Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or headquarters | Time activity Notes |
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| | | | | 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 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 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 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 Originally formed as a subsidiary of American based Colonial Airlines, known at the time as Canadian Colonial Airways. After becoming defuct they were later rebranded as a Canadian company, 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 | PROVINCIAL | 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] |
Worldways Canada | | WG | WWC | WORLDWAYS CANADA | Toronto Pearson | 1973 – 1991 Registered in Nova Scotia in 1985 Operated Douglas DC-8 |
Y |
Yellow Bird Air | | | | | Vancouver | 1968 – 1984 Acquired by Burrard Air Operated Douglas DC-3 [472] |
Yellowknife Airways | | | | | Vancouver | 1949 – 1951 Founded by Maxwell William Ward and George Pigeon Operated DHC-2 Beaver [473] [474] |
Yukon Airways & Exploration Company | | | | | Dawson City | 1927 – 1929 [475] |
Yukon Southern Air Transport | | | | | | 1939 – 1942 Established as United Air Transport Acquired by Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated Ford Trimotor [476] |
Z |
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 |