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Table 1-2Passengers enplaned and deplaned on selected services — Top 50 airports by sector

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Top 50 airports by sector
Airport Domestic Change Transborder Change Other International Change Total
2005 2006 2005  2006 2005 2006  2006
  number percent number percent number percent number
Abbotsford, British Columbia 380,247 492,591 29.5 0 125 ... 5,262 5,241 -0.4 497,957
Calgary International, Alberta 7,137,297 8,180,974 14.6 1,885,977 2,114,505 12.1 810,510 862,764 6.4 11,158,243
Castlegar, British Columbia x x x x x x x x x x
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island 177,978 220,028 23.6 5,477 7,324 33.7 0 0 ... 227,352
Comox, British Columbia 200,199 218,875 9.3 7 0 -100.0 3,437 2,752 -19.9 221,627
Cranbrook, British Columbia 76,904 89,048 15.8 12 4 -66.7 0 0 ... 89,052
Deer Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador 221,921 223,316 0.6 0 3 ... 0 3,130 ... 226,449
Edmonton International, Alberta 3,658,868 4,456,194 21.8 483,113 683,028 41.4 117,922 148,626 26.0 5,287,848
Fort McMurray, Alberta 303,588 419,438 38.2 0 0 ... 0 0 ... 419,438
Fort St John, British Columbia 126,907 125,313 -1.3 4 0 -100.0 0 0 ... 125,313
Fredericton, New Brunswick 180,581 209,477 16.0 1 16,302 ... 58 2,271 ... 228,050
Gander International, Newfoundland and Labrador 58,712 65,003 10.7 1,678 700 -58.3 4,996 4,873 -2.5 70,576
Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador 104,208 92,766 -11.0 196 512 161.2 2,492 1,408 -43.5 94,686
Grande Prairie, Alberta 229,446 330,009 43.8 2 0 -100.0 0 0 ... 330,009
Halifax International, Nova Scotia 2,572,941 2,780,505 8.1 247,028 291,337 17.9 185,344 218,599 17.9 3,290,441
Hamilton, Ontario 402,921 576,394 43.1 13,393 7,394 -44.8 26,156 15,820 -39.5 599,608
Iqaluit, Nunavut 109,220 109,999 0.7 0 0 ... 97 513 428.9 110,512
Kamloops, British Columbia 139,973 x x 5,966 x x 0 x x x
Kelowna, British Columbia 965,547 1,168,726 21.0 83,164 83,734 0.7 7,940 12,483 57.2 1,264,943
Kingston, Ontario x x x x x x x x x x
London, Ontario 307,649 348,821 13.4 48,462 46,202 -4.7 10,130 2,393 -76.4 397,416
Moncton/Greater Moncton International, New Brunswick 502,073 505,726 0.7 934 15,838 ... 14,383 12,438 -13.5 534,002
Montréal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau International, Quebec 4,459,264 4,698,090 5.4 2,885,823 2,974,588 3.1 3,468,694 3,697,376 6.6 11,370,054
Nanaimo, British Columbia x x x x x x x x x x
Nanaimo/Harbour, British Columbia 119,051 136,160 14.4 0 0 ... 0 0 ... 136,160
Ottawa/Macdonald-Cartier International, Ontario 2,701,091 2,690,455 -0.4 613,621 610,095 -0.6 233,581 239,980 2.7 3,540,530
Prince George, British Columbia 365,178 367,865 0.7 0 0 ... 204 2,756 ... 370,621
Québec/Jean Lesage International, Quebec 562,206 560,823 -0.2 118,560 131,457 10.9 112,969 112,815 -0.1 805,095
Regina International, Saskatchewan 732,799 811,035 10.7 58,108 80,644 38.8 28,483 22,607 -20.6 914,286
Saint John, New Brunswick 166,338 x x 13 x x 0 x x x
Saskatoon/John G Diefenbaker International, Saskatchewan 786,159 901,353 14.7 80,600 83,342 3.4 18,206 24,767 36.0 1,009,462
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario x x x x x x x x x x
Sept-Îles, Quebec 96,524 106,062 9.9 0 11 ... 0 0 ... 106,073
Sioux Lookout, Ontario 84,900 102,060 20.2 0 0 ... 0 0 ... 102,060
St John's International, Newfoundland and Labrador 1,015,314 1,082,283 6.6 17,134 25,311 47.7 65,636 49,405 -24.7 1,156,999
Sudbury, Ontario 156,436 x x 0 x x 0 x x x
Sydney, Nova Scotia x x x x x x x x x x
Terrace, British Columbia 101,645 103,934 2.3 0 0 ... 0 0 ... 103,934
Thompson, Manitoba 99,114 x x 32 x x 34 x x x
Thunder Bay, Ontario 517,854 593,967 14.7 23,585 21,513 -8.8 12,056 2,940 -75.6 618,420
Timmins, Ontario 108,564 116,846 7.6 0 0 ... 0 0 ... 116,846
Toronto/Lester B Pearson International, Ontario 12,334,989 12,944,230 4.9 8,752,328 8,879,487 1.5 7,504,738 7,643,842 1.9 29,467,559
Vancouver Harbour, British Columbia 338,485 363,889 7.5 0 0 ... 0 0 ... 363,889
Vancouver International, British Columbia 8,097,086 8,444,314 4.3 3,901,255 4,114,737 5.5 3,696,278 3,641,206 -1.5 16,200,257
Victoria Harbour, British Columbia 264,427 271,793 2.8 23,796 22,987 -3.4 0 0 ... 294,780
Victoria International, British Columbia 1,143,167 1,199,925 5.0 131,959 131,713 -0.2 5,819 12,124 108.4 1,343,762
Whitehorse International Yukon Territory 119,406 143,207 19.9 3,609 3,966 9.9 6,341 4,592 -27.6 151,765
Windsor, Ontario 139,465 x x 544 x x 14,074 x x x
Winnipeg/James Armstrong Richardson International, Manitoba 2,707,007 3,039,997 12.3 432,947 448,422 3.6 95,730 101,745 6.3 3,590,164
Yellowknife Northwest Territories 315,638 281,305 -10.9 0 227 ... 0 0 ... 281,532
Subtotal 55,836,675 60,787,501 8.9 19,819,893 20,802,972 5.0 16,451,899 16,857,134 2.5 98,447,607
Others 2,453,748 2,520,333 2.7 40,958 40,703 -0.6 1,832 16,730 813.2 2,577,766
Total Canada 58,290,423 63,307,834 8.6 19,860,851 20,843,675 4.9 16,453,731 16,873,864 2.6 101,025,373