Data availability: Annual civil aviation statistics, 2022

This release covers Canadian Level I, II and III air carriers.

Level I air carriers include every Canadian air carrier that, in the calendar year before the year in which information is provided, transported at least 2 million revenue passengers or at least 400 000 tonnes of cargo.

Level II air carriers include every Canadian air carrier that, in the calendar year before the year in which information is provided, transported (a) at least 100,000, but fewer than 2 million, revenue passengers, or (b) at least 50 000 tonnes, but less than 400 000 tonnes, of cargo.

Level III air carriers include every Canadian air carrier that (a) is not a Level I or II air carrier, and (b) in the calendar year before the year in which information is provided, realized gross revenues of at least $2 million for the provision of air services for which the air carrier held a licence.

Net non-operating income and loss are from commercial ventures that are not part of air transportation services, from other revenue and expenses attributable to financing or other activities that are not an integral part of air transportation, and from special recurrent items of a non-periodic nature. Non-operating income can be, for example, capital gains from the sale of aircraft, interest income and foreign exchange adjustment, while non-operating loss can include capital losses and interest on bank loans and other debt.

The average passenger trip length is calculated by dividing the number of passenger-kilometres by the number of passengers. Trips across Canada and the world are included in this calculation.

Data for 2016 to 2021 have been revised.

Because of rounding, components may not add up to the total.

These figures are comparable with the preliminary estimates presented in the release Annual civil aviation statistics: First look, 2022.