air Aviation |
|
|
|
|
|
1978 – 1980 Established as
Alert Bay Air Services To
Air BC
[197]
|
H
|
Haida Airlines |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1980 – 1980 To
Air BC
[198]
|
Hanna Air |
|
|
|
|
Silva Bay |
1997 – 1997 Founded by
Mark Segar Renamed
Pacific Spirit Air
[199]
|
Harmony Airways
|
|
HQ
|
HMY
|
HARMONY
|
Vancouver
|
2002 - 2007
|
Harrison Airways |
|
|
HAA |
HARRISON |
Vancouver |
1960 – 1979 Operated
Convair 440,
C-47,
DC-3,
F-11 Husky,
Vickers Viscount
[200]
|
Hawkair
|
|
BH
|
BHA
|
HAWKAIR
|
Terrace-Kitimat
|
1994 – 2016
Regional airline On November 18, 2016, declared bankruptcy and suspended operations
[201]
|
Helijet Airways |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1986 – 2000 Renamed
Helijet International
[202]
|
HMY Airways |
|
HQ |
HMY |
|
Vancouver |
2002 – 2004 Renamed
Harmony Airways
[203]
|
|
|
|
STP
|
STAMPEDE
|
Edmonton
|
1988 – 1990 Operated
DC-8-50,
Lockheed Tristar
[204]
|
Hollinger Ungava Transport |
|
|
|
|
Dorval |
1948 – 1954 Operated
Douglas C-47A,
Curtiss C-46,
[205]
PBY Catalina,
[206]
Gulfstream I,
[207]
DHC-2 Beaver
|
Hooker Air Service |
|
HS |
|
|
Pickle Lake Water Aerodrome |
1970 – 1979 Operated
Beech D18S,
[208]
Bellanca Aircruiser,
[209]
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter
|
Horne Air |
|
|
|
|
Hornepayne Water Aerodrome |
1981 – 2013 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[210]
[211]
|
Hudson Bay Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
Flin Flon |
1939 – 1982 Operated
Grumman Mallard
[212]
|
I
|
|
|
|
CIC
|
AIR TRADER
|
Montréal-Mirabel
|
1998 – 2002 Also listed as
ICC International Cargo Charter
|
Ilford-Riverton Airways |
|
|
RIP |
ILFORD |
Winnipeg Richardson |
1953 – 1986 Established as
Ilford Airways Renamed
Northland Air Manitoba in 1986 and
Air Manitoba in 1991 Operated
DC-3,
C-46,
HS 748
[213]
|
Innu Mikun Airlines
|
|
|
|
|
Goose Bay
|
1998 – 2017
Regional airline,
charters Merged with
Air Labrador in 2017 to form
Air Borealis
|
Intair
|
|
ND
|
INT
|
INTAIR
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1989 – 1991 Established by
City Express as a successor to
Skycraft Air Transport
|
Integra Air
|
|
|
AAI
|
|
Lethbridge
|
1998 – 2018 Scheduled passenger service,
charters
[214]
|
Inter City Airways |
|
|
|
|
Oshawa |
1986 – 1986 Operated
HS 748
[215]
|
Inter-Canadien
|
|
ND
|
ICN
|
INTER-CANADIEN
|
Montréal Trudeau
|
1986 – 1999 To
Canadian Airlines International
|
International Jet Air |
|
E6 |
|
|
Calgary |
1971 – 1977 Wholly-owned Allarco subsidiary Operated
Douglas C-47A,
Lockheed L-188 Electra,
Jet Commander
[216]
|
Interprovincial Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
1995 – 1998 Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[217]
|
Island Express Air |
|
|
IAX |
ABBY AIR |
Abbotsford |
2009-2020
|
Island Valley Airways |
|
|
|
|
Langley |
1998 – 1999 Founded by Brent Kerr Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[218]
|
Island Westair |
|
|
|
|
|
1998 – 2005
[219]
|
J
|
Jackson Air Services |
|
|
JCK |
JACKSON |
|
???? – ???? Operated
DHC-3 Otter,
Piper Navajo
[220]
|
Jetall |
|
8J |
JTL |
FIREFLY |
|
1987 – 1996
[221]
|
Jetsgo
|
|
SG
|
JGO
|
JETSGO
|
Montréal Trudeau
|
2001 – 2005 Operated
Fokker 100 Entered in bankruptcy protection
|
Johanneson Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
Stevenson Aerodrome |
1932 – 1951 Taken over by
Parsons Airways Operated
de Havilland DH.60 Moth,
Cessna Crane,
Cessna 140,
Noorduyn Norseman
[222]
[223]
|
Juan Air |
|
|
WON |
JUAN AIR |
Victoria |
1972 – 2007 Acquired by
Pacific Sky Aviation Operated
Piper Navajo
[224]
|
K
|
Kamloops Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Kamloops |
early 1950s Acquired by
Central British Columbia Airlines
[225]
|
Kasper Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Thunder Bay |
2015 – 2016 Charter carrier
[226]
|
KD Air |
|
XC |
KDC |
KAY DEE |
Qualicum Beach |
1990 – 2019 Charter carrier Operated
Piper Navajo
[227]
|
Keir Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
|
1967 – 1969 Renamed
Air Commonwealth Alberta Operated
Douglas C-47A
[228]
|
Kelner Airways |
|
|
FKL |
KELNER |
Pickle Lake |
1989 – 1993 Cargo and passengers carrier Renamed
Wasaya Airways Operated
DHC-3 Otter,
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
[229]
|
Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter |
|
KW |
KFA |
FLIGHTCRAFT |
Kelowna |
1974 – 2015 Rebranded to
KF Cargo Operated
Convair 580
[230]
|
Kenting Atlas Aviation |
|
|
|
|
|
1972 – 1975 Acquired by
Kenn Borek Air Operated
Douglas C-47A,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[231]
|
Keystone Air Service
|
|
BZ
|
KEE
|
KEYSTONE
|
Winnipeg St. Andrews
|
1985 – 2015 Operating certificate suspended, closed and liquidated assets.
[232]
|
Keywinds Air |
|
|
|
|
Little Grand Rapids |
2001 – 2004 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[233]
[234]
|
Klahanie Air |
|
|
|
|
Fort Langley |
1976 – 2006 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[235]
[236]
|
Knee Lake Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Knee Lake |
1988 – 2005 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[237]
|
Knighthawk Air Express
|
|
4I
|
KNX
|
KNIGHT FLIGHT
|
Calgary
|
1993 – 2005 Operated
Dassault Falcon 20
|
Kootenay Airways |
|
|
|
|
Cranbrook |
1986 – 2003 Operated
Cessna 180
[238]
|
Kootenay Direct Airlines
|
|
|
|
|
Nelson
|
2006 – 2009
Charters
[239]
|
L
|
La Loche Airways |
|
|
|
|
La Loche |
2005 – 2006 Operated
Beech King Air,
Piper PA-31
[240]
|
La Ronge Aviation |
|
|
|
|
La Ronge |
1960 – 1991 Renamed
Air Sask Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter,
Cessna 180,
Cessna 185
[241]
|
La Sarre Air Services |
|
|
|
|
La Sarrre |
1946 – 1961 Merged with
Air Fecteau to form
Propair Operated
DHC-4 Caribou
[242]
|
Labrador Air Safari |
|
|
|
|
|
1974 – 2006 Acquired by
Air Saguenay
[243]
|
Labrador Airways |
|
WJ |
LAL |
LAB AIR |
Goose Bay |
1971 – 1989 Renamed
Air Labrador
[244]
|
Lac Saint-Jean Aviation |
|
|
|
|
|
1966 – 1972 Acquired by
Okanagan Helicopters Operated
Alouette II
[245]
|
Lamb Air
|
|
|
|
|
The Pas
|
1934 – 1981 Operated
C-46
|
Lariviere Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Schefferville |
1961 – 1973 Renamed
AirGava Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[246]
|
Latham Island Airways
|
|
|
|
|
Yellowknife Water Aerodrome
|
1988 – 1991
[247] To
Air Tindi
|
Laurentian Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Schefferville |
1936 – 1998 Operated
DC-3,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[248]
|
Laurentide Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Angliers |
1922 – 1925 Operated
Vickers Viking,
Curtiss HS
[249]
[250]
|
Laval Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Laval |
1980 – 2010 Operated
DHC-3
[251]
|
Leavens Bros Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Barker Field |
1935 – 1958 Renamed Leavens Bros in 1953
[252]
|
Lethbridge Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Lethbridge |
1966 – 1969 Founded by
Stubb Ross Renamed
Time Air Operated
Piper Cub,
Beech 18
[253]
|
Lethbridge Aircraft Company |
|
|
|
|
Lethbridge |
1920 – 1922 Founded by
John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated
Curtiss JN-4 Canuk
[254]
|
Lethbridge Commercial Airways |
|
|
|
|
Lethbridge |
1927 – 1928 Founded by
John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated
Standard J-1
[255]
|
Little Red Air Service |
|
|
LRA |
LITTLE RED |
Fort Vermilion |
1986 – 2006 Air ambulance service Acquired by
Nor-Alta Aviation Operated
Cessna 206,
Beech King Air,
BN Islander
[256]
|
Lome Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1948 – 1959 Operated
Avro 689 Tudor 5,
DHC-2 Beaver
[257]
|
Lynx Air |
|
Y9 |
DAT |
DAUNTLESS |
Calgary |
Apr 2022 - Feb 2024 Successor to Enerjet. Filed for creditor protection
[258]
[259]
|
M
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prince Albert
|
1930 – 1947 To
Norcanair (Saskatchewan Government Airways)
|
Mackenzie Air |
|
|
|
|
Edmonton |
1975 – 1979 Charter carrier Operated
BN Islander
[260]
|
MacKenzie Air Services
|
|
|
|
|
Edmonton City Centre
|
1932 – 1942 To
Canadian Pacific Airlines Operated
Bellanca Aircruiser
|
Maestro
|
|
5G
|
SSV
|
SKYTOUR
|
Québec City
|
2006 – 2007 Charter carrier Operated
Boeing 757-200ER
|
Mandair |
|
|
|
|
Kenora |
1992 – 2004 Operated
DHC-3 Otter
[261]
|
Maple Air Services |
|
|
MAD |
MAPLE AIR |
Maple |
? – 1987 Operated
Piper Cherokee
[262]
|
Maritime Central Airways
|
|
|
|
|
Moncton
|
1941 – 1963
Nordair was a subsidiary Operated
DC-4
|
Maritime Global Airways |
|
|
MGM |
|
Halifax |
1996 – 1997 Operated
Convair 580
[263]
|
Matane Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Matane |
1947 – 1965 Acquired by
Quebecair Operated
Lockheed 10 Electra,
DC-3
[264]
|
May Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
1919 – 1924
[265]
|
McMurray Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Uranium City Water Aerodrome |
1947 – 1969 Founded by Edgar Jones Acquired by
Gateway Aviation Operated
Stinson 108,
Republic Seabee,
Noorduyn Norseman,
Cessna 180,
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter,
Beech 18
[266]
|
Metrolitan Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Alma |
1959 – 1960 Renamed
Alma Air Services
[267]
|
Miksoo Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Meadow Lake |
1975 – 1979 Operated
Beech 18
[268]
|
Millardair
|
|
MA
|
MAD
|
MILLARDAIR
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1962 – 1990 Operated
C-47 Continued as aircraft maintenance and servicing firm Millard Air Incorporated (Millardair MRO) 1990-2012
|
Minerve Canada
|
|
MR
|
MRV
|
ALOUETTE
|
Montréal-Mirabel
|
1986 – 1989 Division of the French airline which merged into
Air Outre-Mer and became
AOM French Airlines Operated
Douglas DC-8,
MD-80
|
Ministic Air |
|
|
MNS |
MINSTIC |
Winnipeg Richardson |
1981 – 2008 Operated
Piper Navajo,
Beech King Air,
Beech 1900
[269]
|
Minto Airways |
|
|
|
|
Edmonton |
1982 – 1986 Operated
DHC-3 Otter,
Beech D18S
[270]
|
Miramichi Air Service |
|
|
MIR |
MIRAMICHI |
Douglastown Airfield |
1970 – 1975
Aerial spraying Operated
Grumman TBF Avenger
[271]
|
Mober Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Drummondville |
1970 – 1984 Operated
DHC Beaver,
C-47
[272]
|
Mont Laurier Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Roberval |
1947 – 1957 Merged with
Boreal Airways to form
Nordair Operated
DC-3,
DC-4
[273]
|
Montmagny Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Montmagny |
1952 – 1993 Founded by Marius Lachaine and acquired by Gilles Couillard in 1954. Sold to Gaston Gosselin in 1980. Operated
Aeronca Sedan,
Cessna 180
[274]
|
Montreal Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Montreal |
1955 – 1978 Operated
PBY Catalina,
C-46,
DC-3,
Super Constellation
[275]
|
Montreal & Dominion Skyways |
|
|
|
|
Montreal |
1935 – 1942 To form
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
[276]
|
Morgan Air Services |
|
|
|
|
|
1983 – 2010 Operated
Cessna 172,
Cessna 401
[277]
|
N
|
NAC Air
|
|
C9
|
HMR
|
HAMMER
|
Thunder Bay
|
2000 – 2008
North American Charters was 100%
First Nations owned
|
Nahanni Air Services |
|
|
NAH |
NAHANNI |
Norman Wells |
1970 – 1986 Renamed
North-Wright Air in 1986 and
North-Wright Airways in 1998
[278]
|
Nationair Canada
|
|
NX
|
NXA
|
NATION AIRWAYS
|
Montréal-Mirabel
|
1986 – 1993 Owned by
Nolisair
|
National Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Prince Albert |
1989 – 2009 Established as
PA Aviation Operated
Beech King Air,
Cessna 172,
Cessna 310,
Piper Navajo,
Piper Seneca
[279]
|
Nav Air Charter |
|
|
FCV |
|
Victoria |
1979 – 2005 Operated
Mitsubishi MU-2,
Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II
[280]
|
New Air & Tours |
|
|
|
|
Calgary |
2006 – 2008 Rebranded as
Enerjet before starting
[281]
|
Newfoundland Aero Sales and Services |
|
|
|
|
St. John's |
1948 – 1949 Acquired by
Eastern Provincial Airways
[282]
|
Newfoundland Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
Deer Lake |
1961 – 1979 Renamed
Newfoundland & Labrador Air Transport
[283]
|
Newfoundland Airways
|
|
|
|
|
Gander
|
1948 – 1983 To
Air Labrador
|
NewLeaf |
|
F8 |
|
|
Winnipeg |
2016 – 2017 Acquired by
Flair Air
[284]
|
NextJet Canada |
|
|
|
|
Kitchener |
2016 – 2016 Virtual carrier
[285]
|
Nipawin Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Nipawin |
1961 – 1979 Renamed
Osprey Wings Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[286]
|
Norcanair
|
|
|
|
|
Prince Albert
|
1947 – 2005 Originally
M&C Aviation then
Time Air
|
Nordair
|
|
ND
|
NDR
|
NORDAIR
|
Montréal Trudeau,
Montréal-Mirabel
|
1947 – 1987 Formed by the merger of
Boreal Airways and
Mont Laurier Aviation Acquired by
Canadian Pacific Airlines Merged into
Canadian Airlines and
Inter-Canadien Operated
Lockheed L-1049H
|
Nordair Metro |
|
3N |
|
|
|
1985 – 1988 Mergend into
Quebecair Operated
Convair 580
[287]
|
NorOntair
|
|
NR
|
NOA
|
NORONTAIR
|
Sault Ste. Marie
|
1971 – 1996 Airline operations of
Ontario Northland Transportation Commission Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter
|
North American Airlines |
|
|
NTM |
NORTHAM |
|
1978 – 2004 Operated
Swearingen Merlin,
Beech King Air,
Piper Navajo
[288]
|
North Canada Air
|
|
|
|
|
Prince Albert
|
1930 – 1965 See also
M&C Aviation,
Time Air
|
North Cariboo Flying Service |
|
|
NCB |
NORTH CARIBOU |
|
1957 – 2007 Rebranded
North Cariboo Air Operated
Aeronca Champion,
Piper Navajo
[289]
|
North Pacific Seaplanes |
|
|
|
|
Prince Rupert Water Aerodrome |
1995 – 2013 Operated
DHC-3 Otter
[290]
|
North Vancouver Air |
|
VL |
NRV |
NORVAN |
Vancouver |
1994 – 2003 Acquired by
Regency Express Operated
Aeronca Champion,
Jetstream 31,
Piper Navajo,
Beech King Air
[291]
|
North-Wright Air |
|
|
|
|
Norman Wells |
1986 – 1998 Established as
Nahanni Air Services Renamed
North-Wright Airways
[292]
|
Northern British Columbia Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Watson Lake |
1936 – 1953 Renamed
BC Yukon Air Service
[293]
|
Northern Dene Airways |
|
U7 |
NKA |
NORCANAIR |
Prince Albert |
1992 – 2006 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter,
Beech King Air,
Swearingen Metroliner
[294]
[295]
|
Northern Hawk Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
2003 – 2005 Operated
Piper Navajo,
Beech King Air
[296]
|
Northern Mountain Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
1959 – 1979 Merged with
Thunderbird Airlines to form
NT Air Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
Beech 18,
Grumman Goose
[297]
|
Northern Sky Aviation |
|
|
|
|
High Level |
1989 – 2000
[298]
|
Northern Wings (Les Ailes du Nord) |
|
WS |
|
|
Sept-Îles |
1946 – 1981 To
Quebecair Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Fokker Friendship,
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
[299]
|
Northland Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
1961 – 1986 Merged with
Ilford Riverton Airways to form
Northland Air Manitoba Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
Barkley-Grow T8P-1,
Beech 18,
Lockheed Lodestar
[300]
|
Northland Air Manitoba |
|
7N |
NAM |
NORVAN |
Vancouver |
1986 – 1991 Formed by the merger of
Northland Airlines and
Ilford Riverton Airways Rebranded
Air Manitoba Operated
HS 748,
DC-3
[301]
|
Northward Airlines |
|
NN |
|
|
Edmonton |
1972 – 1980 Established as
Northward Aviation in 1966. Operated
Saunders ST-27,
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[302]
|
Northwest Territorial Airways (NWT Air)
|
|
NV
|
NWT
|
TERRITORIAL
|
Yellowknife
|
1962 – 1998 To
First Air Operated
L-188 Electra
|
Northwinds Northern |
|
|
NWN |
NORTHWINDS |
|
1988 – 1996 Operated
BN Islander,
Cessna 402,
Piper Navajo,
Piper Seneca
[303]
|
Notre-Dame Air Transport |
|
|
|
GO PREMIUM |
|
1958 – 1964 Operated
Convair 340
[304]
|
Nunasi-Central Airlines |
|
|
NUM |
NUNASI |
Kenora |
1984 – 1987 Established as
Ontario Central Airlines Renamed
Nunasi-Northland Airlines Operated
DC-3
[305]
|
O
|
Odyssey International
|
|
OL
|
ODY
|
ODYSSEY
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1988 – 1990 Name, aircraft and some employees were merged with
Nationair, and operated as a separate division of
Nolisair for a short period
|
OK Heli-Logging |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1970 – 1979 Acquired by
Okanagan Helicopters Operated
Bell 214
[306]
|
Okanagan Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Kelowna |
1947 – 1949 Renamed
Okanagan Helicopters Operated
Bell 47
[307]
|
Omineca Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Burns Lake |
1956 – 1980 Founded by Bill Harrison Became subsidiary of
Air BC Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter,
Cessna 185
[308]
|
Ontario Central Airlines
|
|
|
NUN
|
NUNASI
|
Kenora
|
1947 – 1984
[309] Renamed
Nunasi-Central Airlines in 1984 then
Nunasi-Northland Airlines in 1987
|
Ontario Express
|
|
9X
|
OEL
|
PARTNER
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1988 – 1998 To
Air Canada Regional
|
Ontario Northern Airways |
|
|
|
|
Jellicoe |
1960 – 1979 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter
[310]
|
Ontario Worldair |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Pearson |
1978 – 1981 Operated
Boeing 707
[311]
|
Orca Airways
|
|
OR
|
ORK
|
ORCA
|
Vancouver
|
2005 – 2018 Scheduled passenger service,
charters Operated
Piper Navajo
[312]
|
Osnaburgh Airways |
|
|
|
|
Pickle Lake Water Aerodrome |
1986 – 2006 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter
[313]
|
Otonabee Airways |
|
OU |
OUL |
|
Peterborough |
1971 – 1980 Founded by
Joseph Csumrick Renamed
Air Atonabee Operated
Saunders ST-27
[314]
|
Owen Sound Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Pearson |
1973 – 1984 Acquired by
Soundair Operated
DC-3
[315]
|
P
|
Pacific Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1925 – 1928 Founded by D. R. MacLaren on 10 February 1925 Acquired by
Western Canada Airways on 1 May 1928
[316]
|
Pacific Coastal Airlines |
|
PG |
|
|
Nanaimo |
1960 – 1980 Operated
BN Islander,
DC-3
[317]
|
Pacific Spirit Air |
|
|
|
|
|
1997 – 2001 Established as
Hanna Air
[318]
|
Pacific Western Airlines
|
|
PA
|
PWA
|
PAC WEST
|
Vancouver
|
1946 – 1987 To
Canadian Airlines Operated
DC-3
|
Pacific Wings Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
2004 – 2006 Acquired by
West Coast Air Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[319]
|
Parsons Air Services |
|
|
|
|
|
1974 – 1989 Operated
Beech D18S
[320]
|
Parsons Airways |
|
|
|
|
Kenora |
1952 – 1979 Acquired
Johanneson Flying Services and renamed
Kenora Air Service Operated
Cessna 170,
Cessna 180
[321]
|
Parsons Airways Northern |
|
|
FAP |
|
Flin Flon |
1955 – 1984 Operated
U-1 Otter,
DHC-3 Otter
[322]
|
Pat Bay Air
|
|
|
|
|
Victoria Water Aerodrome
|
2005 – 2015
Floatplane
charters
[323]
|
Patricia Airways and Exploration |
|
|
|
|
Sioux Lookout |
1926 – 1928 Founded by H.A. Oaks, G.A. Thompson, S. Tomlinson Renamed
Patricia Airways
[324]
[325]
|
Peace Air |
|
|
|
|
Sioux Lookout |
1968 – 2007 Established as
Peace River Air Services in 1962 Operated
BN Islander,
Jetstream 31
[326]
|
Pegasus Airlifts |
|
|
|
|
Malton |
1962 – 1973 Merged with
Dominion Helicopters in 1973 to form
Dominion Pegasus Helicopters Operated
Bell 47J,
Bell 206
[327]
|
Pem-Air
|
|
PD
|
PEM
|
PEM-AIR
|
Pembroke
|
1970 – 2002
|
Peninsula Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Hamilton |
1965 – 1979
[328]
|
Peregrine Air Charter |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1987 – 1998 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
Fokker F28
[329]
|
Plumridge Air |
|
|
|
|
|
2006 – 2017 Operated seaplane
DHC-2 Beaver
[330]
|
Points North Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Points North |
1988 – 2003 Operated
DHC-3 Otter,
C-47,
Cessna 402,
Cessna Caravan
[331]
|
Points of Call Canada |
|
PM |
PTS |
POINTSCALL |
Edmonton |
1988 – 1990 Operated
Douglas DC-8
[332]
|
Polaris Charter Company |
|
|
|
|
Yellowknife |
1946 – 1953 Founded by
Maxwell W. Ward Operated
DH.83 Fox Moth To
Wardair
[333]
|
Port Alberni Airways |
|
|
|
|
Yellowknife |
1947 – 1948 Founded by Jack Moul and Slim Knights Merged into
Associated Air Taxi
[334]
|
Powell Air
|
|
|
PWL
|
POWELL AIR
|
Powell River
|
1975 – 1987 Merged with
Air BC to form
Pacific Coastal Airlines Operated
Convair 440
|
Powell River Airways |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1959 – 1965 Renamed
Airwest Airlines Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[335]
|
Prairie Airways |
|
|
|
|
Moose Jaw |
1935 – 1942 To form
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated
de Havilland Puss Moth,
Beechcraft S18D,
Barkley-Grow T8P-1,
Waco ZQC-6
[336]
|
Premair |
|
|
|
|
|
1992 – 1992 Operated
Piper Navajo
[337]
|
|
|
|
CME
|
COMET
|
Charlottetown
|
1989 – 2010 Operational control was transferred to
SkyLink Express Operated
Beech 99
|
Pronto Airways
|
|
|
WEW
|
PRONTO
|
Prince Albert
|
2006 – 2015 Scheduled passenger service
[338] Absorbed by
West Wind Aviation
[339]
|
Prospecting Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1928 – 1929 Aerial prospecting
[340]
|
Provincial Airlines |
|
PB |
SPR |
SPEEDAIR |
St. John's |
1980 – 2016 Rebranded as
PAL Airlines
[341]
|
Provincial Express |
|
|
PRV |
PROVINCAIL |
St. John's |
1988 – 2005 Operated
Cessna Caravan
[342]
|
Ptarmigan Airways |
|
5P |
PTA |
PTARMIGAN |
Yellowknife |
1965 – 1995 Acquired by
First Air Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[343]
|
Purple Label Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
1928 – 1928 Absorbed by
Great Western Airways Operated
Stinson Detroiter
[344]
|
Q
|
Quebec Airways |
|
|
|
|
|
1935 – 1942 Operated
Boeing 247,
de Havilland Dragon,
Fairchild 71 To form
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
[345]
|
Quebec Aviation |
|
|
QBC |
QUEBEC AVIATION |
|
1979 – 1987 Establish as
Northwestern Airways, to
Inter-Canadien
[346]
|
Quebecair
|
|
QB
|
QBA
|
QUEBECAIR
|
Montréal Trudeau
|
1946 – 1987 Established as
Rimouski Airlines Acquired by
CP Air in 1986 Consolidated within
Canadian Airlines in 1987
|
Quebecair Express
|
|
QO
|
QAE
|
|
Québec City
|
2003 – 2005
|
Queen Charlotte Airlines
|
|
|
|
|
Vancouver Water
|
1946 – 1955 Acquired by
Pacific Western Airlines Operated
Supermarine Stranraer
|
QuikAir
|
|
Q9
|
|
|
Calgary
|
2001 – 2006
|
QuikAire Cargo |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Buttonville |
1994 – 1996 Founded by
Dan Rocheleau Rebranded
SkyLink Express Operated
Cessna Caravan,
Cessna Grand Caravan
[347]
|
R
|
Rainy Lake Airways |
|
|
|
|
Fort Frances Water Aerodrome |
1954 – 1979 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter,
Beech 18,
Noorduyn Norseman
[348]
|
Ramsey Airways |
|
|
|
|
Greater Sudbury |
1992 – 1994 Founded by Robert Merrilees Operated
DHC-3 Otter,
Cessna 180
[349]
|
Range Airways |
|
|
|
|
Calgary |
1964 – 1965 Merged with
Connolly-Dawson Airways and
Yukon Flying Service to form
Great Northern Airways
[350]
|
Red Lake Airways |
|
|
|
|
Kenora |
1987 – 2007 Operated
DHC-3 Otter,
DHC-2 Beaver,
Cessna Skywagon
[351]
|
Regency Express |
|
VL |
NVR |
|
|
1994 – 2002 Acquired
North Vancouver Air and formed
Sonicblue Airways
[352]
|
Regionair |
|
|
RGR |
REGIONAIR |
|
1981 – 1984 Merged into
Quebecair Operated
HS 748
[353]
|
Regionair |
|
RH |
GIO |
|
|
1992 – 2001
[354]
|
Regional 1 Airlines |
|
|
TSH |
|
Calgary |
2004 – 2014 Established as
Westpoint Airlines Rebranded
R1 Airlines
[355]
|
Reindeer Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Inuvik |
1960 – 1979 Founded by
Frederick J. Carmichael Operated
Stinson Voyager,
DC-3,
C-46,
Beech 18
[356]
[357]
|
Rigel Airways |
|
|
|
|
Resolute Bay |
1982 – 1994 Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[358]
|
Rimouski Airlines |
|
|
|
|
Montréal Trudeau |
1947 – 1953 Operated
de Havilland Dragon Rapide,
C-46,
DC-3
[359]
|
Roots Air
|
|
6J
|
SSV
|
SKYTOUR
|
Toronto Pearson
|
2000 – 2001 Part of
Roots Canada ceased operations when ownership was acquired by
Air Canada
|
Ross Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Sandy Bay |
2001 – 2011 Operated
Cessna Skywagon
[360]
|
Royal Aviation
|
|
QN
|
ROY
|
ROY
|
Montréal Trudeau
|
1991 – 2001 Acquired by
Canada 3000
|
Royal Aviation Express |
|
|
RXP |
ROY EXPRESS |
|
1997 – 2001 Operated
Boeing 737
[361]
|
Royal Cargo Airlines |
|
QN |
ROY |
|
Montreal Dorval |
1999 – 2001 Operated
Boeing 727-100C,
Boeing 737-200F Renamed
Canada 3000 Cargo
[362]
|
RoyalAir |
|
|
|
|
Montreal Dorval |
1968 – 1969 To
Quebecair Operated
Boeing 727,
Douglas C-47A,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[363]
|
S
|
Sabourin Lake Airways |
|
9S |
|
SABAIR |
|
1959 – 1996 Operated
Beech 99,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[364]
|
Samaritan Air Service |
|
|
HLO |
HALO |
Buttonville |
1989 – 1999 Operated
Learjet 24,
Learjet 25
[365]
|
Sapawe Air |
|
|
|
|
Atikokan Water Aerodrome |
2004 – 2006 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[366]
|
Sarnia Airlines |
|
|
|
|
Sarnia |
1960 – 1960 Operated a single
de Havilland Dove
[367]
[368]
|
Saskatchewan Government Airways
|
|
|
|
|
Prince Albert
|
1947 – 1965 To
Norcanair
|
Sealand Helicopters
|
|
|
SEA
|
SEALAND
|
St. John's
|
1977 – 1987
[369] Merged to form
CHC Helicopter in 1987
|
Saguenay Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Lac Sébastien Water Aerodrome |
1960 – 1970 Merged with
Gagnon Air Service to form
Air Saguenay Operated
DHC-3 Otter
[370]
|
Sea Air Services |
|
|
|
|
|
1983 – 2001 Operated
DHC-2 Turbo Beaver
[371]
|
Selkirk Air |
|
|
|
|
Selkirk Water Aerodrome |
2004 – 2006 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
Beech 18,
Noorduyn Norseman,
Partenavia P.68 Observer
[372]
|
Sept-Iles Helicopter Services |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
? – 1979 Acquired by
Okanagan Helicopters Operated
Bell JetRanger
[373]
|
Silver Pine Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Pine Falls |
1960 – 1986 Operated
Beech 18,
DHC-3 Otter
[374]
|
Skeena Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
Prince Rupert |
1950 – 1954 Acquired by
Central British Columbia Airlines
[375]
|
Sky Freighters |
|
|
|
|
Victoria |
1995 – 1998 Operated
Douglas DC-3
[376]
|
Sky Regional Airlines
|
|
KV
|
SKV
|
MAPLE
|
Toronto Pearson
Montréal–Trudeau
|
2010 – 2021 Aircraft transferred to
Jazz.
[377] Operator of
Air Canada Express
|
Skycraft Air Transport
|
|
9F
|
SKG
|
SKYCRAFT-CANADA
|
Oshawa
|
1977 – 1989 Rebirth in 1989 and operating until 1994.
|
Skyservice Airlines
|
|
5G
|
SSV
|
SKYTOUR
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1986 - 2010 Differs from existing
Skyservice Business Aviation being the same owners
|
Skywalker Airlines |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Bishop |
1986 – 1988 Division of
Inter-City Airways
[378]
|
Skyxpress
|
|
|
KLO
|
KLONDIKE
|
Calgary
|
2001 - 2008
[379]
|
Skyward Aviation |
|
K9 |
SGK |
SKYWARD |
Thompson |
1986 – 2005 Operated
Embraer Bandeirante,
Beech 1900
[380]
|
Slave Air |
|
|
|
|
Slave Lake |
1988 – 2006 Air Ambulance services To
CanWest Air Operated
Beech B200 King Air,
DHC-2 Beaver
[381]
|
Sonicblue Airways
|
|
VL
|
|
|
Vancouver
|
1982 – 2006 Ceased operations
|
Sontair |
|
|
STI |
SONTAIR |
Chatham-Kent |
1969 – 2006 Operated
King Air 200,
King Air,
Cessna Caravan
[382]
|
Soundair |
|
|
EJC |
SOUNDAIR |
Toronto Pearson |
1973 – 1997 Acquired
Aero Trades Western,
Owen Sound Air Services. Operated
DC-3,
DC-4,
Convair 580,
Fokker F-27
[383]
|
Soundair Express |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Pearson |
1989 – 1990 Established as
Soundair Operated
Convair 580
[384]
|
South Moresby Air Charters |
|
|
|
|
Masset Water Aerodrome |
1989 – 1990 Founded by
Sheila and Marvin Boyd Acquired by
Inland Air Charters Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[385]
|
South West Air |
|
|
SWC |
SAINT CLAIR |
|
1999– 1999
[386]
|
Southern Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
|
1939 – 1942 To form
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
[387]
|
Southern Alberta Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
Lethbridge |
1927 – 1931 Founded by
John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated
de Havilland DH.60 Moth
[388]
|
Southern Alberta Airlines |
|
|
|
|
Lethbridge |
1924 – 1924 Founded by
John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated
Standard J-1
[389]
|
Southern Frontier Airlines
|
|
|
|
|
Calgary
|
1978 – 1978
[390] To
Time Air
|
Sowind Air |
|
|
SOW |
SOWIND |
Little Grand Rapids |
1991 – 2001 Operated
Embraer Bandeirante,
DHC-3 Otter
[391]
|
Spartan Air Services |
|
|
|
|
|
1946 – 1972 Aerial survey Operated
Avro Anson,
Lockheed Ventura,
P-38 Lightning,
DC-3,
Bell 47,
Piasecki H-21
[392]
|
Sporthawk International |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Pearson |
1996– 2001
[393]
|
St. Andrews Airways |
|
CW |
SDA |
SAINT ANDREWS |
Winnipeg |
1970 – 1979 Operated
Found FBA-2,
de Havilland Heron,
Beech 18,
DHC-3 Otter
[394]
|
St. Felicien Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Bishop |
1957 – 1979 Operated
Found FBA-2,
DC-3,
DHC-2 Beaver,
Noorduyn Norseman
[395]
|
Stage Air |
|
|
|
|
Penticton |
2001 – 2001 Operated
Piper Navajo,
Cessna Caravan
[396]
|
Stanair |
|
|
|
|
|
1952 – 1969 Operated
DHC-3 Otter,
Fairchild F-27
[397]
|
Starratt Airways
|
|
|
|
|
Hudson
|
1932 – 1942 To
Canadian Pacific Airlines
|
Steinwands Transport |
|
|
|
|
Rae/Edzo |
1977 – 1985 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[398]
|
Sunwest Home Aviation |
|
|
CNK |
CHINOOK |
Rae Edzo |
1986 – 2006 Renamed
Sunwest Aviation
[399]
|
Sunwest International Aviation Services |
|
|
|
|
Toronto Pearson |
1996– 2001 Operated
Beech King Air,
Learjet 55
[400]
|
Superior Airways |
|
|
|
|
Fort William |
1940– 1979 Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Bellanca 31-40
[401]
|
Survair |
|
SS |
|
|
Ottawa |
1971– 1978 Operated
Douglas C-47A,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[402]
|
Sustut Air |
|
|
|
|
Smithers |
2006 – 2013 Operated
Skyvan,
Cessna 208
[403]
|
Swanberg Air
|
|
|
|
|
Grande Prairie
|
2000 - 2011 Ceased due to the death of the founder
Sylvan Swanberg
|
Swiftair Cargo |
|
|
SCL |
SWIFTAIR |
Abbotsford |
1980 – 1982 Operated
Douglas DC-8
[404]
|
Swoop |
|
WO |
WSW |
SWOOP |
Abbotsford,
Hamilton (ON) |
2018 – 2023 Re-integrated into
WestJet
[405]
|
T
|
Tagish Air Services |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1988 – 2004
[406]
|
Tal Air Charters |
|
JEL |
YYZ |
JETEL |
Toronto Pearson |
1994 – 2003 Operated
Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III
[407]
|
Tamalik Air |
|
|
|
|
CFB Goose Bay |
1994 – 2003 Associated to
Air Labrador Operated
DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[408]
|
Tempus Air |
|
OB |
TEM |
|
Hamilton |
1985 – 1988 Operated
Convair 580
[409]
|
Terr Air |
|
|
|
|
Ross River |
1973 – 1979 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
F-11 Husky,
Hughes 500
[410]
[411]
|
Terra Surveys |
|
|
|
|
Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier |
1966 – 1972 Reorganized in
Geoterrex, acquired by
Cargaard Aviation
[412]
|
The Sarcee Club |
|
|
|
|
Calgary |
1971 – 1972 Operated a single
Vickers 757 Viscount
[413]
|
Thomas Cook Airlines Canada
|
|
MT
|
TCX
|
KESTREL
|
Montreal,
Quebec
|
2010 - 2013 Ended contract with
Jazz
|
Thunderbird Airlines |
|
|
|
|
|
1965 – 1971 Merged with
Northern Mountain Airlines to form
NT Air Operated
DHC-3 Otter,
DHC-2 Beaver,
Cessnas
[414]
|
Timberline Air |
|
|
TMR |
TIMBER |
Chilliwack |
1998 – 1998 Operated
Beech King Air
[415]
|
Time Air
|
|
KI
|
TAF
|
TIME AIR
|
Lethbridge
|
1966 - 1993 To
Canadian Regional Airlines
|
Timmins Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Montreal |
1960 – 1962 Operated
Beech 18,
Beech Bonanza,
Piaggio P.136 Royal Gull,
de Havilland Dove
[416]
|
TK Air Charters |
|
|
|
|
Prince Rupert |
1995 – 2003 Operated
Piper Navajo,
Cessna 150,
Cessna 337
[417]
[418]
|
Torontair |
|
|
TOR |
TORONTAIR |
Buttonville |
1963 – 1979 Established as
Gillies Flying Service Renamed
Torontair Operated
Beech King Air,
Beech 99,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[419]
|
Toronto Helicopters |
|
|
|
|
Toronto |
? – 1979 Merged with
Okanagan Helicopters and
Sealand Helicopters to form
Canadian Helicopters
[420]
|
Trans Canada Couriers |
|
|
|
|
Montréal Trudeau |
1960 – 1973 Acquired by
Purolator Inc. and renamed
Purolator Courier Corporation Operated
Boeing 727,
DC-9
[421]
|
Trans Fair |
|
|
|
|
Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan |
1978 – 1998 Operated
Douglas DC-3,
Beech 18,
Convair 240
[422]
|
Trans North Air |
|
|
|
|
Whitehorse |
1967 – 1979 Operated
Douglas C-47D
[423]
|
Trans North Turbo Air |
|
|
|
|
Whitehorse |
1967 – 1979 Renamed
Trans North Helicopters Operated
Cessna 402
[424]
|
Trans Provincial Air Carriers |
|
|
|
|
Whitehorse |
1960 – 1974 Renamed
Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA)
[425]
|
Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA)
|
|
CD
|
TDY
|
|
Prince Rupert
|
1974 – 1993 Established as
Trans Provincial Air Carriers Acquired by
Harbour Air Seaplanes
[426]
|
Trans-Canada Air Lines
|
|
|
|
|
Montréal Saint-Hubert
|
1937 – 1965 Now
Air Canada Operated
Lockheed L-1049C
|
Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines |
|
|
|
|
Sept-Îles |
1951 – 1966 Operated
L.10 Electra,
Beech 18,
G-44 Widgeon,
DHC-2 Beaver,
Piper Apache,
Cessna 180
[427]
|
Trans-Labrador Airlines |
|
|
|
|
Schefferville |
1956 – 1963 Operated
PBY Catalina,
C-46,
C-47
[428]
|
Trans-Mountain Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Campbell River |
1968 – 1973 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[429]
|
Transair
|
|
TZ
|
TTZ
|
|
Winnipeg Richardson
|
1956 – 1979
[430] Founded by the merger of
Central Northern Airways and
Arctic Wings; acquired by
Pacific Western Airlines in 1979
|
Transport Aerien Sept-Iles |
|
|
|
|
Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan |
1972 – 1983 Renamed
Trans Fair Operated
DC-3,
DC-4,
Convair 240
[431]
|
Transport des Monts Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Aerodrome |
1979 – 1988 Operated
Douglas C-47
[432]
|
Transwest Air |
|
9T |
ABS |
ATHABASKA |
Prince Albert |
2000– 2021
[433]
|
Trillium Air |
|
|
XXX |
N |
Waterloo |
1999 – 2002 Operated
Jetstream 31
[434]
|
Trippier Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Ear Falls Water Aerodrome |
1984 – 2005 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[435]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Yellowknife
|
???? – 2013 Acquired by the Ledcor Group and rebranded as
Summit Helicopters
|
Triton Airlines |
|
|
DRC |
TRITON AIR |
St. John's |
1993 – 1994 Founded by Jason and Javis Roberts Operated
Boeing 737
[436]
|
Triumph Airways |
|
|
TUI |
|
Oshawa |
2005 – 2011 Established as
Enterprise Air in 1993 Operated
Basler BT-67
[437]
|
Tyee Airways |
|
6T |
TYE |
TYEE AIR |
Sechelt |
1961 – 1992 Operated
BN Islander,
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter
[438]
|
U
|
United Air Transport |
|
|
|
|
|
1933 – 1939 Renamed
Yukon Southern Air Transport Operated
Ford Trimotor
[439]
|
Universal Helicopters |
|
|
|
|
St. John's |
1963 – 2020
[440]
|
V
|
|
|
VN
|
VAC
|
VACATIONAIR
|
Toronto Pearson
|
1988 – 1990 Established as
Gray Coach Lines
|
Val Air
|
|
VK
|
|
|
Montréal Trudeau
|
2003 – 2004
|
Venture Air |
|
|
|
|
Thompson |
1995 – 2004 Renamed
Central Flyway Air
[441]
|
Vic Turner Ltd |
|
|
|
|
|
1966 – 1971 Acquired by
Kenn Borek Air Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[442]
|
Victoria Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
Victoria Water Aerodrome |
1959 – 1970 Founded by William Sylvester Acquired by
Nils Christensen Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[443]
|
Vision Airways Corporation
|
|
V6
|
VSN
|
VISION
|
Timmins
|
? – 1994
|
Vistajet
|
|
5V
|
VJT
|
VISTA
|
Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor
|
1997 – 1997
|
W
|
Wabusk Air |
|
WU |
WABUSK
[444] |
|
Moosonee |
1997 – 2019
Air operator's certificate cancelled by
Transport Canada
[445] Operated
Beech 90,
Beech King Air,
Piper Navajo
[446] As of March 2023 there are five aircraft still registered to 164061 BC Ltd.
[447]
[448]
|
Waglisla Air (Wagair) |
|
3V |
SEH |
SEA HAWK |
Vancouver |
1982 – 1995 Went in receivership Operated
Piper Navajo,
Beech 99,
FH-227
[449]
|
Wagner Aviation |
|
|
|
|
Kingston Norman Rogers |
1968 – 1974 Operated
Beech 18,
BN Islander,
Cessna 150,
Cessna Skyhawk,
Cessna 402
[450]
|
Wardair
|
|
WD
|
WDA
|
WARDAIR
|
Edmonton
|
1952 – 1990 Established as
Polaris Charter Company at Yellowknife in 1946 Acquired by
Canadian Airlines
|
Waweig Air |
|
|
|
|
Thunder Bay Water Aerodrome |
2001 – 2006 Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter,
DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter
[451]
[452]
|
West Coast Air
|
|
8O
|
YWZ
|
COAST AIR
|
Vancouver Harbour
|
1996 – 2015
[453]
Floatplanes, scheduled and
charters service Acquired by
Harbour Air Seaplanes in 2010
[454]
|
West Coast Air Services |
|
|
|
|
|
1978 – 1980 Established as
Gilbert's Flying Service in 1931 To
Air BC Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[455]
|
WestCan International Airlines |
|
|
|
|
Edmonton |
2007 – 2010 Operated
Boeing 727-100C
[456]
|
West Wind Aviation
|
|
|
WEW
|
WESTWIND
|
Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker
|
1983 – 2021 Scheduled passenger service, charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance).
|
Western Canada Airways |
|
|
|
|
Lac du Bonnet |
1926 – 1930 To
Canadian Airways
[457]
|
|
|
|
WES
|
WESTEX
|
Vancouver
|
1994 – 2006 Established as
Aviation Business Flights Operated
Super King Air,
Cessna Caravan,
Fairchild F-27,
IAI Westwind,
Learjet 31A,
Swearingen Merlin II
[458]
[459]
|
Western Straits Air |
|
|
|
|
Campbell River Water Aerodrome |
1986 – 1996 Acquired by
CoVal Air Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
DHC-3 Otter,
Cessna 185
[460]
|
Westinghouse Airways |
|
|
|
|
Victoria |
1945 – 1954 To
B.C. Air Lines Operated
Republic Seabee,
Luscombe 8
[461]
|
Westpoint Airlines |
|
|
WTP |
WESTPOINT |
Calgary |
2003 – 2004 Renamed
Regional 1 Airlines Operated
Dash-8,
DHC-6 Twin Otter
[462]
|
Wheeler Airlines (1938) |
|
|
|
|
Montréal Saint-Hubert |
1938 – 1960 Founded by Tom Wheeler Established as
Gray Rocks Air Service in 1921 Renamed
Wheeler Airlines (1960) Heavy transport division to
Nordair Operated
Beech 18,
Boeing-Stearman 75,
C-46,
C-47,
Cessna 180,
Grumman Avenger,
Westland Whirlwind
[463]
|
Wheeler Airlines (1960) |
|
|
|
|
Montréal Saint-Hubert |
1960 – 1967 Founded by Tom Wheeler Established as
Wheeler Airlines (1938) in 1921 Taken over by
Nordair
[464]
|
Whitehorse Flying Services |
|
|
|
|
Whitehorse |
1949 – 1954
Bush plane service To
Central British Columbia Airlines Operated
DHC-2 Beaver,
Noorduyn Norseman
[465]
|
Whiteshell Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Lac du Bonnet (North) Water Aerodrome |
1968 – 2004 Operated
DHC-3 Otter
[466]
|
Wild Country Airways |
|
|
|
|
Red Lake Water Aerodrome |
1996 – 2006 Operated
DHC-3 Otter,
Noorduyn Norseman
[467]
|
Wilderness Seaplanes |
|
|
|
|
Bella Coola |
1959 – 1998 Merged into
Pacific Coastal Airlines Operated
Beech King Air,
BN Islander,
Piper Navajo
[468]
|
Windoak Air Service |
|
|
|
|
Vancouver |
1982 – 1993 Renamed
Harbour Air Operated
DHC-6 Twin Otter,
DHC-3 Otter,
DHC-2 Beaver
[469]
|
Wings |
|
|
|
|
|
1942 – 1942 To form
Canadian Pacific Air Lines
[470]
|
Winnport
|
|
W8
|
WNT
|
|
Winnipeg Richardson
|
1998 – 2002
Winnipeg-based air cargo company flying to
China Renamed
Cargojet Airways Operated
Boeing 727
|
World-Wide Airways
|
|
|
|
|
Montréal Trudeau
|
1947 – 1966 Founded by
Donald McVicar Operated
C-46,
C-47,
C-54,
L-1049
[471]
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Worldways Canada
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WG
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WWC
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WORLDWAYS CANADA
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Toronto Pearson
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1973 – 1991 Registered in Nova Scotia in 1985 Operated
Douglas DC-8
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Y
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Yellow Bird Air |
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Vancouver |
1968 – 1984 Acquired by
Burrard Air Operated
Douglas DC-3
[472]
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Yellowknife Airways |
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Vancouver |
1949 – 1951 Founded by
Maxwell William Ward and
George Pigeon Operated
DHC-2 Beaver
[473]
[474]
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Yukon Airways & Exploration Company |
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Dawson City |
1927 – 1929
[475]
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Yukon Southern Air Transport |
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1939 – 1942 Established as
United Air Transport Acquired by
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated
Ford Trimotor
[476]
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Z
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Zip
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3J
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WZP
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ZIPPER
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Calgary
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2002 – 2004 Operations return to regular
Air Canada routes
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Zoom Airlines
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Z4
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OOM
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ZOOM
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Ottawa
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2002 – 2008 Named acquired for the new
XPO Airlines in 2009
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