List of defunct airlines of Canada

This is a list of defunct airlines of Canada.

Airline Image IATA ICAO Callsign Hub airport(s) orheadquartersTime activityNotes30000 Island Air Parry Sound Harbour1994 ????Charter rental & leasing serviceOperated DHC-2 Beaver AOC suspended in 2002 A Abbotsford Air Services ABE ABBY AIR Abbotsford ???? ???? Operated BN 2 Islander, Cessna Skylark Adastra Aviation ADD ADASTRA Abbotsford Not to be confused with Adastra Aerial Surveys of Australia Advance Air ChartersADVADVANCECalgary1993 1995Operated Douglas DC-8Aerial Recon Surveys Whitecourt1985 2006Renamed Airborne Energy SolutionsOperated Cessna 177, Robinson R44 Aero Activities Limited Barker FieldMaple Airport 1949 1957Belongings to Marion Alice OrrSold in 1957 Aero Bee Airlines Montréal Trudeau 2012 2012Founded by Russ PaysonOperated Boeing 737 800 Aéro Golfe 1988 2000Renamed Air SaguenayOperated DHC-2 Beaver Aero Link Toronto Pearson 1997 2000Operated Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, Piper Twin Comanche AeroTaxi QAT AIR QUASAR Québec City 1990 1992Aero Trades WesternVMATWAERO TRADESWinnipeg Richardson 1979 1984Acquired by SoundairOperated DC-4, Convair 580, Fokker F-27 Aerokon Aviation Whitehorse 1984 2004Operated DHC-3 Otter AeroproAPOAEROPROQuébec City1998 2010 Still operates as maintenance facility in Quebec CityAir 500BRMBOOMERANG Toronto Pearson1988 2007Air 2000 Canada2TCMM Toronto Pearson1988 1988 Renamed Canada 3000Air Alliance3JAAQLIAISONQuébec City1988 1999 to Air Nova Air Alliance 2002 2006 Air Alma QB AAJ AIR ALMA Alma 1980 2002Operated Embraer Bandeirante, Piper NavajoEstablished as Alma Air Services Air Amos Amos 1964 1964Air Atlantic9AATLDASHSaint John1985 1998 Feeder airline for Canadian Pacific Airlines and later Canadian Airlines International Air Atonabee OU OUL CITY EXPRESS Peterborough 1980 1984Renamed City ExpressOperated Saunders ST-27,Air BaffinBFFAIR BAFFINIqaluit1990 1997Renamed Air NunavutAir BCZXABLAIRCOACHVancouver1980 1987To Air Canada Connector Air Bras D'Or BRL BRASD'OR 1986 1987Operated Twin OtterAir BrazeauRouyn-Noranda1973 1978Established as Northwestern Airways. Renamed Quebec AviationAir CaledoniaACMWEST CALVancouver1984 1989Operated PBY CatalinaAir Canada ConnectorACHalifax2001 2002, Merged with Air Canada Regional under the new name Air Canada Jazz Air Canada Jazz QK JZA JAZZ Halifax 2001 2011Renamed Air Canada ExpressAir Canada Cargo Express1978-1990s, later reincarnated as Air Canada Cargo operated Douglas DC 8Air Canada RegionalQKARNHalifax2001 2002, Merged with Air Canada Connector under the new name Air Canada JazzAir Canada TangoACACAMontréal Trudeau2001 2004Low-cost subsidiary branch of Air CanadaAir CaravaneENACRCARAVANEMontréal Trudeau1973 1981Renamed/merged to: Air CardinalOperated C-47, DC-3, Vickers ViscountAir CardinalMontréal Trudeau1981 1987Established as Air CaravaneOperated Vickers Viscount Air Caribou Fermont ???? 1984Acquired and merged into Air SaguenayOperated DHC-3 OtterAir Charter SystemsCS CSWCHARTER SYSTEMSMontréal-Mirabel1986 1988 Rebirth in 1997 as International Cargo Charter and operating until 2003Air Club InternationalHBCLIAIR CLUBMontréal-Mirabel1993 1998 Charter airline to Europe Air Columbus Vacations 2002 2003Operated Boeing 727 Air Commonwealth Alberta Edmonton 1969 1979Operated DC-3 Air Dogrib Yellowknife Water Aerodrome 1978 1982Operated Floatplane Air Dorval ADT AIR DORVAL Dorval ???? ???? Air FecteauJGAFHFECTOSenneterre1936 1967Merged with La Sarre Air Services to form PropairAir Gaspé QJ Sept-Îles1951 1986Established in 1951 as Trans-Gaspesian Air Lines. Became a subsidiary of Quebecair in 1973Air GeorgianZXGGNGEORGIANToronto Pearson1994 2020Assets sold to Pivot AirlinesRegional, charters, cargoSubsidiary of Air Canada Express Air Integra AII INTEGRA Halifax 1987 1993Operated Cessna 414Air LabradorWJLALLAB AIRGoose Bay1948 2017Regional, charters. Merged with Innu Mikun Airlines to form Air Borealis Air Liaison Q9 LIZ LIAISON Baie-Comeau 2001 2012To Skyjet MG Air Link Express FSR 1979 1999 Air Madeleine MLN AIR MADELEINE Rimouski 1982 1996 Air Manan 1994 2005Air Manitoba7N NAM MANITOBA Winnipeg Lyncrest1990 1994Established as Northland Air ManitobaOperated C-46, DC-3, HS 748, Dash 8Air Maritime 1982 1984Subsidiary of Eastern Provincial Airways. To Canadian AirlinesOperated Hawker Siddeley 748 Air Melançon Sainte-Anne-du-Lac Water Aerodrome 1957 2017Operated DHC-2 Beaver seaplaneAcquired by Air Tarmac Air MikisewV8AURORAFort McMurray1961 (as Contact Air) 2011Grounded in 2010 and permanently closed by 2011 Air Montréal F8 AMO AIR MONTREAL Montréal Trudeau 1994 2000Activities taken over by GoAir CityLinkOperated Cessna Citation II, Embraer Brasilia, Fairchild Metroliner Air Muskoka AMS AIR MUSKOKA Muskoka 1975 2004 Air Niagara NX St. Catharines Niagara 1986 1994Operated Convair 580, Fokker F28Air Niagara Express DBDBD AIR NIAGARASt. Catharines Niagara1978 1998Operated Cessna 550 Citation, Convair 340, Convair 440, Convair 580, Fokker F28 Air Nord-Ouest Québec City 1970 2005Operated Cessna 185 Air Norterra 3F ANX NORTERRA Yellowknife 1998 Renamed Canadian NorthAir NovaQKARNNOVAHalifax1986 2001Merged into Air Canada ConnectorAir OntarioLondon1961 1987Merged into Air Canada ConnectorAir OntarioGXONTONTARIOLondon1987 2001To Air Canada Jazz as Air Canada Connector Air Ottawa Ottawa 1990 1998Operated Piper Seneca, Piper Chieftain Air Park Aviation APA CAN-AM 1981 1982Exploration charter workOperated DHC-3 OtterAir Quebec Metro1990-1990, Owned by Air AlmaAir SaguenayChutes-des-Passes,Lac Sébastien1960 2019Regional, charters, floatplanes Air Sandy SNY AIR SANDY 1990s ?Operated Piper Navajo Air Sask 7W ASK AIR SASK Saskatoon 1991 2000Established as La Ronge Aviation in 1958. Merged with Athabaska Airways to form Transwest AirAir Satellite6OASJSATELLITEBaie-Comeau1968 2008 To Exact AirAir Schefferville9VASFSCHEFFSchefferville 1981 2004Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, Beech 99Air SouthwestASWAIR SOUTHWESTChilliwack1983 2005Air Toronto CS CNE CONNECTOR Toronto Pearson 1984 1992Established as Commuter ExpressTo Air Canada ConnectorOperated Jetstream 31 Air Wemindji W9M 1987 2003 Air West Nanaimo Harbour 1970sOperated DHC-2 Beaver Air West AWT AIR WEST 1982 2005 Air Windsor Windsor 1970 1979Established as Gordon Airways in 1963 Airco Charters Edmonton City Centre 1987 2012Operated Piper Navajo AirGava AGV AIR GAVA Schefferville 1973 – 1981Operated DHC-6 Twin Otter, C-47Airspeed Aviation5SSPDSPEEDLINEAbbotsford1986 2009Acquired by Orca AirwaysAirtransitVictoria STOLportOttawa Rockcliffe1973 1975 A wholly owned subsidiary of Air CanadaAirwave Transport AWV Toronto Pearson1989 2001 Airwest Airlines ZX Vancouver 1964 1980To Air Canada RegionalOperated DHC-3 Otter, DHC-6 Twin Otter Aklavik Flying Services Aklavik 1947 – 1976Acquired by Kenn Borek AirOperated Aeronca Champion, Piper Super Cruiser, Waco StandardAlberta CitylinkABKALBERTA CITYLINKMedicine Hat1996 – 2004Owned by Bar XH Air Alberta Express 1986 – 1986Renamed Alta FlightsAlberta Northern Airlines Calgary1981 – 1989 Alert Bay Air Services BF 1958 – 1978Renamed Gulf Air Aviation Algoma Airways AGG ALGOMA Sault Ste. Marie 1970s 1990sOperated Piper Super Cub, King Air 200 All West Freight 1996 – 2012AllCanada ExpressCNXCANEXToronto Pearson1992 – 2005 Alma Air Services Alma 1960 – 1980Established as Metrolitan Air Services in 1959 Renamed Air Alma Alpenglow Aviation Golden 1999 – 2010Scenic tours and charter flightsOperated DHC-2 Beaver, Cessna 185, Cessna 206Alta FlightsALALZEdmonton1986 – 2014Established as Alberta ExpressTo Sunwest Aviation Amigo Airways Vancouver 1999 – 2006Acquired by Seair Seaplanes Amos Air Service Amos 1934 – 1940Operated Curtiss Robin C-1 Angus Aviation AZZ ANGUS 1970s 1990sOperated King Air A100 Antarctic Airways 1987 – 1988Operated one DC-4, two DHC-6 Twin OtterFlights to and onward Antarctica Arctic Air Fort Simpson 1964 – 1974Renamed Simpson AirOperated DC-3, Beech King AirArctic Sunwest ChartersASCARCTIC SUNWESTYellowknife1989 – 2013Acquired by the Ledcor Group of Companies and re-branded as Summit Air Arctic Wings Churchill 1953 – 1956Merged with Central Northern Airways to form Transair Arrow Airways The Pas 1935 – 1942Founded by Jack HoneTo form Canadian Pacific Air LinesOperated Fokker Universal Ashuanipi Aviation Wabush 1975 – 2006Merged to Air SaguenayOperated DHC-2 Beaver floatplane Associated Air Lines Vancouver 1952 – 1953 Associated Air Taxi 1956 – 1953Founded by Robert B. GayerAmalgamated with Port Alberni Airways in 1948Acquired by Central British Columbia Airlines Associated Airways 1955 – 1955Acquired by Pacific Western AirlinesOperated Avro York, Lockheed 14 Super Electra Associated Helicopters Vancouver 1961 – 1979Subsidiary of Associated AirwaysAcquired by Okanagan HelicoptersOperated Bell 47 Astoria AirlinesS3AOIASTORIAMontréal Trudeau1995 – 1995Operated Boeing 737-200Very short-lived airline operating in the summer of 1995 Athabaska Airways 9T ABS 1955 – 2000Founded by Floyd GlassMerged with Air Sask to form Transwest Air Atlantair ATB STARLITE 1981 1981 Atlantic Central Airlines CN 1960 1979Operated C-49 Skytrain Atlantic Island Airways UZ AIW TARTAN Summerside 1994 1995Operated Fokker F28 Atlas Aviation 1947 – 1972Renamed Kenting AviationOperated DHC-6 Twin Otter Atonabee Airways 1971 – 1979Renamed Air AtonabeeAustin AirwaysAAWAUSTINTimmins1934 – 1987To Air Ontario Aviation Boreal 1989 – 2004Operated DC-3, Piper Navajo Aviation Business Flights Vancouver 1985 – 1994Renamed WestEx Aviation Quebec Labrador QC QLA QUEBEC LABRADOR Sept-Îles 1983 – 2003Operated Embraer Bandeirante Avionair ANU AVIONAIR 1981 1999Operated Piper Navajo ChieftainRenamed Starlink Aviation Awood Air 8D AWO AWOOD AIR Victoria 1962 – 2000Operated HS 748, Beech King Air B B C Yukon Air Service Watson Lake 1953 – 1979Established as Northern British Columbia Air ServiceOperated DHC-6 Twin Otter, DHC-3 Otter, BN Islander B.C. Air Lines Vancouver 1943 – 1969Established as Westinghouse AirwaysRenamed PWAOperated Grumman Mallard, DHC-2 Beaver, Luscombe 8, Republic Seabee B.C. Airways 1928 – 1933Operated Ford Trimotor B.N.P. Airways Vancouver 1958 – 1964Operated Grumman Goose Bar XH Air BXH PALLISER Medicine Hat 1974 – 2012Merged to Integra AirBaxter Aviation6BNanaimo Harbour1985 – 2007Acquired by West Coast Air Baie Comeau Air Services Matane 1955 – 1973Renamed Golfe Air QuebecOperated Beech 18, DC-3, BN Islander, Trislander Bay Chaleur Air VY Bathurst 2002 2002Operated Beech 1900DBCWest AirAbbotsford2007 – 2008Closed in October 2008 due to unresolved shareholder dispute Bearskin Lake Air Service JV BLS BEARSKIN Sioux Lookout 1963 – 1977Renamed Bearskin AirlinesOperated DC-3, Beech 99, Piper Navajo Beaver Air Services The Pas 1982 – 2006Renamed Missinippi AirwaysOperated Cessna Caravan Bella Coola Air Bella Coola 1996 – 2017Charter operations Big River Air 1984 – 2007Renamed Air Roberval. Big Salmon Air 1988 – 2006 BMR Aviation Langley 1980 – 2005Operated DC-7 Boreal Airways 1947 – 1957Merged with Mont Laurier Aviation to form Nordair Bow Helicopters Calgary 1971 – 1979Established as Bullock HelicoptersAcquired by Okanagan HelicoptersOperated Bell Helicopters, Aérospatiale Alouettes Bradley Air Services7FFABFIRST AIRCarp1946 – 1996Renamed/merged to First Air Bradley Air Services BAR BRADLEY 2004 – 2006 British Columbia Air Lines Vancouver 1943 – 1970Operated Grumman Goose, Stinson 108, DHC-2 Beaver British Columbia Airways Vancouver 1927 – 1928 Operated Ford Trimotor which crashed on 25 August 1928Brock Air ServicesBRDBROCK AIRKingston Rogers 1978 – ????Charters and MedevacAbout The Kingston Airport Brooker-Wheaton Aviation BWB BROOKER-WHEATON Edmonton1970 – 1992Renamed Morningstar Air Express Buffalo Narrows Airways Buffalo Narrows 1976 – 1977Renamed Courtesy Air Bullock Helicopters Calgary 1964 1967Founded by Bruce and Evan James Bullock Operated Bell 47G, Bell 204 Rebranded to Bow Helicopters Burrard Air 6E BXA BURRARD Vancouver 1982 – 1986Operated BN Islander, DHC-3 Otter Business Flights CZ BFA CHIN