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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Airline	Image	IATA	ICAO	Callsign	Hub airport(s) or headquarters	Time activity Notes
30000 Island Air					Parry Sound Harbour	2000 – ???? Charter rental & leasing service Operated DHC-2 Beaver
A
Abbotsford Air Services			ABE	ABBY AIR	Abbotsford	???? – ????[3]
Adastra Aviation			ADD	ADASTRA	Abbotsford	[4]
Advance Air Charters			ADV	ADVANCE	Calgary	1993 – 1995 Operated Douglas DC-8
Aerial Recon Surveys					Whitecourt	1985 – 2006 Renamed 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
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]
Holidair			STP	STAMPEDE	Edmonton	1988 – 1990 Operated DC-8-50, Lockheed Tristar[204]
Hollinger Ungava Transport					Dorval	1948 – 1954 Operated Douglas C-47A, Curtiss C-46,[205] PBY Catalina,[206] Gulfstream I,[207] DHC-2 Beaver
Hooker Air Service		HS			Pickle Lake Water Aerodrome	1970 – 1979 Operated Beech D18S,[208] Bellanca Aircruiser,[209] DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter
Horne Air					Hornepayne Water Aerodrome	1981 – 2013 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[210][211]
Hudson Bay Air Transport					Flin Flon	1939 – 1982 Operated Grumman Mallard[212]
I
ICC Air Cargo Canada			CIC	AIR TRADER	Montréal-Mirabel	1998 – 2002 Also listed as ICC International Cargo Charter
Ilford-Riverton Airways			RIP	ILFORD	Winnipeg Richardson	1953 – 1986 Established as Ilford Airways Renamed Northland Air Manitoba in 1986 and Air Manitoba in 1991 Operated DC-3, C-46, HS 748[213]
Innu Mikun Airlines					Goose Bay	1998 – 2017 Regional airline, charters Merged with Air Labrador in 2017 to form Air Borealis
Intair		ND	INT	INTAIR	Toronto Pearson	1989 – 1991 Established by City Express as a successor to Skycraft Air Transport
Integra Air			AAI		Lethbridge	1998 – 2018 Scheduled passenger service, charters[214]
Inter City Airways					Oshawa	1986 – 1986 Operated HS 748[215]
Inter-Canadien		ND	ICN	INTER-CANADIEN	Montréal Trudeau	1986 – 1999 To Canadian Airlines International
International Jet Air		E6			Calgary	1971 – 1977 Wholly-owned Allarco subsidiary Operated Douglas C-47A, Lockheed L-188 Electra, Jet Commander[216]
Interprovincial Airlines						1995 – 1998 Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[217]
Island Express Air			IAX	ABBY AIR	Abbotsford	2009-2020
Island Valley Airways					Langley	1998 – 1999 Founded by Brent Kerr Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[218]
Island Westair						1998 – 2005[219]
J
Jackson Air Services			JCK	JACKSON		???? – ???? Operated DHC-3 Otter, Piper Navajo[220]
Jetall		8J	JTL	FIREFLY		1987 – 1996[221]
Jetsgo		SG	JGO	JETSGO	Montréal Trudeau	2001 – 2005 Operated Fokker 100 Entered in bankruptcy protection
Johanneson Flying Services					Stevenson Aerodrome	1932 – 1951 Taken over by Parsons Airways Operated de Havilland DH.60 Moth, Cessna Crane, Cessna 140, Noorduyn Norseman[222][223]
Juan Air			WON	JUAN AIR	Victoria	1972 – 2007 Acquired by Pacific Sky Aviation Operated Piper Navajo[224]
K
Kamloops Air Service					Kamloops	early 1950s Acquired by Central British Columbia Airlines[225]
Kasper Aviation					Thunder Bay	2015 – 2016 Charter carrier[226]
KD Air		XC	KDC	KAY DEE	Qualicum Beach	1990 – 2019 Charter carrier Operated Piper Navajo[227]
Keir Air Transport						1967 – 1969 Renamed Air Commonwealth Alberta Operated Douglas C-47A[228]
Kelner Airways			FKL	KELNER	Pickle Lake	1989 – 1993 Cargo and passengers carrier Renamed Wasaya Airways Operated DHC-3 Otter, Hawker Siddeley HS 748[229]
Kelowna Flightcraft Air Charter		KW	KFA	FLIGHTCRAFT	Kelowna	1974 – 2015 Rebranded to KF Cargo Operated Convair 580[230]
Kenting Atlas Aviation						1972 – 1975 Acquired by Kenn Borek Air Operated Douglas C-47A, DHC-6 Twin Otter[231]
Keystone Air Service		BZ	KEE	KEYSTONE	Winnipeg St. Andrews	1985 – 2015 Operating certificate suspended, closed and liquidated assets.[232]
Keywinds Air					Little Grand Rapids	2001 – 2004 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[233][234]
Klahanie Air					Fort Langley	1976 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[235][236]
Knee Lake Air Service					Knee Lake	1988 – 2005 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[237]
Knighthawk Air Express		4I	KNX	KNIGHT FLIGHT	Calgary	1993 – 2005 Operated Dassault Falcon 20
Kootenay Airways					Cranbrook	1986 – 2003 Operated Cessna 180[238]
Kootenay Direct Airlines					Nelson	2006 – 2009 Charters[239]
L
La Loche Airways					La Loche	2005 – 2006 Operated Beech King Air, Piper PA-31[240]
La Ronge Aviation					La Ronge	1960 – 1991 Renamed Air Sask Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, Cessna 180, Cessna 185[241]
La Sarre Air Services					La Sarrre	1946 – 1961 Merged with Air Fecteau to form Propair Operated DHC-4 Caribou[242]
Labrador Air Safari						1974 – 2006 Acquired by Air Saguenay[243]
Labrador Airways		WJ	LAL	LAB AIR	Goose Bay	1971 – 1989 Renamed Air Labrador[244]
Lac Saint-Jean Aviation						1966 – 1972 Acquired by Okanagan Helicopters Operated Alouette II[245]
Lamb Air					The Pas	1934 – 1981 Operated C-46
Lariviere Air Services					Schefferville	1961 – 1973 Renamed AirGava Operated DHC-2 Beaver[246]
Latham Island Airways					Yellowknife Water Aerodrome	1988 – 1991[247] To Air Tindi
Laurentian Air Services					Schefferville	1936 – 1998 Operated DC-3, DHC-6 Twin Otter[248]
Laurentide Air Services					Angliers	1922 – 1925 Operated Vickers Viking, Curtiss HS[249][250]
Laval Aviation					Laval	1980 – 2010 Operated DHC-3[251]
Leavens Bros Air Services					Barker Field	1935 – 1958 Renamed Leavens Bros in 1953[252]
Lethbridge Air Services					Lethbridge	1966 – 1969 Founded by Stubb Ross Renamed Time Air Operated Piper Cub, Beech 18[253]
Lethbridge Aircraft Company					Lethbridge	1920 – 1922 Founded by John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated Curtiss JN-4 Canuk[254]
Lethbridge Commercial Airways					Lethbridge	1927 – 1928 Founded by John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated Standard J-1[255]
Little Red Air Service			LRA	LITTLE RED	Fort Vermilion	1986 – 2006 Air ambulance service Acquired by Nor-Alta Aviation Operated Cessna 206, Beech King Air, BN Islander[256]
Lome Airways						1948 – 1959 Operated Avro 689 Tudor 5, DHC-2 Beaver[257]
Lynx Air		Y9	DAT	DAUNTLESS	Calgary	Apr 2022 - Feb 2024 Successor to Enerjet. Filed for creditor protection[258][259]
M
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]
N
NAC Air		C9	HMR	HAMMER	Thunder Bay	2000 – 2008 North American Charters was 100% First Nations owned
Nahanni Air Services			NAH	NAHANNI	Norman Wells	1970 – 1986 Renamed North-Wright Air in 1986 and North-Wright Airways in 1998[278]
Nationair Canada		NX	NXA	NATION AIRWAYS	Montréal-Mirabel	1986 – 1993 Owned by Nolisair
National Aviation					Prince Albert	1989 – 2009 Established as PA Aviation Operated Beech King Air, Cessna 172, Cessna 310, Piper Navajo, Piper Seneca[279]
Nav Air Charter			FCV		Victoria	1979 – 2005 Operated Mitsubishi MU-2, Swearingen SA226-TC Metro II[280]
New Air & Tours					Calgary	2006 – 2008 Rebranded as Enerjet before starting[281]
Newfoundland Aero Sales and Services					St. John's	1948 – 1949 Acquired by Eastern Provincial Airways[282]
Newfoundland Air Transport					Deer Lake	1961 – 1979 Renamed Newfoundland & Labrador Air Transport[283]
Newfoundland Airways					Gander	1948 – 1983 To Air Labrador
NewLeaf		F8			Winnipeg	2016 – 2017 Acquired by Flair Air[284]
NextJet Canada					Kitchener	2016 – 2016 Virtual carrier[285]
Nipawin Air Services					Nipawin	1961 – 1979 Renamed Osprey Wings Operated DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, DHC-6 Twin Otter[286]
Norcanair					Prince Albert	1947 – 2005 Originally M&C Aviation then Time Air
Nordair		ND	NDR	NORDAIR	Montréal Trudeau, Montréal-Mirabel	1947 – 1987 Formed by the merger of Boreal Airways and Mont Laurier Aviation Acquired by Canadian Pacific Airlines Merged into Canadian Airlines and Inter-Canadien Operated Lockheed L-1049H
Nordair Metro		3N				1985 – 1988 Mergend into Quebecair Operated Convair 580[287]
NorOntair		NR	NOA	NORONTAIR	Sault Ste. Marie	1971 – 1996 Airline operations of Ontario Northland Transportation Commission Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter
North American Airlines			NTM	NORTHAM		1978 – 2004 Operated Swearingen Merlin, Beech King Air, Piper Navajo[288]
North Canada Air					Prince Albert	1930 – 1965 See also M&C Aviation, Time Air
North Cariboo Flying Service			NCB	NORTH CARIBOU		1957 – 2007 Rebranded North Cariboo Air Operated Aeronca Champion, Piper Navajo[289]
North Pacific Seaplanes					Prince Rupert Water Aerodrome	1995 – 2013 Operated DHC-3 Otter[290]
North Vancouver Air		VL	NRV	NORVAN	Vancouver	1994 – 2003 Acquired by Regency Express Operated Aeronca Champion, Jetstream 31, Piper Navajo, Beech King Air[291]
North-Wright Air					Norman Wells	1986 – 1998 Established as Nahanni Air Services Renamed North-Wright Airways[292]
Northern British Columbia Air Service					Watson Lake	1936 – 1953 Renamed BC Yukon Air Service[293]
Northern Dene Airways		U7	NKA	NORCANAIR	Prince Albert	1992 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, Beech King Air, Swearingen Metroliner[294][295]
Northern Hawk Aviation					Vancouver	2003 – 2005 Operated Piper Navajo, Beech King Air[296]
Northern Mountain Airlines						1959 – 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]
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]
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 727-100C, Boeing 737-200F Renamed Canada 3000 Cargo[362]
RoyalAir					Montreal Dorval	1968 – 1969 To Quebecair Operated Boeing 727, Douglas C-47A, DHC-6 Twin Otter[363]
S
Sabourin Lake Airways		9S		SABAIR		1959 – 1996 Operated Beech 99, DHC-6 Twin Otter[364]
Samaritan Air Service			HLO	HALO	Buttonville	1989 – 1999 Operated Learjet 24, Learjet 25[365]
Sapawe Air					Atikokan Water Aerodrome	2004 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[366]
Sarnia Airlines					Sarnia	1960 – 1960 Operated a single de Havilland Dove[367][368]
Saskatchewan Government Airways					Prince Albert	1947 – 1965 To Norcanair
Sealand Helicopters			SEA	SEALAND	St. John's	1977 – 1987[369] Merged to form CHC Helicopter in 1987
Saguenay Air Service					Lac Sébastien Water Aerodrome	1960 – 1970 Merged with Gagnon Air Service to form Air Saguenay Operated DHC-3 Otter[370]
Sea Air Services						1983 – 2001 Operated DHC-2 Turbo Beaver[371]
Selkirk Air					Selkirk Water Aerodrome	2004 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver, Beech 18, Noorduyn Norseman, Partenavia P.68 Observer[372]
Sept-Iles Helicopter Services					Vancouver	? – 1979 Acquired by Okanagan Helicopters Operated Bell JetRanger[373]
Silver Pine Air Services					Pine Falls	1960 – 1986 Operated Beech 18, DHC-3 Otter[374]
Skeena Air Transport					Prince Rupert	1950 – 1954 Acquired by Central British Columbia Airlines[375]
Sky Freighters					Victoria	1995 – 1998 Operated Douglas DC-3[376]
Sky Regional Airlines		KV	SKV	MAPLE	Toronto Pearson Montréal–Trudeau	2010 – 2021 Aircraft transferred to Jazz.[377] Operator of Air Canada Express
Skycraft Air Transport		9F	SKG	SKYCRAFT-CANADA	Oshawa	1977 – 1989 Rebirth in 1989 and operating until 1994.
Skyservice Airlines		5G	SSV	SKYTOUR	Toronto Pearson	1986 - 2010 Differs from existing Skyservice Business Aviation being the same owners
Skywalker Airlines					Toronto Bishop	1986 – 1988 Division of Inter-City Airways[378]
Skyxpress			KLO	KLONDIKE	Calgary	2001 - 2008[379]
Skyward Aviation		K9	SGK	SKYWARD	Thompson	1986 – 2005 Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Beech 1900[380]
Slave Air					Slave Lake	1988 – 2006 Air Ambulance services To CanWest Air Operated Beech B200 King Air, DHC-2 Beaver[381]
Sonicblue Airways		VL			Vancouver	1982 – 2006 Ceased operations
Sontair			STI	SONTAIR	Chatham-Kent	1969 – 2006 Operated King Air 200, King Air, Cessna Caravan[382]
Soundair			EJC	SOUNDAIR	Toronto Pearson	1973 – 1997 Acquired Aero Trades Western, Owen Sound Air Services. Operated DC-3, DC-4, Convair 580, Fokker F-27[383]
Soundair Express					Toronto Pearson	1989 – 1990 Established as Soundair Operated Convair 580[384]
South Moresby Air Charters					Masset Water Aerodrome	1989 – 1990 Founded by Sheila and Marvin Boyd Acquired by Inland Air Charters Operated DHC-2 Beaver[385]
South West Air			SWC	SAINT CLAIR		1999– 1999[386]
Southern Air Transport						1939 – 1942 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines[387]
Southern Alberta Air Lines					Lethbridge	1927 – 1931 Founded by John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated de Havilland DH.60 Moth[388]
Southern Alberta Airlines					Lethbridge	1924 – 1924 Founded by John Ender "Jock" Palmer Operated Standard J-1[389]
Southern Frontier Airlines					Calgary	1978 – 1978[390] To Time Air
Sowind Air			SOW	SOWIND	Little Grand Rapids	1991 – 2001 Operated Embraer Bandeirante, DHC-3 Otter[391]
Spartan Air Services						1946 – 1972 Aerial survey Operated Avro Anson, Lockheed Ventura, P-38 Lightning, DC-3, Bell 47, Piasecki H-21[392]
Sporthawk International					Toronto Pearson	1996– 2001[393]
St. Andrews Airways		CW	SDA	SAINT ANDREWS	Winnipeg	1970 – 1979 Operated Found FBA-2, de Havilland Heron, Beech 18, DHC-3 Otter[394]
St. Felicien Air Services					Toronto Bishop	1957 – 1979 Operated Found FBA-2, DC-3, DHC-2 Beaver, Noorduyn Norseman[395]
Stage Air					Penticton	2001 – 2001 Operated Piper Navajo, Cessna Caravan[396]
Stanair						1952 – 1969 Operated DHC-3 Otter, Fairchild F-27[397]
Starratt Airways					Hudson	1932 – 1942 To Canadian Pacific Airlines
Steinwands Transport					Rae/Edzo	1977 – 1985 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[398]
Sunwest Home Aviation			CNK	CHINOOK	Rae Edzo	1986 – 2006 Renamed Sunwest Aviation [399]
Sunwest International Aviation Services					Toronto Pearson	1996– 2001 Operated Beech King Air, Learjet 55[400]
Superior Airways					Fort William	1940– 1979 Operated Douglas DC-3, Bellanca 31-40[401]
Survair		SS			Ottawa	1971– 1978 Operated Douglas C-47A, DHC-6 Twin Otter[402]
Sustut Air					Smithers	2006 – 2013 Operated Skyvan, Cessna 208[403]
Swanberg Air					Grande Prairie	2000 - 2011 Ceased due to the death of the founder Sylvan Swanberg
Swiftair Cargo			SCL	SWIFTAIR	Abbotsford	1980 – 1982 Operated Douglas DC-8[404]
Swoop		WO	WSW	SWOOP	Abbotsford, Hamilton (ON)	2018 – 2023 Re-integrated into WestJet[405]
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Tagish Air Services					Vancouver	1988 – 2004 [406]
Tal Air Charters		JEL	YYZ	JETEL	Toronto Pearson	1994 – 2003 Operated Fairchild SA227-AC Metro III[407]
Tamalik Air					CFB Goose Bay	1994 – 2003 Associated to Air Labrador Operated DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter, DHC-6 Twin Otter[408]
Tempus Air		OB	TEM		Hamilton	1985 – 1988 Operated Convair 580[409]
Terr Air					Ross River	1973 – 1979 Operated DHC-2 Beaver, F-11 Husky, Hughes 500[410][411]
Terra Surveys					Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier	1966 – 1972 Reorganized in Geoterrex, acquired by Cargaard Aviation[412]
The Sarcee Club					Calgary	1971 – 1972 Operated a single Vickers 757 Viscount[413]
Thomas Cook Airlines Canada		MT	TCX	KESTREL	Montreal, Quebec	2010 - 2013 Ended contract with Jazz
Thunderbird Airlines						1965 – 1971 Merged with Northern Mountain Airlines to form Northern Thunderbird Air Operated DHC-3 Otter, DHC-2 Beaver, Cessnas[414]
Timberline Air			TMR	TIMBER	Chilliwack	1998 – 1998 Operated Beech King Air[415]
Time Air		KI	TAF	TIME AIR	Lethbridge	1966 - 1993 To Canadian Regional Airlines
Timmins Aviation					Montreal	1960 – 1962 Operated Beech 18, Beech Bonanza, Piaggio P.136 Royal Gull, de Havilland Dove[416]
TK Air Charters					Prince Rupert	1995 – 2003 Operated Piper Navajo, Cessna 150, Cessna 337[417][418]
Torontair			TOR	TORONTAIR	Buttonville	1963 – 1979 Established as Gillies Flying Service Renamed Torontair Operated Beech King Air, Beech 99, DHC-6 Twin Otter[419]
Toronto Helicopters					Toronto	? – 1979 Merged with Okanagan Helicopters and Sealand Helicopters to form Canadian Helicopters[420]
Trans Canada Couriers					Montréal Trudeau	1960 – 1973 Acquired by Purolator Inc. and renamed Purolator Courier Corporation Operated Boeing 727, DC-9[421]
Trans Fair					Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan	1978 – 1998 Operated Douglas DC-3, Beech 18, Convair 240[422]
Trans North Air					Whitehorse	1967 – 1979 Operated Douglas C-47D[423]
Trans North Turbo Air					Whitehorse	1967 – 1979 Renamed Trans North Helicopters Operated Cessna 402[424]
Trans Provincial Air Carriers					Whitehorse	1960 – 1974 Renamed Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA)[425]
Trans Provincial Airlines (TPA)		CD	TDY		Prince Rupert	1974 – 1993 Established as Trans Provincial Air Carriers Acquired by Harbour Air Seaplanes[426]
Trans-Canada Air Lines					Montréal Saint-Hubert	1937 – 1965 Now Air Canada Operated Lockheed L-1049C
Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines					Sept-Îles	1951 – 1966 Operated L.10 Electra, Beech 18, G-44 Widgeon, DHC-2 Beaver, Piper Apache, Cessna 180[427]
Trans-Labrador Airlines					Schefferville	1956 – 1963 Operated PBY Catalina, C-46, C-47[428]
Trans-Mountain Air Service					Campbell River	1968 – 1973 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[429]
Transair		TZ	TTZ		Winnipeg Richardson	1956 – 1979[430] Founded by the merger of Central Northern Airways and Arctic Wings; acquired by Pacific Western Airlines in 1979
Transport Aerien Sept-Iles					Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan	1972 – 1983 Renamed Trans Fair Operated DC-3, DC-4, Convair 240[431]
Transport des Monts Aviation					Sainte-Anne-des-Monts Aerodrome	1979 – 1988 Operated Douglas C-47[432]
Transwest Air		9T	ABS	ATHABASKA	Prince Albert	2000– 2021[433]
Trillium Air			XXX	N	Waterloo	1999 – 2002 Operated Jetstream 31[434]
Trippier Air Service					Ear Falls Water Aerodrome	1984 – 2005 Operated DHC-2 Beaver[435]
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[436]
Triumph Airways			TUI		Oshawa	2005 – 2011 Established as Enterprise Air in 1993 Operated Basler BT-67[437]
Tyee Airways		6T	TYE	TYEE AIR	Sechelt	1961 – 1992 Operated BN Islander, DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter[438]
U
United Air Transport						1933 – 1939 Renamed Yukon Southern Air Transport Operated Ford Trimotor[439]
Universal Helicopters					St. John's	1963 – 2020[440]
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Vacationair		VN	VAC	VACATIONAIR	Toronto Pearson	1988 – 1990 Established as Gray Coach Lines
Val Air		VK			Montréal Trudeau	2003 – 2004
Venture Air					Thompson	1995 – 2004 Renamed Central Flyway Air[441]
Vic Turner Ltd						1966 – 1971 Acquired by Kenn Borek Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[442]
Victoria Flying Services					Victoria Water Aerodrome	1959 – 1970 Founded by William Sylvester Acquired by Nils Christensen Operated DHC-2 Beaver[443]
Vision Airways Corporation		V6	VSN	VISION	Timmins	? – 1994
Vistajet		5V	VJT	VISTA	Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor	1997 – 1997
W
Wabusk Air		WU	WABUSK[444]		Moosonee	1997 – 2019 Air operator's certificate cancelled by Transport Canada[445] Operated Beech 90, Beech King Air, Piper Navajo[446] As of March 2023 there are five aircraft still registered to 164061 BC Ltd.[447][448]
Waglisla Air (Wagair)		3V	SEH	SEA HAWK	Vancouver	1982 – 1995 Went in receivership Operated Piper Navajo, Beech 99, FH-227[449]
Wagner Aviation					Kingston Norman Rogers	1968 – 1974 Operated Beech 18, BN Islander, Cessna 150, Cessna Skyhawk, Cessna 402[450]
Wardair		WD	WDA	WARDAIR	Edmonton	1952 – 1990 Established as Polaris Charter Company at Yellowknife in 1946 Acquired by Canadian Airlines
Waweig Air					Thunder Bay Water Aerodrome	2001 – 2006 Operated DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, DHC-3-T Turbo-Otter[451][452]
West Coast Air		8O	YWZ	COAST AIR	Vancouver Harbour	1996 – 2015[453] Floatplanes, scheduled and charters service Acquired by Harbour Air Seaplanes in 2010[454]
West Coast Air Services						1978 – 1980 Established as Gilbert's Flying Service in 1931 To Air BC Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter[455]
WestCan International Airlines					Edmonton	2007 – 2010 Operated Boeing 727-100C[456]
West Wind Aviation			WEW	WESTWIND	Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker	1983 – 2021 Scheduled passenger service, charters, MEDIVAC (air ambulance).
Western Canada Airways					Lac du Bonnet	1926 – 1930 To Canadian Airways[457]
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[458][459]
Western Straits Air					Campbell River Water Aerodrome	1986 – 1996 Acquired by CoVal Air Operated DHC-2 Beaver, DHC-3 Otter, Cessna 185[460]
Westinghouse Airways					Victoria	1945 – 1954 To B.C. Air Lines Operated Republic Seabee, Luscombe 8[461]
WestJet Link		8P	PCO	PASCO	Calgary	2018 – 2024 Merged back into WestJet Encore Operated Saab 340[462]
Westpoint Airlines			WTP	WESTPOINT	Calgary	2003 – 2004 Renamed Regional 1 Airlines Operated Dash-8, DHC-6 Twin Otter[463]
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[464]
Wheeler Airlines (1960)					Montréal Saint-Hubert	1960 – 1967 Founded by Tom Wheeler Established as Wheeler Airlines (1938) in 1921 Taken over by Nordair[465]
Whitehorse Flying Services					Whitehorse	1949 – 1954 Bush plane service To Central British Columbia Airlines Operated DHC-2 Beaver, Noorduyn Norseman[466]
Whiteshell Air Service					Lac du Bonnet (North) Water Aerodrome	1968 – 2004 Operated DHC-3 Otter[467]
Wild Country Airways					Red Lake Water Aerodrome	1996 – 2006 Operated DHC-3 Otter, Noorduyn Norseman[468]
Wilderness Seaplanes					Bella Coola	1959 – 1998 Merged into Pacific Coastal Airlines Operated Beech King Air, BN Islander, Piper Navajo[469]
Windoak Air Service					Vancouver	1982 – 1993 Renamed Harbour Air Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, DHC-3 Otter, DHC-2 Beaver[470]
Wings						1942 – 1942 To form Canadian Pacific Air Lines[471]
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[472]
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[473]
Yellowknife Airways					Vancouver	1949 – 1951 Founded by Maxwell William Ward and George Pigeon Operated DHC-2 Beaver[474][475]
Yukon Airways & Exploration Company					Dawson City	1927 – 1929[476]
Yukon Southern Air Transport						1939 – 1942 Established as United Air Transport Acquired by Canadian Pacific Air Lines Operated Ford Trimotor[477]
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Zip		3J	WZP	ZIPPER	Calgary	2002 – 2004 Operations return to regular Air Canada routes
Zoom Airlines		Z4	OOM	ZOOM	Ottawa	2002 – 2008 Named acquired for the new XPO Airlines in 2009

See also

• List of airlines of Canada
• List of airports in Canada