Statistics Canada reports that Canadian Level I air carriers flew 8.5 million passengers on scheduled and charter services in August, 3.7% more than in August 2025 but essentially the same as in August 2024.⁽¹⁾

The number of passenger-kilometres rose 7.8% year over year to 24.4 billion in August 2026, while capacity also increased 7.8% to 27.7 billion available seat-kilometres. As a result, the passenger load factor (the ratio of passenger-kilometres to available seat-kilometres) was 88.2% in August, on par with the 88.3% observed in August 2025.

Each passenger travelled an average of 2,889 kilometres in August 2026, up 3.9% from the same month a year earlier.

⁽¹⁾ About year-over-year comparisons: aviation operations in Canada in August 2025 were affected by an Air Canada flight attendant strike which lasted almost four days and resulted in thousands of flight cancellations.

 

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