List of the busiest airports in Canada
Canada's busiest airport by aircraft movements and number of passengers served is Toronto Pearson International Airport, which is also the only Canadian airport ranked in the top 30 airports in the world (by number of passengers).
The following lists rank other Canadian airports by both criteria, passenger traffic (how busy the terminals are) and aircraft movements (how busy the runways are). For each airport, the lists cite the principal city associated with the airport by Transport Canada, not (necessarily) the municipality where the airport is physically located. If you have the information for passenger traffic and aircraft movements for each of these airprorts, please fill it in. The only information filled in is for Montreal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
Canada's 10 busiest airports by passenger traffic (As of Nov. 2005)
- Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario (CYYZ) 28,000,000
- Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, British Columbia (CYVR) 16,000,000
- Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, Quebec (CYUL) 10,071,991
- Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta (CYYC) 9,000,000
- Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta (CYEG) 4,000,000
- Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario (CYOW) 3,000,000
- Halifax International Airport, Halifax, Nova Scotia (CYHZ) 3,000,000
- Winnipeg International Airport, Winnipeg, Manitoba (CYWG) 3,000,000
- Victoria International Airport, Victoria, British Columbia (CYYJ) 1,000,000
- Québec-Jean Lesage International Airport, Sainte-Foy, Quebec (CYQB) 720,000
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements (As of Nov, 2005)
- Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario (CYYZ) 400,000
- Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, British Columbia (CYVR) 314,000
- Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, Quebec (CYUL) 214,163
- Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta (CYYC) 213,000
- Boundary Bay Airport, Delta, British Columbia (CZBB) 178,000
- Montréal/St-Hubert Airport, Montréal, Quebec (CYHU) 167,000
- Victoria International Airport, Victoria, British Columbia (CYYJ) 155,000
- Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario (CYOW) 154,000
- Abbotsford International Airport, Abbotsford, British Columbia (CYXX) 149,000
- Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport, Toronto, Ontario (CYKZ) 148,000
- Winnipeg International Airport, Winnipeg, Manitoba (CYWG) 138,000
- Calgary/Springbank Airport, Calgary, Alberta (CYBW) 120,182
- Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta (CYEG) 110,000
- Thunder Bay International Airport, Thunder Bay, Ontario (CYQT) 109,956
- Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport, Québec, Quebec (CYQB) 109,000
- Region of Waterloo International Airport, Waterloo, Ontario (CYKF) 103,000
- London International Airport, London, Ontario (CYXU) 95,000
- Halifax International Airport, Halifax, Nova Scotia (CYHZ) 89,000
- Pitt Meadows Airport, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia (CYPK) 89,000
- Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport, Hamilton, Ontario (CYHM) 82,000
Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements (2004)
- Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario (CYYZ) 404,717
- Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, British Columbia (CYVR) 314,888
- Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta (CYYC) 218,491
- Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, Quebec (CYUL) 205,441
- Boundary Bay Airport, Delta, British Columbia (CZBB) 178,346
- Montréal/St-Hubert Airport, Montréal, Quebec (CYHU) 167,620
- Victoria International Airport, Victoria, British Columbia (CYYJ) 155,899
- Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario (CYOW) 154,042
- Abbotsford International Airport, Abbotsford, British Columbia (CYXX) 149,103
- Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport, Toronto, Ontario (CYKZ) 148,965
- Winnipeg International Airport, Winnipeg, Manitoba (CYWG) 138,891
- Calgary/Springbank Airport, Calgary, Alberta (CYBW) 120,182
- Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta (CYEG) 110,476
- Thunder Bay International Airport, Thunder Bay, Ontario (CYQT) 109,956
- Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport, Québec, Quebec (CYQB) 109,180
- Region of Waterloo International Airport, Waterloo, Ontario (CYKF) 103,014
- London International Airport, London, Ontario (CYXU) 95,240
- Halifax International Airport, Halifax, Nova Scotia (CYHZ) 89,845
- Pitt Meadows Airport, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia (CYPK) 89,321
- Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport, Hamilton, Ontario (CYHM) 82,251