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List of the busiest airports in Canada

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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)

  1. Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario (CYYZ) 28,000,000
  2. Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, British Columbia (CYVR) 16,000,000
  3. Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, Quebec (CYUL) 10,071,991
  4. Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta (CYYC) 9,000,000
  5. Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta (CYEG) 4,000,000
  6. Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario (CYOW) 3,000,000
  7. Halifax International Airport, Halifax, Nova Scotia (CYHZ) 3,000,000
  8. Winnipeg International Airport, Winnipeg, Manitoba (CYWG) 3,000,000
  9. Victoria International Airport, Victoria, British Columbia (CYYJ) 1,000,000
  10. Québec-Jean Lesage International Airport, Sainte-Foy, Quebec (CYQB) 720,000

Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements (As of Nov, 2005)

  1. Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario (CYYZ) 400,000
  2. Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, British Columbia (CYVR) 314,000
  3. Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, Quebec (CYUL) 214,163
  4. Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta (CYYC) 213,000
  5. Boundary Bay Airport, Delta, British Columbia (CZBB) 178,000
  6. Montréal/St-Hubert Airport, Montréal, Quebec (CYHU) 167,000
  7. Victoria International Airport, Victoria, British Columbia (CYYJ) 155,000
  8. Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario (CYOW) 154,000
  9. Abbotsford International Airport, Abbotsford, British Columbia (CYXX) 149,000
  10. Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport, Toronto, Ontario (CYKZ) 148,000
  11. Winnipeg International Airport, Winnipeg, Manitoba (CYWG) 138,000
  12. Calgary/Springbank Airport, Calgary, Alberta (CYBW) 120,182
  13. Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta (CYEG) 110,000
  14. Thunder Bay International Airport, Thunder Bay, Ontario (CYQT) 109,956
  15. Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport, Québec, Quebec (CYQB) 109,000
  16. Region of Waterloo International Airport, Waterloo, Ontario (CYKF) 103,000
  17. London International Airport, London, Ontario (CYXU) 95,000
  18. Halifax International Airport, Halifax, Nova Scotia (CYHZ) 89,000
  19. Pitt Meadows Airport, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia (CYPK) 89,000
  20. Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport, Hamilton, Ontario (CYHM) 82,000


Canada's 20 busiest airports by aircraft movements (2004)

  1. Toronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario (CYYZ) 404,717
  2. Vancouver International Airport, Vancouver, British Columbia (CYVR) 314,888
  3. Calgary International Airport, Calgary, Alberta (CYYC) 218,491
  4. Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Montreal, Quebec (CYUL) 205,441
  5. Boundary Bay Airport, Delta, British Columbia (CZBB) 178,346
  6. Montréal/St-Hubert Airport, Montréal, Quebec (CYHU) 167,620
  7. Victoria International Airport, Victoria, British Columbia (CYYJ) 155,899
  8. Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario (CYOW) 154,042
  9. Abbotsford International Airport, Abbotsford, British Columbia (CYXX) 149,103
  10. Toronto/Buttonville Municipal Airport, Toronto, Ontario (CYKZ) 148,965
  11. Winnipeg International Airport, Winnipeg, Manitoba (CYWG) 138,891
  12. Calgary/Springbank Airport, Calgary, Alberta (CYBW) 120,182
  13. Edmonton International Airport, Edmonton, Alberta (CYEG) 110,476
  14. Thunder Bay International Airport, Thunder Bay, Ontario (CYQT) 109,956
  15. Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport, Québec, Quebec (CYQB) 109,180
  16. Region of Waterloo International Airport, Waterloo, Ontario (CYKF) 103,014
  17. London International Airport, London, Ontario (CYXU) 95,240
  18. Halifax International Airport, Halifax, Nova Scotia (CYHZ) 89,845
  19. Pitt Meadows Airport, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia (CYPK) 89,321
  20. Hamilton/John C. Munro International Airport, Hamilton, Ontario (CYHM) 82,251

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