Statistics Canada reports that aircraft movements at Canada's major and select small airports totalled 548,386 in September 2025, up 5.0% from the same month the previous year. Itinerant movements increased 4.2% year over year, while local movements rose 7.0%.

In September, flight school activity at Canada's major and select small airports contributed to the increase in local movements, which rose 7.0% year over year to 168,373. The airports with the largest increases were Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario (+3,698 movements) and Pitt Meadows, British Columbia (+2,048).

Domestic itinerant movements totalled 326,790 in September, up 5.0% compared with the same month the previous year. This level is slightly higher (+0.4%) than the pre-COVID-19 pandemic level from September 2019, marking the first time monthly traffic for the sector has surpassed pre-pandemic levels on a year-over-year basis.

Transborder movements (to and from the United States) declined 3.5% year over year to 37,215 in September 2025. This was the sixth consecutive monthly year-over-year decrease. Meanwhile, other international movements (outside the United States) rose 6.4% from the previous year to reach 16,008 in September.

 

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