This is a list of defunct airlines of Canada.[1][2]
Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters |
Time activity Notes | ||
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30000 Island Air |
Parry Sound Harbour | 2000 – ???? Charter rental & leasing service Operated DHC-2 Beaver | ||||||
A | ||||||||
Abbotsford Air Services | 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 to Airborne Energy Solutions Operated Cessna 177, Robinson R44 | ||||||
Aero Activities Limited | Barker Field Maple Airport | 1949 – 1957 Belongings to Marion Alice Orr Sold in 1957[5] | ||||||
Aero Bee Airlines | Montréal Trudeau | 2012 – 2012 Founded by Russ Payson Operated Boeing 737 800[6] | ||||||
Aéro Golfe | 1988 – 2000 Renamed to Air Saguenay Operated DHC-2 Beaver[7] | |||||||
Aero Link | 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 to 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 to City Express Operated Saunders ST-27,[15] | |||
Air Baffin | BFF | AIR BAFFIN | Iqaluit | 1990 – 1997 Renamed to 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 to: Quebec Aviation | ||||||
Air Caledonia | ACM | WEST CAL | Vancouver | 1984 – 1989 Operated PBY Catalina | ||||
Air Canada Jazz | QK | JZA | JAZZ | Halifax | 2001 – 2011 Renamed to Air Canada Express[17] | |||
Air Canada Regional | QK | ARN | Halifax | 2001 – 2002 Renamed to: 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] | ||||||
Air Charter Systems |
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 to 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 | |||
Air Schefferville |
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 to Alta Flights[51] | |||||||
Alberta Northern Airlines | Calgary | 1981 – 1989[52] | ||||||
Alert Bay Air Services | BF | 1958 – 1978 Renamed to 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 to 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 to Kenting Aviation Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[75] | |||||||
Atonabee Airways | 1971 – 1979 Renamed to 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 to 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 to 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 to 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 to 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 to Bearskin Airlines Operated DC-3, Beech 99, Piper Navajo[89] | |||
Beaver Air Services | The Pas | 1982 – 2006 Renamed to Missinippi Airways Operated Cessna Caravan[90] | ||||||
Bella Coola Air | Bella Coola | 1996 – 2017 Charter operations[91] | ||||||
Big River Air | 1984 – 2007 Renamed to 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 to Morningstar Air Express | ||||
Buffalo Narrows Airways | Buffalo Narrows | 1976 – 1977 Renamed to 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] | |||||||
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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 to 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 to: 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 to North Star Air | ||||||
Carl Millard | Toronto Pearson | 1954 – 1962 Renamed to Millardair[119] | ||||||
Carter Air Services | 1962 – 1999[120] | |||||||
Cassidair Services | 1956 – 1965 Renamed to Pacific Coastal Airlines[121] | |||||||
Centennial Airlines | CNS | CENTENNIAL | 2004 – 2004[122] | |||||
Central Air Transport | Sioux Lookout | 1978 – 1996 Renamed to 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 to 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 to 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] | ||||||
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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 to 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] | |||||
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Fairchild Aerial Surveys | 1922 – 1923 Founded by Sherman Fairchild Operated Fokker D.VII[165] | |||||||
Fecteau Transport Aerien | Senneterre | 1936 - 1973 Renamed to 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 to 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] | |||||
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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 to West Coast Air Services[179] | |||||||
Gillies Flying Service | Buttonville | 1948 – 1963 Renamed to 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 to 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 to Wheeler Airlines[190] | ||||||
Great Lakes Air Service | 1961 – 1967 Established as Great Lakes Airlines Renamed to 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 to 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 to 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 to Helijet International[202] | ||||||
HMY Airways | HQ | HMY | Vancouver | 2004 – 2007[203] | ||||
Holidair |
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 | ||||||||
ICC Air Cargo Canada |
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 to 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 to Air Commonwealth Alberta Operated Douglas C-47A[228] | |||||||
Kelner Airways | FKL | KELNER | Pickle Lake | 1989 – 1993 Cargo and passengers carrier Renamed to 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 to 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 to 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 to 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 to Leavens Bros in 1953[252] | ||||||
Lethbridge Air Services | Lethbridge | 1966 – 1969 Founded by Stubb Ross Renamed to 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] | |||||||
M | ||||||||
M&C Aviation |
Prince Albert | 1930 – 1947 To Norcanair (Saskatchewan Government Airways) | ||||||
Mackenzie Air | Edmonton | 1975 – 1979 Charter carrier Operated BN Islander[258] | ||||||
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[259] | ||||||
Maple Air Services | MAD | MAPLE AIR | Maple | ? – 1987 Operated Piper Cherokee[260] | ||||
Maritime Central Airways | Moncton | 1941 – 1963 Nordair was a subsidiary Operated DC-4 | ||||||
Maritime Global Airways | MGM | Halifax | 1996 – 1997 Operated Convair 580[261] | |||||
Matane Air Services | Matane | 1947 – 1965 Acquired by Quebecair Operated Lockheed 10 Electra, DC-3[262] | ||||||
May Airlines | 1919 – 1924[263] | |||||||
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[264] | ||||||
Metrolitan Air Services | Alma | 1959 – 1960 Renamed to Alma Air Services[265] | ||||||
Miksoo Aviation | Meadow Lake | 1975 – 1979 Operated Beech 18[266] | ||||||
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[267] | ||||
Minto Airways | Edmonton | 1982 – 1986 Operated DHC-3 Otter, Beech D18S[268] | ||||||
Miramichi Air Service | MIR | MIRAMICHI | Douglastown Airfield | 1970 – 1975 Aerial spraying Operated Grumman TBF Avenger[269] | ||||
Mober Aviation | Drummondville | 1970 – 1984 Operated DHC Beaver, C-47[270] | ||||||
Mont Laurier Aviation | Roberval | 1947 – 1957 Merged with Boreal Airways to form Nordair Operated DC-3, DC-4[271] | ||||||
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[272] | ||||||
Montreal Air Services | Montreal | 1955 – 1978 Operated PBY Catalina, C-46, DC-3, Super Constellation[273] | ||||||
Montreal & Dominion Skyways | Montreal | 1935 – 1942 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines[274] | ||||||
Morgan Air Services | 1983 – 2010 Operated Cessna 172, Cessna 401[275] | |||||||
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 to North-Wright Air in 1986 and North-Wright Airways in 1998[276] | ||||
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[277] | ||||||
Nav Air Charter | FCV | Victoria | 1979 – 2005 Operated Mitsubishi MU-2, Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II[278] | |||||
New Air & Tours | Calgary | 2006 – 2008 Rebranded as Enerjet before starting[279] | ||||||
Newfoundland Aero Sales and Services | St. John's | 1948 – 1949 Acquired by Eastern Provincial Airways[280] | ||||||
Newfoundland Air Transport | Deer Lake | 1961 – 1979 Renamed to Newfoundland & Labrador Air Transport[281] | ||||||
Newfoundland Airways | Gander | 1948 – 1983 To Air Labrador | ||||||
NewLeaf | F8 | Winnipeg | 2016 – 2017 Acquired by Flair Air[282] | |||||
NextJet Canada | Kitchener | 2016 – 2016 Virtual carrier[283] | ||||||
Nipawin Air Services | Nipawin | 1961 – 1979 Renamed to Osprey Wings Operated DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, DHC-6 Twin Otter[284] | ||||||
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[285] | ||||||
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[286] | |||||
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[287] | |||||
North Pacific Seaplanes | Prince Rupert Water Aerodrome | 1995 – 2013 Operated DHC-3 Otter[288] | ||||||
North Vancouver Air | VL | NRV | NORVAN | Vancouver | 1994 – 2003 Acquired by Regency Express Operated Aeronca Champion, Jetstream 31, Piper Navajo, Beech King Air[289] | |||
North-Wright Air | Norman Wells | 1986 – 1998 Established as Nahanni Air Services Renamed to North-Wright Airways[290] | ||||||
Northern British Columbia Air Service | Watson Lake | 1936 – 1953 Renamed to BC Yukon Air Service[291] | ||||||
Northern Dene Airways | U7 | NKA | NORCANAIR | Prince Albert | 1992 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, Beech King Air, Swearingen Metroliner[292][293] | |||
Northern Hawk Aviation | Vancouver | 2003 – 2005 Operated Piper Navajo, Beech King Air[294] | ||||||
Northern Mountain Airlines | 1959 – 1979 Merged with Thunderbird Airlines to form NT Air Operated DHC-2 Beaver, Beech 18, Grumman Goose[295] | |||||||
Northern Sky Aviation | High Level | 1989 – 2000[296] | ||||||
Northern Wings (Les Ailes du Nord) | WS | Sept-Îles | 1946 – 1981 To Quebecair Operated Douglas DC-3, Fokker Friendship, Hawker Siddeley HS 748[297] | |||||
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[298] | |||||||
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[299] | |||
Northward Airlines | NN | Edmonton | 1972 – 1980 Established as Northward Aviation in 1966. Operated Saunders ST-27, DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-6 Twin Otter[300] | |||||
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[301] | |||||
Notre-Dame Air Transport | GO PREMIUM | 1958 – 1964 Operated Convair 340[302] | ||||||
Nunasi-Central Airlines | NUM | NUNASI | Kenora | 1984 – 1987 Established as Ontario Central Airlines Renamed to Nunasi-Northland Airlines Operated DC-3[303] | ||||
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[304] | ||||||
Okanagan Air Services | Kelowna | 1947 – 1949 Renamed to Okanagan Helicopters Operated Bell 47[305] | ||||||
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[306] | ||||||
Ontario Central Airlines | NUN | NUNASI | Kenora | 1947 – 1984[307] Renamed to: 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[308] | ||||||
Ontario Worldair | Toronto Pearson | 1978 – 1981 Operated Boeing 707[309] | ||||||
Orca Airways | OR | ORK | ORCA | Vancouver | 2005 – 2018 Scheduled passenger service, charters Operated Piper Navajo[310] | |||
Osnaburgh Airways | Pickle Lake Water Aerodrome | 1986 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter[311] | ||||||
Otonabee Airways | OU | OUL | Peterborough | 1971 – 1980 Founded by Joseph Csumrick Renamed to Air Atonabee Operated Saunders ST-27[312] | ||||
Owen Sound Air Services | Toronto Pearson | 1973 – 1984 Acquired by Soundair Operated DC-3[313] | ||||||
P | ||||||||
Pacific Airways | 1925 – 1928 Founded by D. R. MacLaren on 10 February 1925 Acquired by Western Canada Airways on 1 May 1928[314] | |||||||
Pacific Coastal Airlines | PG | Nanaimo | 1960 – 1980 Operated BN Islander, DC-3[315] | |||||
Pacific Spirit Air | 1997 – 2001 Established as Hanna Air[316] | |||||||
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[317] | |||||||
Parsons Air Services | 1974 – 1989 Operated Beech D18S[318] | |||||||
Parsons Airways | Kenora | 1952 – 1979 Acquired Johanneson Flying Services and renamed to Kenora Air Service Operated Cessna 170, Cessna 180[319] | ||||||
Parsons Airways Northern | FAP | Flin Flon | 1955 – 1984 Operated U-1 Otter, DHC-3 Otter[320] | |||||
Pat Bay Air | Victoria Water Aerodrome | 2005 – 2015 Floatplane charters[321] | ||||||
Patricia Airways and Exploration | Sioux Lookout | 1926 – 1928 Founded by H.A. Oaks, G.A. Thompson, S. Tomlinson Renamed to Patricia Airways[322][323] | ||||||
Peace Air | Sioux Lookout | 1968 – 2007 Established as Peace River Air Services in 1962 Operated BN Islander, Jetstream 31[324] | ||||||
Pegasus Airlifts | Malton | 1962 – 1973 Merged with Dominion Helicopters in 1973 to form Dominion Pegasus Helicopters Operated Bell 47J, Bell 206[325] | ||||||
Pem-Air | PD | PEM | PEM-AIR | Pembroke | 1970 – 2002 | |||
Peninsula Air Services | Hamilton | 1965 – 1979[326] | ||||||
Peregrine Air Charter | Vancouver | 1987 – 1998 Operated DHC-2 Beaver, Fokker F28[327] | ||||||
Plumridge Air | 2006 – 2017 Operated seaplane DHC-2 Beaver[328] | |||||||
Points North Air Services | Points North | 1988 – 2003 Operated DHC-3 Otter, C-47, Cessna 402, Cessna Caravan[329] | ||||||
Points of Call Canada | PM | PTS | POINTSCALL | Edmonton | 1988 – 1990 Operated Douglas DC-8[330] | |||
Polaris Charter Company | Yellowknife | 1946 – 1953 Founded by Maxwell W. Ward Operated DH.83 Fox Moth To Wardair[331] | ||||||
Port Alberni Airways | Yellowknife | 1947 – 1948 Founded by Jack Moul and Slim Knights Merged into Associated Air Taxi[332] | ||||||
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 to Airwest Airlines Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[333] | ||||||
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[334] | ||||||
Premair | 1992 – 1992 Operated Piper Navajo[335] | |||||||
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[336] Absorbed by West Wind Aviation[337] | ||||
Prospecting Airways | 1928 – 1929 Aerial prospecting[338] | |||||||
Provincial Airlines | PB | SPR | SPEEDAIR | St. John's | 1980 – 2016 Rebranded as PAL Airlines[339] | |||
Provincial Express | PRV | PROVINCAIL | St. John's | 1988 – 2005 Operated Cessna Caravan[340] | ||||
Ptarmigan Airways | 5P | PTA | PTARMIGAN | Yellowknife | 1965 – 1995 Acquired by First Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[341] | |||
Purple Label Airlines | 1928 – 1928 Absorbed by Great Western Airways Operated Stinson Detroiter[342] | |||||||
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Quebec Airways | 1935 – 1942 Operated Boeing 247, de Havilland Dragon, Fairchild 71 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines[343] | |||||||
Quebec Aviation | QBC | QUEBEC AVIATION | 1979 – 1987 Establish as Northwestern Airways, to Inter-Canadien[344] | |||||
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[345] | ||||||
R | ||||||||
Rainy Lake Airways | Fort Frances Water Aerodrome | 1954 – 1979 Operated DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, Beech 18, Noorduyn Norseman[346] | ||||||
Ramsey Airways | Greater Sudbury | 1992 – 1994 Founded by Robert Merrilees Operated DHC-3 Otter, Cessna 180[347] | ||||||
Range Airways | Calgary | 1964 – 1965 Merged with Connolly-Dawson Airways and Yukon Flying Service to form Great Northern Airways[348] | ||||||
Red Lake Airways | Kenora | 1987 – 2007 Operated DHC-3 Otter, DHC-2 Beaver, Cessna Skywagon[349] | ||||||
Regency Express | VL | NVR | 1994 – 2002 Acquired North Vancouver Air and formed Sonicblue Airways[350] | |||||
Regionair | RGR | REGIONAIR | 1981 – 1984 Merged into Quebecair Operated HS 748[351] | |||||
Regionair | RH | GIO | 1992 – 2001[352] | |||||
Regional 1 Airlines | TSH | Calgary | 2004 – 2014 Established as Westpoint Airlines Rebranded R1 Airlines[353] | |||||
Reindeer Air Service | Inuvik | 1960 – 1979 Founded by Frederick J. Carmichael Operated Stinson Voyager, DC-3, C-46, Beech 18[354][355] | ||||||
Rigel Airways | Resolute Bay | 1982 – 1994 Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[356] | ||||||
Rimouski Airlines | Montréal Trudeau | 1947 – 1953 Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide, C-46, DC-3[357] | ||||||
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[358] | ||||||
Royal Aviation | QN | ROY | ROY | Montréal Trudeau | 1991 – 2001 Acquired by Canada 3000 | |||
Royal Aviation Express | RXP | ROY EXPRESS | 1997 – 2001 Operated Boeing 737[359] | |||||
Royal Cargo Airlines | QN | ROY | Montreal Dorval | 1999 – 2001 Operated Boeing 727-100C, Boeing 737-200F Renamed to Canada 3000 Cargo[360] | ||||
RoyalAir | Montreal Dorval | 1968 – 1969 To Quebecair Operated Boeing 727, Douglas C-47A, DHC-6 Twin Otter[361] | ||||||
S | ||||||||
Sabourin Lake Airways | 9S | SABAIR | 1959 – 1996 Operated Beech 99, DHC-6 Twin Otter[362] | |||||
Samaritan Air Service | HLO | HALO | Buttonville | 1989 – 1999 Operated Learjet 24, Learjet 25[363] | ||||
Sapawe Air | Atikokan Water Aerodrome | 2004 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[364] | ||||||
Sarnia Airlines | Sarnia | 1960 – 1960 Operated a single de Havilland Dove[365][366] | ||||||
Saskatchewan Government Airways | Prince Albert | 1947 – 1965 To Norcanair | ||||||
Sealand Helicopters | SEA | SEALAND | St. John's | 1977 – 1987[367] 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[368] | ||||||
Sea Air Services | 1983 – 2001 Operated DHC-2 Turbo Beaver[369] | |||||||
Selkirk Air | Selkirk Water Aerodrome | 2004 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver, Beech 18, Noorduyn Norseman, Partenavia P.68 Observer[370] | ||||||
Sept-Iles Helicopter Services | Vancouver | ? – 1979 Acquired by Okanagan Helicopters Operated Bell JetRanger[371] | ||||||
Silver Pine Air Services | Pine Falls | 1960 – 1986 Operated Beech 18, DHC-3 Otter[372] | ||||||
Skeena Air Transport | Prince Rupert | 1950 – 1954 Acquired by Central British Columbia Airlines[373] | ||||||
Sky Freighters | Victoria | 1995 – 1998 Operated Douglas DC-3[374] | ||||||
Sky Regional Airlines | KV | SKV | MAPLE | Toronto Pearson Montréal–Trudeau |
2010 – 2021 Aircraft transferred to Jazz.[375] 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[376] | ||||||
Skyxpress | KLO | KLONDIKE | Calgary | 2001 - 2008[377] | ||||
Skyward Aviation | K9 | SGK | SKYWARD | Thompson | 1986 – 2005 Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Beech 1900[378] | |||
Slave Air | Slave Lake | 1988 – 2006 Air Ambulance services To CanWest Air Operated Beech B200 King Air, DHC-2 Beaver[379] | ||||||
Sonicblue Airways | VL | Vancouver | 1982 – 2006 Ceased operations | |||||
Sontair | STI | SONTAIR | Chatham-Kent | 1969 – 2006 Operated King Air 200, King Air, Cessna Caravan[380] | ||||
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[381] | ||||
Soundair Express | Toronto Pearson | 1989 – 1990 Established as Soundair Operated Convair 580[382] | ||||||
South Moresby Air Charters | Masset Water Aerodrome | 1989 – 1990 Founded by Sheila and Marvin Boyd Acquired by Inland Air Charters Operated DHC-2 Beaver[383] | ||||||
South West Air | SWC | SAINT CLAIR | 1999– 1999[384] | |||||
Southern Air Transport | 1939 – 1942 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines[385] | |||||||
Southern Alberta Air Lines | Lethbridge | 1927 – 1931 Founded by John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated de Havilland DH.60 Moth[386] | ||||||
Southern Alberta Airlines | Lethbridge | 1924 – 1924 Founded by John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated Standard J-1[387] | ||||||
Southern Frontier Airlines | Calgary | 1978 – 1978[388] To Time Air | ||||||
Sowind Air | SOW | SOWIND | Little Grand Rapids | 1991 – 2001 Operated Embraer Bandeirante, DHC-3 Otter[389] | ||||
Spartan Air Services | 1946 – 1972 Aerial survey Operated Avro Anson, Lockheed Ventura, P-38 Lightning, DC-3, Bell 47, Piasecki H-21[390] | |||||||
Sporthawk International | Toronto Pearson | 1996– 2001[391] | ||||||
St. Andrews Airways | CW | SDA | SAINT ANDREWS | Winnipeg | 1970 – 1979 Operated Found FBA-2, de Havilland Heron, Beech 18, DHC-3 Otter[392] | |||
St. Felicien Air Services | Toronto Bishop | 1957 – 1979 Operated Found FBA-2, DC-3, DHC-2 Beaver, Noorduyn Norseman[393] | ||||||
Stage Air | Penticton | 2001 – 2001 Operated Piper Navajo, Cessna Caravan[394] | ||||||
Stanair | 1952 – 1969 Operated DHC-3 Otter, Fairchild F-27[395] | |||||||
Starratt Airways | Hudson | 1932 – 1942 To Canadian Pacific Airlines | ||||||
Steinwands Transport | Rae/Edzo | 1977 – 1985 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[396] | ||||||
Sunwest Home Aviation | CNK | CHINOOK | Rae Edzo | 1986 – 2006 Renamed to Sunwest Aviation [397] | ||||
Sunwest International Aviation Services | Toronto Pearson | 1996– 2001 Operated Beech King Air, Learjet 55[398] | ||||||
Superior Airways | Fort William | 1940– 1979 Operated Douglas DC-3, Bellanca 31-40[399] | ||||||
Survair | SS | Ottawa | 1971– 1978 Operated Douglas C-47A, DHC-6 Twin Otter[400] | |||||
Sustut Air | Smithers | 2006 – 2013 Operated Skyvan, Cessna 208[401] | ||||||
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[402] | ||||
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Tagish Air Services | Vancouver | 1988 – 2004 [403] | ||||||
Tal Air Charters | JEL | YYZ | JETEL | Toronto Pearson | 1994 – 2003 Operated Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III[404] | |||
Tamalik Air | CFB Goose Bay | 1994 – 2003 Associated to Air Labrador Operated DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter, DHC-6 Twin Otter[405] | ||||||
Tempus Air | OB | TEM | Hamilton | 1985 – 1988 Operated Convair 580[406] | ||||
Terr Air | Ross River | 1973 – 1979 Operated DHC-2 Beaver, F-11 Husky, Hughes 500[407][408] | ||||||
Terra Surveys | Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier | 1966 – 1972 Reorganized in Geoterrex, acquired by Cargaard Aviation[409] | ||||||
The Sarcee Club | Calgary | 1971 – 1972 Operated a single Vickers 757 Viscount[410] | ||||||
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[411] | |||||||
Timberline Air | TMR | TIMBER | Chilliwack | 1998 – 1998 Operated Beech King Air[412] | ||||
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[413] | ||||||
TK Air Charters | Prince Rupert | 1995 – 2003 Operated Piper Navajo, Cessna 150, Cessna 337[414][415] | ||||||
Torontair | TOR | TORONTAIR | Buttonville | 1963 – 1979 Established as Gillies Flying Service Renamed to Torontair Operated Beech King Air, Beech 99, DHC-6 Twin Otter[416] | ||||
Toronto Helicopters | Toronto | ? – 1979 Merged with Okanagan Helicopters and Sealand Helicopters to form Canadian Helicopters[417] | ||||||
Trans Canada Couriers | Montréal Trudeau | 1960 – 1973 Acquired by Purolator Inc. and renamed to Purolator Courier Corporation Operated Boeing 727, DC-9[418] | ||||||
Trans Fair | Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan | 1978 – 1998 Operated Douglas DC-3, Beech 18, Convair 240[419] | ||||||
Trans North Air | Whitehorse | 1967 – 1979 Operated Douglas C-47D[420] | ||||||
Trans North Turbo Air | Whitehorse | 1967 – 1979 Renamed to Trans North Helicopters Operated Cessna 402[421] | ||||||
Trans Provincial Air Carriers | Whitehorse | 1960 – 1974 Renamed to Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA)[422] | ||||||
Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA) | CD | TDY | Prince Rupert | 1974 – 1993 Established as Trans Provincial Air Carriers Acquired by Harbour Air Seaplanes[423] | ||||
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[424] | ||||||
Trans-Labrador Airlines | Schefferville | 1956 – 1963 Operated PBY Catalina, C-46, C-47[425] | ||||||
Trans-Mountain Air Service | Campbell River | 1968 – 1973 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[426] | ||||||
Transair | TZ | TTZ | Winnipeg Richardson | 1956 – 1979[427] 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 to Trans Fair Operated DC-3, DC-4, Convair 240[428] | ||||||
Transport des Monts Aviation | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Aerodrome | 1979 – 1988 Operated Douglas C-47[429] | ||||||
Transwest Air | 9T | ABS | ATHABASKA | Prince Albert | 2000– 2021[430] | |||
Trillium Air | XXX | N | Waterloo | 1999 – 2002 Operated Jetstream 31[431] | ||||
Trippier Air Service | Ear Falls Water Aerodrome | 1984 – 2005 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[432] | ||||||
Trinity Helicopters |
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[433] | ||||
Triumph Airways | TUI | Oshawa | 2005 – 2011 Established as Enterprise Air in 1993 Operated Basler BT-67[434] | |||||
Tyee Airways | 6T | TYE | TYEE AIR | Sechelt | 1961 – 1992 Operated BN Islander, DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter[435] | |||
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United Air Transport | 1933 – 1939 Renamed to Yukon Southern Air Transport Operated Ford Trimotor[436] | |||||||
Universal Helicopters | St. John's | 1963 – 2020[437] | ||||||
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Vacationair |
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 to Central Flyway Air[438] | ||||||
Vic Turner Ltd | 1966 – 1971 Acquired by Kenn Borek Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[439] | |||||||
Victoria Flying Services | Victoria Water Aerodrome | 1959 – 1970 Founded by William Sylvester Acquired by Nils Christensen Operated DHC-2 Beaver[440] | ||||||
Vision Airways Corporation | V6 | VSN | VISION | Timmins | ? – 1994 | |||
Vistajet | 5V | VJT | VISTA | Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor |
1997 – 1997 | |||
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Wabusk Air Service | Moosonee | 1997 – 2019 Suspend Air operator's certificate Operated Beech 90, Beech King Air, Piper Navajo[441] | ||||||
Waglisla Air (Wagair) | 3V | SEH | SEA HAWK | Vancouver | 1982 – 1995 Went in receivership Operated Piper Navajo, Beech 99, FH-227[442] | |||
Wagner Aviation | Kingston Norman Rogers | 1968 – 1974 Operated Beech 18, BN Islander, Cessna 150, Cessna Skyhawk, Cessna 402[443] | ||||||
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[444][445] | ||||||
West Coast Air | 8O | YWZ | COAST AIR | Vancouver Harbour | 1996 – 2015[446] Floatplanes, scheduled and charters service Acquired by Harbour Air Seaplanes in 2010[447] | |||
West Coast Air Services | 1978 – 1980 Established as Gilbert's Flying Service in 1931 To Air BC Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[448] | |||||||
WestCan International Airlines | Edmonton | 2007 – 2010 Operated Boeing 727-100C[449] | ||||||
Western Canada Airways | Lac du Bonnet | 1926 – 1930 To Canadian Airways[450] | ||||||
Western Express Airlines |
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[451][452] | ||||
Western Straits Air | Campbell River Water Aerodrome | 1986 – 1996 Acquired by CoVal Air Operated DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, Cessna 185[453] | ||||||
Westinghouse Airways | Victoria | 1945 – 1954 To B.C. Air Lines Operated Republic Seabee, Luscombe 8[454] | ||||||
Westpoint Airlines | WTP | WESTPOINT | Calgary | 2003 – 2004 Renamed to Regional 1 Airlines Operated Dash-8, DHC-6 Twin Otter[455] | ||||
Wheeler Airlines (1938) | Montréal Saint-Hubert | 1938 – 1960 Founded by Tom Wheeler Established as Gray Rocks Air Service in 1921 Renamed to Wheeler Airlines (1960) Heavy transport division to Nordair Operated Beech 18, Boeing-Stearman 75, C-46, C-47, Cessna 180, Grumman Avenger, Westland Whirlwind[456] | ||||||
Wheeler Airlines (1960) | Montréal Saint-Hubert | 1960 – 1967 Founded by Tom Wheeler Established as Wheeler Airlines (1938) in 1921 Taken over by Nordair[457] | ||||||
Whitehorse Flying Services | Whitehorse | 1949 – 1954 Bush plane service To Central British Columbia Airlines Operated DHC-2 Beaver, Noorduyn Norseman[458] | ||||||
Whiteshell Air Service | Lac du Bonnet (North) Water Aerodrome | 1968 – 2004 Operated DHC-3 Otter[459] | ||||||
Wild Country Airways | Red Lake Water Aerodrome | 1996 – 2006 Operated DHC-3 Otter, Noorduyn Norseman[460] | ||||||
Wilderness Seaplanes | Bella Coola | 1959 – 1998 Merged into Pacific Coastal Airlines Operated Beech King Air, BN Islander, Piper Navajo[461] | ||||||
Windoak Air Service | Vancouver | 1982 – 1993 Renamed to Harbour Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, DHC-3 Otter, DHC-2 Beaver[462] | ||||||
Wings | 1942 – 1942 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines[463] | |||||||
Winnport | W8 | WNT | Winnipeg Richardson | 1998 – 2002 Winnipeg-based air cargo company flying to China Renamed to 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[464] | ||||||
Worldways Canada | WG | WWC | WORLDWAYS CANADA | Toronto Pearson | 1973 – 1991 Registered in Nova Scotia in 1985 Operated Douglas DC-8 | |||
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Yellow Bird Air | Vancouver | 1968 – 1984 Acquired by Burrard Air Operated Douglas DC-3[465] | ||||||
Yellowknife Airways | Vancouver | 1949 – 1951 Founded by Maxwell William Ward and George Pigeon Operated DHC-2 Beaver[466][467] | ||||||
Yukon Airways & Exploration Company | Dawson City | 1927 – 1929[468] | ||||||
Yukon Southern Air Transport | 1939 – 1942 Established as United Air Transport Acquired by Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated Ford Trimotor[469] | |||||||
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Zip | 3J | WZP | ZIPPER | Calgary | 2002 – 2004 Operations return to regular Air Canada routes | |||
Zoom Airlines | Z4 | OOM | ZOOM | Ottawa | 2002 – 2008 Named acquired for the new XPO Airlines in 2009 |
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