Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) or headquarters Time activity Notes 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 Connector AC Halifax 2001 – 2002, Merged with Air Canada Regional under the new name Air Canada Jazz Air Canada Jazz QK JZA JAZZ Halifax 2001 – 2011 Renamed Air Canada Express [ 17] Air Canada Regional QK ARN Halifax 2001 – 2002, Merged with Air Canada Connector under the new name 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 Airways . 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 Vancouver 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 Jetlines AU CJL JETBUS Toronto Pearson 2022 – 2024 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 defunct 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 ,DHC 3 ,DHC 2 ,DHC 6 ,Stinson SR-8 ,Beech 18 ,Cessnas , Fairchild F27 ,Noorduyn Norseman , BN2 islander , Bristol Freighter ,DC 3 ,Piper Aztec ,Aérospatiale Gazelle ,Aérospatiale Alouette II , Bell Helicopter
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-1049 H 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 – 1971 Merged with Thunderbird Airlines to form Northern Thunderbird 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] OWG N5 NRL NOLINOR Montréal–Trudeau , Toronto Pearson
2020 – 2025 Virtual airline and division of Nolinor Aviation [ 316]
P Pacific Airways 1925 – 1928 Founded by D. R. MacLaren on 10 February 1925 Acquired by Western Canada Airways on 1 May 1928 [ 317] Pacific Coastal Airlines PG Nanaimo 1960 – 1980 Operated BN Islander , DC-3 [ 318] Pacific Spirit Air 1997 – 2001 Established as Hanna Air [ 319] 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 [ 320] Parsons Air Services 1974 – 1989 Operated Beech D18S [ 321] Parsons Airways Kenora 1952 – 1979 Acquired Johanneson Flying Services and renamed Kenora Air Service Operated Cessna 170 , Cessna 180 [ 322] Parsons Airways Northern FAP Flin Flon 1955 – 1984 Operated U-1 Otter , DHC-3 Otter [ 323] Pat Bay Air Victoria Water Aerodrome 2005 – 2015 Floatplane charters [ 324] Patricia Airways and Exploration Sioux Lookout 1926 – 1928 Founded by H.A. Oaks, G.A. Thompson, S. Tomlinson Renamed Patricia Airways [ 325] [ 326] Peace Air Sioux Lookout 1968 – 2007 Established as Peace River Air Services in 1962 Operated BN Islander , Jetstream 31 [ 327] Pegasus Airlifts Malton 1962 – 1973 Merged with Dominion Helicopters in 1973 to form Dominion Pegasus Helicopters Operated Bell 47J , Bell 206 [ 328] Pem-Air PD PEM PEM-AIR Pembroke 1970 – 2002 Peninsula Air Services Hamilton 1965 – 1979 [ 329] Peregrine Air Charter Vancouver 1987 – 1998 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , Fokker F28 [ 330] Plumridge Air 2006 – 2017 Operated seaplane DHC-2 Beaver [ 331] Points North Air Services Points North 1988 – 2003 Operated DHC-3 Otter , C-47 , Cessna 402 , Cessna Caravan [ 332] Points of Call Canada PM PTS POINTSCALL Edmonton 1988 – 1990 Operated Douglas DC-8 [ 333] Polaris Charter Company Yellowknife 1946 – 1953 Founded by Maxwell W. Ward Operated DH.83 Fox Moth To Wardair [ 334] Port Alberni Airways Yellowknife 1947 – 1948 Founded by Jack Moul and Slim Knights Merged into Associated Air Taxi [ 335] Powell Air PWL POWELL AIR Powell River 1975 – 1987 Merged with Air BC 's Port Hardy operations to form Pacific Coastal Airlines Operated Convair 440 Powell River Airways Vancouver 1959 – 1965 Renamed Airwest Airlines Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter [ 336] 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 [ 337] Premair 1992 – 1992 Operated Piper Navajo [ 338] 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 [ 339] Absorbed by West Wind Aviation [ 340] Prospecting Airways 1928 – 1929 Aerial prospecting [ 341] Provincial Airlines PB SPR SPEEDAIR St. John's 1980 – 2016 Rebranded as PAL Airlines [ 342] Provincial Express PRV PROVINCIAL St. John's 1988 – 2005 Operated Cessna Caravan [ 343] Ptarmigan Airways 5P PTA PTARMIGAN Yellowknife 1965 – 1995 Acquired by First Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter [ 344] Purple Label Airlines 1928 – 1928 Absorbed by Great Western Airways Operated Stinson Detroiter [ 345] Q Quebec Airways 1935 – 1942 Operated Boeing 247 , de Havilland Dragon , Fairchild 71 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines [ 346] Quebec Aviation QBC QUEBEC AVIATION 1979 – 1987 Establish as Northwestern Airways , to Inter-Canadien [ 347] 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 [ 348] R Rainy Lake Airways Fort Frances Water Aerodrome 1954 – 1979 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter , Beech 18 , Noorduyn Norseman [ 349] Ramsey Airways Greater Sudbury 1992 – 1994 Founded by Robert Merrilees Operated DHC-3 Otter , Cessna 180 [ 350] Range Airways Calgary 1964 – 1965 Merged with Connolly-Dawson Airways and Yukon Flying Service to form Great Northern Airways [ 351] Red Lake Airways Kenora 1987 – 2007 Operated DHC-3 Otter , DHC-2 Beaver , Cessna Skywagon [ 352] Regency Express VL NVR 1994 – 2002 Acquired North Vancouver Air and formed Sonicblue Airways [ 353] Regionair RGR REGIONAIR 1981 – 1984 Merged into Quebecair Operated HS 748 [ 354] Regionair RH GIO 1992 – 2001 [ 355] Regional 1 Airlines TSH Calgary 2004 – 2014 Established as Westpoint Airlines Rebranded R1 Airlines [ 356] Reindeer Air Service Inuvik 1960 – 1979 Founded by Frederick J. Carmichael Operated Stinson Voyager , DC-3 , C-46 , Beech 18 [ 357] [ 358] Rigel Airways Resolute Bay 1982 – 1994 Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter [ 359] Rimouski Airlines Montréal Trudeau 1947 – 1953 Operated de Havilland Dragon Rapide , C-46 , DC-3 [ 360] 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 [ 361] Royal Aviation QN ROY ROY Montréal Trudeau 1991 – 2001 Acquired by Canada 3000 Royal Aviation Express RXP ROY EXPRESS 1997 – 2001 Operated Boeing 737 [ citation needed ] Royal Cargo Airlines QN ROY Montreal Dorval 1999 – 2001 Operated Boeing 727-100 C, Boeing 737-200 F 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] Sunwing Airlines WG SWG SUNWING Toronto Pearson 2005 – 2025 Merged with WestJet [ 401] [ 402] Superior Airways Fort William 1940– 1979 Operated Douglas DC-3 , Bellanca 31-40 [ 403] Survair SS Ottawa 1971– 1978 Operated Douglas C-47A , DHC-6 Twin Otter [ 404] Sustut Air Smithers 2006 – 2013 Operated Skyvan , Cessna 208 [ 405] 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 [ 406] Swoop WO WSW SWOOP Abbotsford , Hamilton (ON) 2018 – 2023 Re-integrated into WestJet [ 407] T Tagish Air Services Vancouver 1988 – 2004 [ 408] Tal Air Charters JEL YYZ JETEL Toronto Pearson 1994 – 2003 Operated Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III [ 409] Tamalik Air CFB Goose Bay 1994 – 2003 Associated to Air Labrador Operated DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter , DHC-6 Twin Otter [ 410] Tempus Air OB TEM Hamilton 1985 – 1988 Operated Convair 580 [ 411] Terr Air Ross River 1973 – 1979 Operated DHC-2 Beaver , F-11 Husky , Hughes 500 [ 412] [ 413] Terra Surveys Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier 1966 – 1972 Reorganized in Geoterrex , acquired by Cargaard Aviation [ 414] The Sarcee Club Calgary 1971 – 1972 Operated a single Vickers 757 Viscount [ 415] 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 Northern Thunderbird Air Operated DHC-3 Otter , DHC-2 Beaver , Cessnas [ 416] Timberline Air TMR TIMBER Chilliwack 1998 – 1998 Operated Beech King Air [ 417] 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 [ 418] TK Air Charters Prince Rupert 1995 – 2003 Operated Piper Navajo , Cessna 150 , Cessna 337 [ 419] [ 420] Torontair TOR TORONTAIR Buttonville 1963 – 1979 Established as Gillies Flying Service Renamed Torontair Operated Beech King Air , Beech 99 , DHC-6 Twin Otter [ 421] Toronto Helicopters Toronto ? – 1979 Merged with Okanagan Helicopters and Sealand Helicopters to form Canadian Helicopters [ 422] Trans Canada Couriers Montréal Trudeau 1960 – 1973 Acquired by Purolator Inc. and renamed Purolator Courier Corporation Operated Boeing 727 , DC-9 [ 423] Trans Fair Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan 1978 – 1998 Operated Douglas DC-3 , Beech 18 , Convair 240 [ 424] Trans North Air Whitehorse 1967 – 1979 Operated Douglas C-47 D [ 425] Trans North Turbo Air Whitehorse 1967 – 1979 Renamed Trans North Helicopters Operated Cessna 402 [ 426] Trans Provincial Air Carriers Whitehorse 1960 – 1974 Renamed Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA) [ 427] Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA) CD TDY Prince Rupert 1974 – 1993 Established as Trans Provincial Air Carriers Acquired by Harbour Air Seaplanes [ 428] Trans-Canada Air Lines Montréal Saint-Hubert 1937 – 1965 Now Air Canada Operated Lockheed L-1049 C Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines Sept-Îles 1951 – 1966 Operated L.10 Electra , Beech 18 , G-44 Widgeon , DHC-2 Beaver , Piper Apache , Cessna 180 [ 429] Trans-Labrador Airlines Schefferville 1956 – 1963 Operated PBY Catalina , C-46 , C-47 [ 430] Trans-Mountain Air Service Campbell River 1968 – 1973 Operated DHC-2 Beaver [ 431] Transair TZ TTZ Winnipeg Richardson 1956 – 1979 [ 432] 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 [ 433] Transport des Monts Aviation Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Aerodrome 1979 – 1988 Operated Douglas C-47 [ 434] Transwest Air 9T ABS ATHABASKA Prince Albert 2000– 2021 [ 435] Trillium Air XXX N Waterloo 1999 – 2002 Operated Jetstream 31 [ 436] Trippier Air Service Ear Falls Water Aerodrome 1984 – 2005 Operated DHC-2 Beaver [ 437] 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 [ 438] Triumph Airways TUI Oshawa 2005 – 2011 Established as Enterprise Air in 1993 Operated Basler BT-67 [ 439] Tyee Airways 6T TYE TYEE AIR Sechelt 1961 – 1992 Operated BN Islander , DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter [ 440] U United Air Transport 1933 – 1939 Renamed Yukon Southern Air Transport Operated Ford Trimotor [ 441] Universal Helicopters St. John's 1963 – 2020 [ 442] 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 [ 443] Vic Turner Ltd 1966 – 1971 Acquired by Kenn Borek Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter [ 444] Victoria Flying Services Victoria Water Aerodrome 1959 – 1970 Founded by William Sylvester Acquired by Nils Christensen Operated DHC-2 Beaver [ 445] Vision Airways Corporation V6 VSN VISION Timmins ? – 1994 Vistajet 5V VJT VISTA Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor 1997 – 1997 W Wabusk Air WU WABUSK [ 446] Moosonee 1997 – 2019 Air operator's certificate cancelled by Transport Canada [ 447] Operated Beech 90 , Beech King Air , Piper Navajo [ 448] As of March 2023 there are five aircraft still registered to 164061 BC Ltd. [ 449] [ 450] Waglisla Air (Wagair) 3V SEH SEA HAWK Vancouver 1982 – 1995 Went in receivership Operated Piper Navajo , Beech 99 , FH-227 [ 451] Wagner Aviation Kingston Norman Rogers 1968 – 1974 Operated Beech 18 , BN Islander , Cessna 150 , Cessna Skyhawk , Cessna 402 [ 452] 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 [ 453] [ 454] West Coast Air 8O YWZ COAST AIR Vancouver Harbour 1996 – 2015 [ 455] Floatplanes , scheduled and charters service Acquired by Harbour Air Seaplanes in 2010 [ 456] West Coast Air Services 1978 – 1980 Established as Gilbert's Flying Service in 1931 To Air BC Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter [ 457] WestCan International Airlines Edmonton 2007 – 2010 Operated Boeing 727-100 C [ 458] 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 [ 459] WES WESTEX Vancouver 1994 – 2006 Established as Aviation Business Flights Operated Super King Air , Cessna Caravan , Fairchild F-27 , IAI Westwind , Learjet 31 A, Swearingen Merlin II [ 460] [ 461] Western Straits Air Campbell River Water Aerodrome 1986 – 1996 Acquired by CoVal Air Operated DHC-2 Beaver , DHC-3 Otter , Cessna 185 [ 462] Westinghouse Airways Victoria 1945 – 1954 To B.C. Air Lines Operated Republic Seabee , Luscombe 8 [ 463] WestJet Link 8P PCO PASCO Calgary 2018 – 2024 Merged back into WestJet Encore Operated Saab 340 [ 464] Westpoint Airlines WTP WESTPOINT Calgary 2003 – 2004 Renamed Regional 1 Airlines Operated Dash-8 , DHC-6 Twin Otter [ 465] 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 [ 466] Wheeler Airlines (1960) Montréal Saint-Hubert 1960 – 1967 Founded by Tom Wheeler Established as Wheeler Airlines (1938) in 1921 Taken over by Nordair [ 467] Whitehorse Flying Services Whitehorse 1949 – 1954 Bush plane service To Central British Columbia Airlines Operated DHC-2 Beaver , Noorduyn Norseman [ 468] Whiteshell Air Service Lac du Bonnet (North) Water Aerodrome 1968 – 2004 Operated DHC-3 Otter [ 469] Wild Country Airways Red Lake Water Aerodrome 1996 – 2006 Operated DHC-3 Otter , Noorduyn Norseman [ 470] Wilderness Seaplanes Bella Coola 1959 – 1998 Merged into Pacific Coastal Airlines Operated Beech King Air , BN Islander , Piper Navajo [ 471] Windoak Air Service Vancouver 1982 – 1993 Renamed Harbour Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter , DHC-3 Otter , DHC-2 Beaver [ 472] Wings 1942 – 1942 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines [ 473] 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 [ 474] 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 [ 475] Yellowknife Airways Vancouver 1949 – 1951 Founded by Maxwell William Ward and George Pigeon Operated DHC-2 Beaver [ 476] [ 477] Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Dawson City 1927 – 1929 [ 478] Yukon Southern Air Transport 1939 – 1942 Established as United Air Transport Acquired by Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated Ford Trimotor [ 479] 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