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The 30 largest airports and airlines in Canada

Further information is provided on the 30 biggest airports in Canada. At Lester B. Pearson International Airport alone, 46 airlines operate and serve flights to and from 147 destinations.

Out of the 15 airlines of the country we have listed biggest 12. Air Canada is leading here with a total of 222 flight destinations.

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The 30 biggest airports in Canada

IATANameCityAirlinesDestinations
YYZLester B. Pearson International AirportToronto46147
YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportMontréal3193
YVRVancouver International AirportVancouver3175
YYCCalgary International AirportCalgary1659
YEGEdmonton International AirportEdmonton1638
YHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportHalifax1328
YOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportOttawa1326
YWGWinnipeg / James Armstrong Richardson International AirportWinnipeg923
YYTSt. John's International AirportSt. John's913
YYJVictoria International AirportVictoria58
YQBQuebec Jean Lesage International AirportQuebec1118
YZFYellowknife AirportYellowknife1018
YLWKelowna International AirportKelowna811
YZVSept-Îles AirportSept-Îles611
YQMGreater Moncton International AirportMoncton57
YQTThunder Bay AirportThunder Bay59
YWKWabush AirportWabush510
YMMFort McMurray AirportFort McMurray47
YQQComox AirportComox44
YQRRegina International AirportRegina49
YTSTimmins/Victor M. PowerTimmins45
YXESaskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International AirportSaskatoon49
YXTNorthwest Regional Airport Terrace-KitimatTerrace43
YEVInuvik Mike Zubko AirportInuvik47
YKAKamloops AirportKamloops33
YKFWaterloo AirportKitchener32
YQGWindsor AirportWindsor33
YRTRankin Inlet AirportRankin Inlet311
YSBSudbury AirportSudbury36
YUYRouyn Noranda AirportRouyn-Noranda33


Freight volume

In 2020, a total of 2.31 billion ton-kilometers (= total mass transported in tons multiplied by kilometers traveled) of cargo was moved by air in Canada. Lester B. Pearson International Airport alone accounted for around 416,966 metric tons.

The biggest airlines based in Canada

The largest airline in the country with scheduled passenger traffic and in terms of fleet size is Air Canada. In 2021, it carried 13.19 million passengers. It currently has a fleet of 353 aircrafts. The main airlines for civil passenger traffic in Canada are:

IATANameCallsignFleet sizeDestinations
ACAir CanadaAir Canada353222
WSWestJetWestjet162109
QKAir Canada JazzJazz11689
WRWestJet EncoreEncore4737
PBPAL AirlinesProvincial4522
RVAir Canada RougeRouge3951
7FCanadian NorthArctic3328
TSAir TransatAir Transat3164
WGSunwing AirlinesSunwing3073
F8Flair AirlinesFlair2935
PDPorter AirlinesPorter2923
8PPacific Coastal AirlinesPasco2716

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