List of defunct airlines of Canada

This article is about defunct airlines of Canada. For current airlines of Canada, see List of airlines of Canada.

This is a list of defunct airlines of Canada.[1][2]

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* See also
* References

Airline  | Image  | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Hub airport(s) or
headquarters  | Time activity
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30000 Island Air

|  |  |  |  | Parry Sound Harbour | 2000 – ????
Charter rental & leasing service
Operated DHC-2 Beaver

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]

Air Charter Systems

|  | CS  | CSW  | CHARTER SYSTEMS  | Montréal-Mirabel | 1986 – 1988
Rebirth in 1997 as International Cargo Charter and operating until 2003
Air Club International |  | HB  | CLI  | AIR CLUB  | Montréal-Mirabel | 1993 – 1998
Charter airline to Europe
Air Columbus Vacations |  |  |  |  |  | 2002 – 2003
Operated Boeing 727[19]
Air Commonwealth Alberta |  |  |  |  | Edmonton | 1969 – 1979
Operated DC-3[20]
Air Dogrib |  |  |  |  | Yellowknife Water Aerodrome | 1978 – 1982
Operated Floatplane[21]
Air Dorval |  |  | ADT | AIR DORVAL | Dorval | ???? – ????[22]
Air Fecteau |  | JG  | AFH  | FECTO  | Senneterre | 1936 – 1967
Merged with La Sarre Air Services to form Propair[23]
Air Gaspé |  | QJ  |  |  | Sept-Îles | 1951 – 1986
Established in 1951 as Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines. Became a subsidiary of Quebecair in 1973
Air Georgian |  | ZX  | GGN  | GEORGIAN  | Toronto Pearson | 1994 – 2020
Assets sold to Pivot Airlines
Regional, charters, cargo[24]
Subsidiary of Air Canada Express
Air Integra |  |  | AII | INTEGRA | Halifax | 1987 – 1993
Operated Cessna 414[25]
Air Labrador |  | WJ  | LAL  | LAB AIR  | Goose Bay | 1948 – 2017
Regional, charters. Merged with Innu Mikun Airlines to form Air Borealis
Air Liaison |  | Q9 | LIZ | LIAISON | Baie-Comeau | 2001 – 2012
To Skyjet MG[26]
Air Link Express |  |  | FSR |  |  | 1979 – 1999[27]
Air Madeleine |  |  | MLN | AIR MADELEINE | Rimouski | 1982 – 1996[28]
Air Manan |  |  |  |  |  | 1994 – 2005[29]
Air Manitoba |  | 7N | NAM | MANITOBA | Winnipeg Lyncrest | 1990 – 1994
Established as Northland Air Manitoba
Operated C-46, DC-3, HS 748, Dash 8[30]
Air Maritime |  |  |  |  |  | 1982 – 1984
Subsidiary of Eastern Provincial Airlines. To Canadian Airlines
Operated Hawker Siddeley 748
Air Melançon |  |  |  |  | Sainte-Anne-du-Lac Water Aerodrome | 1957 – 2017
Operated DHC-2 Beaver seaplane
Acquired by Air Tarmac[31]
Air Mikisew |  | V8  |  | AURORA  | Fort McMurray | 1961 (as Contact Air) – 2011
Grounded in 2010 and permanently closed by 2011
Air Montréal |  | F8 | AMO | AIR MONTREAL | Montréal Trudeau | 1994 – 2000
Activities taken over by GoAir CityLink
Operated Cessna Citation II, Embraer Brasilia, Fairchild Metroliner[32]
Air Muskoka |  |  | AMS | AIR MUSKOKA | Muskoka | 1975 – 2004[33]
Air Niagara |  | NX |  |  | St. Catharines Niagara | 1986 – 1994
Operated Convair 580, Fokker F28[34]
Air Niagara Express |  | DB | DBD | AIR NIAGARA | St. Catharines Niagara | 1978 – 1998
Operated Cessna 550 Citation, Convair 340, Convair 440, Convair 580, Fokker F28
Air Nord-Ouest |  |  |  |  | Québec City | 1970 – 2005
Operated Cessna 185[35]
Air Norterra |  | 3F | ANX | NORTERRA | Yellowknife | 1998 –
Renamed Canadian North[36]
Air Nova |  | QK  | ARN  | NOVA  | Halifax | 1986 – 2001
Merged into Air Canada Connector
Air Ontario |  |  |  |  | London | 1961 – 1987
Merged into Air Canada Connector
Air Ontario |  | GX  | ONT  | ONTARIO  | London | 1987 – 2001
To Air Canada Jazz as Air Canada Connector
Air Ottawa |  |  |  |  | Ottawa | 1990 – 1998
Operated Piper Seneca, Piper Chieftain[37]
Air Park Aviation |  |  | APA | CAN-AM |  | 1981 – 1982
Exploration charter work
Operated DHC-3 Otter[38]
Air Saguenay |  |  |  |  | Chutes-des-Passes,
Lac Sébastien | 1960 – 2019
Regional, charters, floatplanes[39]
Air Sandy |  |  | SNY | AIR SANDY |  | 1990s – ?
Operated Piper Navajo[40]
Air Sask |  | 7W | ASK | AIR SASK | Saskatoon | 1991 – 2000
Established as La Ronge Aviation in 1958. Merged with Athabaska Airways to form Transwest Air[41]
Air Satellite |  | 6O  | ASJ  | SATELLITE  | Baie-Comeau | 1968 – 2008
To Exact Air

Air Schefferville

|  | 9V  | ASF  | SCHEFF  | Schefferville | 1981 – 2004
Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, Beech 99[42]
Air Southwest |  |  | ASW  | AIR SOUTHWEST  | Chilliwack | 1983 – 2005
Air Toronto |  | CS | CNE | CONNECTOR | Toronto Pearson | 1984 – 1992
Established as Commuter Express
To Air Canada Connector
Operated Jetstream 31[43]
Air Wemindji |  |  | W9M |  |  | 1987 – 2003[44]
Air West |  |  |  |  | Nanaimo Harbour | 1970s
Operated DHC-2 Beaver
Air West |  |  | AWT | AIR WEST |  | 1982 – 2005[45]
Air Windsor |  |  |  |  | Windsor | 1970 – 1979
Established as Gordon Airways in 1963[46]
Airco Charters |  |  |  |  | Edmonton City Centre | 1987 – 2012
Operated Piper Navajo[47]
AirGava |  |  | AGV | AIR GAVA | Schefferville | 1973 – 1981
Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, C-47[48]
Airspeed Aviation |  | 5S  | SPD  | SPEEDLINE  | Abbotsford | 1986 – 2009
Acquired by Orca Airways

Airtransit

|  |  |  |  | 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 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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Holidair

|  |  | STP  | STAMPEDE  | Edmonton | 1988 – 1990
Operated DC-8-50, Lockheed Tristar[204]
Hollinger Ungava Transport |  |  |  |  | Dorval | 1948 – 1954
Operated Douglas C-47A, Curtiss C-46,[205] PBY Catalina,[206] Gulfstream I,[207] DHC-2 Beaver
Hooker Air Service |  | HS |  |  | Pickle Lake Water Aerodrome | 1970 – 1979
Operated Beech D18S,[208] Bellanca Aircruiser,[209] DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter
Horne Air |  |  |  |  | Hornepayne Water Aerodrome | 1981 – 2013
Operated DHC-2 Beaver[210][211]
Hudson Bay Air Transport |  |  |  |  | Flin Flon | 1939 – 1982
Operated Grumman Mallard[212]

ICC Air Cargo Canada

|  |  | CIC  | AIR TRADER  | Montréal-Mirabel | 1998 – 2002
Also listed as ICC International Cargo Charter
Ilford-Riverton Airways |  |  | RIP | ILFORD | Winnipeg Richardson | 1953 – 1986
Established as Ilford Airways
Renamed 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]

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]

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]

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&C Aviation

|  |  |  |  | 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]

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 – 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]

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]

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]

Prince Edward Air

|  |  | 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]

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]

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 727-100C, 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]

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]

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-47D[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-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[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]

Trinity Helicopters

|  |  |  |  | Yellowknife | ???? – 2013
Acquired by the Ledcor Group and rebranded as Summit Helicopters
Triton Airlines |  |  | DRC | TRITON AIR | St. John's | 1993 – 1994
Founded by Jason and Javis Roberts
Operated Boeing 737[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]

United Air Transport |  |  |  |  |  | 1933 – 1939
Renamed Yukon Southern Air Transport
Operated Ford Trimotor[441]
Universal Helicopters |  |  |  |  | St. John's | 1963 – 2020[442]

Vacationair

|  | VN  | VAC  | VACATIONAIR  | Toronto Pearson | 1988 – 1990
Established as Gray Coach Lines
Val Air |  | VK  |  |  | Montréal Trudeau | 2003 – 2004
Venture Air |  |  |  |  | Thompson | 1995 – 2004
Renamed 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

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 727-100C[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]

Western Express Airlines

|  |  | WES  | WESTEX  | Vancouver | 1994 – 2006
Established as Aviation Business Flights
Operated Super King Air, Cessna Caravan, Fairchild F-27, IAI Westwind, Learjet 31A, Swearingen Merlin II[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

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]

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

## See also

[edit]

* List of airlines of Canada
* List of airports in Canada

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* Haida Airlines
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* ICC Air Cargo Canada
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* Jetsgo
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* Little Red Air Service
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* United Air Transport
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* Vacationair
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