The following is a list of the busiest airports in Canada. The airports are ranked by passenger traffic and aircraft movements. For each airport, the lists cite the city served by the airport as designated by
Transport Canada
Transport Canada (french: Transports Canada) is the department within the Government of Canada responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of road, rail, marine and air transportation in Canada. It is part of the Transportati ...
, not necessarily the municipality where the airport is physically located.
Since 2010,
Toronto–Pearson and
Vancouver International Airport
Vancouver International Airport is an international airport located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, serving the city of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland region. It is located from Downtown Vancouver. It is the second busiest ...
have been the two busiest airports by both passengers served and aircraft movements. Toronto-Pearson's location within the
most populous metropolitan region of Canada solidifies its top spot amongst all of Canada's airports, serving more passengers and having more aircraft movements than the top two other airports combined. Given its advantageous position on the
west coast of Canada
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, Vancouver International has long served as Canada's hub for flights bound for
Asia
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and
Oceania
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.
In graph
2021
Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 30 busiest airports by aircraft movements
2020
Air traffic decreased greatly in this year due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's busiest airports by aircraft movements
2019
Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
Canada's 20 busiest airports by domestic, transborder and international passenger traffic
2018
Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
2017
Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
2016
Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
2015
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
2014
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
2013
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by domestic, transborder and international passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
Canada's 20 busiest airports by freight
2012
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by domestic, transborder and international passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
Canada's 20 busiest airports by freight
2011
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by domestic, transborder and international passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
Canada's 20 busiest airports by freight
2010
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by domestic, transborder and international passenger traffic
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
Canada's 20 busiest airports by freight
Notes
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A.Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada (StatCan; french: Statistique Canada), formed in 1971, is the agency of the Government of Canada commissioned with producing statistics to help better understand Canada, its population, resources, economy, society, and cultur ...
figures.
:
B.Airport operating authority figures.
:
C.Estimated from graph.
:
D.Numbers are "suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act".
:
E.Estimated figure.
References
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Busiest
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