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Top 18 Commercial airlines based in Canada

RevenueBase identified 39 commercial airlines headquartered in Canada as of September 2026 and tracks 27,129 professional contacts across them, including 9,781 with verified work emails. Calgary is the largest hub.

This list covers commercial airlines headquartered in Canada, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 19, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
39Companies
27,129Contacts tracked
9,781Verified emails
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The 18 largest commercial airlines based in Canada

Ranked by team size
Top 18 of 39 commercial airlines based in Canada, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to commercial airlines: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Partial evidenceSaint Laurent In Montreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202610001+21,925 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Canada's largest airline, the country’s flag carrier and a founding member of Star Alliance, the world's most comprehensive air transportation network celebrating its…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2Partial evidenceMontréal, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20265,001-10,0002,425 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Fondée à Montréal en 1987, Air Transat est une marque phare du voyage élue par la clientèle Meilleure compagnie aérienne loisirs au monde en 2025 aux World Airline Awards de…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3Indirect evidenceOttawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000721 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Canadian North connects people and delivers essential goods throughout Northern communities in Canada – safely, reliably and always with friendly and helpful customer service.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4Indirect evidenceMontreal, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261,001-5,000485 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Air Inuit fournit des services essentiels de transport aérien régulier, nolisé, de cargo et d'urgence au Nunavik et au-delà, 24 heures par jour, 365 jours par année, et ce, depuis…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5Partial evidenceSt John’s, NL, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500353 contacts →

Partial evidence

“At PAL Airlines, we’ve got a way with people, and a way of connecting them.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6Partial evidenceRichmond, BC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 2026201-500228 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Founded in 1982 with two small seaplanes, Harbour Air is North America’s largest seaplane airline.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7Partial evidenceMirabel, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-200161 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Nolinor, le spécialiste de l’avion nolisé Fondée en 1992, Nolinor Aviation est une entreprise de transport aérien spécialisée dans les vols commerciaux nolisés.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8Indirect evidenceRouyn-noranda, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20099 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Propair, a company founded in 1954, offers a variety of services, including charter flights, aeromedical evacuations, business shuttles and aircraft maintenance.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9Indirect evidenceYellowknife, NT, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20051 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Buffalo Airways Ltd.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10Indirect evidenceRichmond, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20046 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Seair Seaplanes offers seamless connections and breathtaking views through scheduled flights, scenic tours, and private charters.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11Indirect evidenceLongueuil, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20038 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Max Aviation est l’une des plus importantes entreprises de transport aérien nolisé au Québec avec ses 3 bases d’opérations à travers la province : Saint-Hubert, Sept-îles et Amos.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12Indirect evidenceSaskatoon, SK, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-5025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Saskatoon John G.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13Indirect evidenceCalgary, AB, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202651-20018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“We’ve been making a difference in the business of flight for over 20 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14Partial evidenceOttawa, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-107 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC) is the trade association representing Canada’s largest national and international passenger air carriers: Air Canada, Air Transat…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15Indirect evidenceNorth Bay, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
16Indirect evidenceAlma, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 202611-502 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Corpo Aviation a pour ambition de devenir le plus grand transporteur corporatif en région au Québec.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17Strong evidenceKanata, ON, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Strong evidence

“First Air is a commercial airline offering scheduled air services transporting passengers and freight primiarly in Canada's arctic region.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18Partial evidenceGatineau, QC, CanadaHQ checked Sep 19, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Transport Aérien Gatineau (TAG) offers commercial air services to both Passenger and Cargo.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026

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Commercial airlines based in Canada at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026
36.1%Verified-email coverage
695.6Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
7.7%Largest-city concentration · Calgary
Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
11
11-50
12
51-200
9
201-500
2
1,001-5,000
3
5,001-10,000
1
10001+
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Canada, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Canada, over 39 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among commercial airlines, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Canada whose own description of what they do matches “commercial airlines”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names commercial airlines), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among commercial airlines, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Canada are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 9,781 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 19, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names commercial airlines, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many commercial airlines are there based in Canada?

RevenueBase identified 39 commercial airlines headquartered in Canada as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

AIR Canada, headquartered in Montreal, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most commercial airlines?

Calgary leads with 3 headquartered companies, followed by Montreal (3) and Toronto (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 9,781 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 39 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 19, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.