A snapshot of Canadian commercial aircraft registrations (as of December 31, 2020)

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Infographic: A snapshot of Canadian commercial aircraft registrations (as of December 31, 2020)
Description: A snapshot of Canadian commercial aircraft registrations (as of December 31, 2020)

A snapshot of Canadian commercial aircraft registrations (as of December 31, 2020)

6,345 of the 33,149Note 1 aircraft registered in Canada are for commercial purposes, including
4,798 airplanesNote 2
1,531 helicopters
16 other typesNote 3

Fleet size, level 1 air carriers, by aircraft manufacturer


Table 1
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 1. The information is grouped by Level 1 Air Carrier (appearing as row headers), Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, De Havilland, Embraer and Total (appearing as column headers).
Level 1 Air Carrier Airbus Boeing Bombardier De Havilland Embraer Total
Air Canada 84 90 0 0 0 174
Air Canada Rouge 39 24 0 0 0 63
Air Transat 37 1 0 0 0 38
Jazz Aviation 0 0 46 78 0 124
Porter Airlines 0 0 0 25 0 25
Sky Regional Airlines 0 0 0 0 25 25
Sunwing Airlines 0 16 0 0 0 16
WestJet 0 123 0 0 0 123
WestJet Encore 0 0 0 47 0 47
Note: All A220/C Series are recorded as Airbus, and all Dash 8-400s are under De Havilland.

Cessna accounts for roughly a third of all commercially registered airplanes in Canada.


Table 2
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 2. The information is grouped by Manufacturer (appearing as row headers), Count (appearing as column headers).
Manufacturer Count
Cessna 1,584
De Havilland 575
Piper 393
Beechcraft 391
Boeing 344
Air Tractor 170
Bombardier 166
Airbus 158

Over 80% of commercially registered helicopters are manufactured by Bell, Aerospatiale and Robinson.


Table 3
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 3. The information is grouped by Manufacturer (appearing as row headers), Count (appearing as column headers).
Manufacturer Count
Bell 633
Aerospatiale 478
Robinson 167

Approximately 17% of all commercially registered aircraft are manufactured in Canada.


Table 4
Table summary
This table displays the results of Table 4. The information is grouped by Country (appearing as row headers), Count (appearing as column headers).
Country Count
United States 4,133
Canada 1,055
France 777
Other 380

Source: Transport Canada, Canadian Civil Aircraft Register.

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