Screened passenger traffic at Canadian airports, June 2024
Released: 2024-07-29
5.0 million
June 2024
3.7% 
(12-month change)
Highlights
In June, 5.0 million passengers passed through pre-board security screening at checkpoints operated at Canada's eight largest airports, an increase of 3.7% from June 2023.
Screened passenger traffic in June 2024 came in above pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels, with 2.2% more screened passengers than in June 2019.
Transborder passenger traffic remains strong
In June 2024, transborder (to the United States) screened passengers were up 12.3% over June 2023, marking the second consecutive month in which transborder traffic exceeded pre-pandemic levels. Indeed, the number of passengers screened for flights to the United States in June 2024 was up 4.2% from June 2019.
Moreover, international screened passenger traffic (outside of the United States) in June 2024 grew 9.9% over June 2023, exceeding pre-pandemic levels from June 2019 by 2.3%.
The number of passengers screened for domestic flights was down 3.5% year over year in June 2024 albeit this was 1.1% higher than in June 2019.
Chart 1
Number of screened passengers at the eight largest airports in Canada, monthly, 2019 to 2024
All large airports see growth
In June 2024, each of Canada's eight largest airports posted higher volumes of passenger traffic year over year. Halifax/Robert L. Stanfield International led the increases, up 8.1% over June 2023.
In June 2024, four airports experienced higher screened passenger volumes compared with their pre-pandemic levels from June 2019. Notably, Calgary International (+14.8%) and Halifax/Robert L. Stanfield International (+14.0%) strongly exceeded their pre-pandemic levels from June 2019.
Chart 2
Number of screened passengers at the eight largest airports in Canada, by sector, June, 2019 to 2024
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Note to readers
Data for this release are derived from the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) Boarding Pass Security System and include screened traffic at pre-board security screening checkpoints at the eight largest airports in Canada.
The eight largest airports in Canada are Halifax/Robert L. Stanfield International, Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau International, Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International, Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International, Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson International, Calgary International, Edmonton International and Vancouver International.
Screened passenger traffic includes air travellers required to go through pre-board security screening and excludes aircrew and airport employees. This data series is a different measure of traffic than the counts of enplaned or deplaned passengers published in Statistics Canada's annual Airport activity report or produced by the individual airports. For example, the screened passenger data will not account for passengers with connecting flights who did not pass through security. For more information, please refer to the "Related information" tab (Definitions, data sources and methods) for this release.
Users interested in accessing daily counts of screened traffic at Canada's major airports can obtain them from the CATSA website.
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