List of the busiest airports in Canada
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, not necessarily the municipality where the airport is physically located.
Since 2010, Toronto–Pearson and Vancouver International Airport 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, Vancouver International has long served as Canada's hub for flights bound for Asia and Oceania.
2019
Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Rank | Rank change | Airport | Serves | Total passengers | Annual change |
1 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Greater Toronto Area | |||
2 | Vancouver International Airport | Metro Vancouver | |||
3 | Montréal–Trudeau International Airport | Greater Montreal | |||
4 | Calgary International Airport | Calgary Region | 17,957,780 | ||
5 | Edmonton International Airport | Edmonton Metropolitan Region | |||
6 | Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport | National Capital Region | |||
7 | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | Winnipeg Capital Region | |||
8 | Halifax Stanfield International Airport | Halifax | |||
9 | Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport | Toronto | |||
10 | Kelowna International Airport | Kelowna/Okanagan Valley | |||
11 | Victoria International Airport | Greater Victoria | |||
12 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | Quebec City | |||
13 | Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | Saskatoon | |||
14 | St. John's International Airport | St. John's | |||
15 | Regina International Airport | Regina | |||
16 | Thunder Bay International Airport | Thunder Bay | |||
17 | Abbotsford International Airport | Abbotsford/Fraser Valley | |||
18 | John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport | Hamilton | |||
19 | 2 | London International Airport | London | ||
20 | 1 | Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport | Greater Moncton |
2018
Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Rank | Rank change | Airport | Serves | Total passengers | Annual change |
1 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Greater Toronto Area | |||
2 | Vancouver International Airport | Metro Vancouver | |||
3 | Montréal–Trudeau International Airport | Greater Montreal | |||
4 | Calgary International Airport | Calgary Region | 17,343,402 | ||
5 | Edmonton International Airport | Edmonton Metropolitan Region | 8,254,121 | ||
6 | Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport | National Capital Region | |||
7 | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | Winnipeg Capital Region | |||
8 | Halifax Stanfield International Airport | Halifax | |||
9 | Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport | Toronto | |||
10 | 1 | Kelowna International Airport | Kelowna/Okanagan Valley | ||
11 | 1 | Victoria International Airport | Greater Victoria | ||
12 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | Quebec City | |||
13 | 1 | Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | Saskatoon | ||
14 | 1 | St. John's International Airport | St. John's | ||
15 | Regina International Airport | Regina | |||
16 | Thunder Bay International Airport | Thunder Bay | |||
17 | 1 | Abbotsford International Airport | Abbotsford/Fraser Valley | ||
18 | 2 | John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport | Hamilton | ||
19 | 1 | Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport | Greater Moncton | ||
20 | 3 | Fort McMurray International Airport | Wood Buffalo |
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
2017
Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Rank | Rank change | Airport | Serves | Total passengers | Annual change |
1 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Greater Toronto | |||
2 | Vancouver International Airport | Metro Vancouver | |||
3 | Montréal–Trudeau International Airport | Greater Montreal | |||
4 | Calgary International Airport | Calgary Region | |||
5 | Edmonton International Airport | Edmonton Metropolitan Region | |||
6 | Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport | National Capital Region | |||
7 | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | Winnipeg Capital Region | 4,305,744 | ||
8 | Halifax Stanfield International Airport | Halifax | |||
9 | Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport | Toronto | |||
10 | Victoria International Airport | Greater Victoria | |||
11 | Kelowna International Airport | Kelowna/Okanagan Valley | |||
12 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | Quebec City | |||
13 | St. John's International Airport | St. John's | |||
14 | Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | Saskatoon | |||
15 | Regina International Airport | Regina |
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
2016
Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic
Rank | Rank change | Airport | Serves | Total passengers | Annual change |
1 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Greater Toronto | |||
2 | Vancouver International Airport | Metro Vancouver | |||
3 | Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | Greater Montreal | |||
4 | Calgary International Airport | Calgary Region | |||
5 | Edmonton International Airport | Edmonton Metropolitan Region | |||
6 | Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport | National Capital Region | |||
7 | 1 | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | Winnipeg Capital Region | ||
8 | 1 | Halifax Stanfield International Airport | Halifax | ||
9 | Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport | Toronto | |||
10 | Victoria International Airport | Greater Victoria | |||
11 | Kelowna International Airport | Kelowna/Okanagan Valley | |||
12 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | Quebec City | |||
13 | St. John's International Airport | St. John's | |||
14 | Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | Saskatoon | |||
15 | Regina International Airport | Regina | |||
16 | 1 | Thunder Bay International Airport | Thunder Bay | ||
17 | 1 | Fort McMurray International Airport | Wood Buffalo | ||
18 | Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport | Greater Moncton | |||
19 | Yellowknife Airport | Yellowknife | |||
20 | Abbotsford International Airport | Abbotsford/Fraser Valley | |||
21 | London International Airport | London | |||
22 | Prince George Airport | Prince George | |||
23 | Grande Prairie Airport | Grande Prairie | |||
24 | 1 | Fredericton International Airport | Greater Fredericton | ||
25 | 1 | Comox Valley Airport | Comox Valley | ||
26 | Deer Lake Regional Airport | Corner Brook/Deer Lake | |||
27 | 2 | Charlottetown Airport | Charlottetown | ||
28 | 2 | Nanaimo Airport | Nanaimo | ||
29 | 1 | Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport | Whitehorse | ||
30 | John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport | Hamilton | |||
31 | 3 | Kamloops Airport | Kamloops |
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements
2015
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
Rank | Airport | Serves | Total passengers | Annual change |
1 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Greater Toronto | ||
2 | Vancouver International Airport | Metro Vancouver | ||
3 | Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | Greater Montreal | ||
4 | Calgary International Airport | Calgary | ||
5 | Edmonton International Airport | Edmonton Metropolitan Region | ||
6 | Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport | National Capital Region | ||
7 | Halifax Stanfield International Airport | Halifax | ||
8 | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | Winnipeg | ||
9 | Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport | Greater Toronto | ||
10 | Victoria International Airport | Victoria | ||
11 | Kelowna International Airport | Kelowna | ||
12 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | Quebec City | ||
13 | St. John's International Airport | St. John's | 1,536,000 | |
14 | Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | Saskatoon | ||
15 | Regina International Airport | Regina | ||
16 | Fort McMurray International Airport | Wood Buffalo | ||
17 | Thunder Bay International Airport | Thunder Bay | ||
18 | Greater Moncton International Airport | Moncton | ||
19 | London International Airport | London | ||
20 | Prince George Airport | Prince George |
2014
Canada's 20 busiest airports by passenger traffic
Rank | Airport | Serves | Total passengers | Annual change | Total passengers | Annual change |
1 | Toronto Pearson International Airport | Greater Toronto Area | 37,523,366 | 6.4% | ||
2 | Vancouver International Airport | Metro Vancouver | 18,944,527 | 7.4% | ||
3 | Calgary International Airport | Calgary | 14,666,729 | 6.4% | ||
4 | Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport | Greater Montreal | 14,174,375 | 4.9% | ||
5 | Edmonton International Airport | Edmonton Capital Region | 7,710,267 | 4.5% | ||
6 | Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport | Ottawa | 4,472,365 | 0.2% | ||
7 | Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport | Winnipeg | 3,626,250 | 5.1% | ||
8 | Halifax Stanfield International Airport | Halifax | 3,620,107 | 2.2% | ||
9 | Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport | Greater Toronto Area | n/a | n/a | ||
10 | Victoria International Airport | Victoria | 1,634,887 | 4.6% | ||
11 | Kelowna International Airport | Kelowna | 1,607,991 | 1.2% | ||
12 | St. John's International Airport | St. John's | 1,555,795 | 5.0% | ||
13 | Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport | Quebec City | 1,449,413 | 2.1% | ||
14 | Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport | Saskatoon | 1,497,579 | 6.5% | ||
15 | Fort McMurray International Airport | Fort McMurray | 1,166,540 | 6.3% | ||
16 | Regina International Airport | Regina | 1,254,933 | 1.3% | ||
17 | Thunder Bay International Airport | Thunder Bay | 739,837 | 0.3% | ||
18 | Greater Moncton International Airport | Moncton | 649,427 | 0.8% | ||
19 | London International Airport | London | 479,928 | 5.1% | ||
20 | Prince George Airport | Prince George | 435,128 | 1.6% |