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1. Air passenger traffic at Canadian airports increased 4.8% in 2012. The total number of enplaned and deplaned passengers in Canada was just under 119.0 million. This was the third consecutive annual increase since 2009, when passenger traffic had declined. The trend for air passenger traffic in Canada, since 1997, is shown in Chart 1.
2. Passenger traffic in all sectors (domestic, transborder and other international) increased in 2012. The domestic sector expanded 5.5%, transborder traffic (between Canada and the United States) increased 4.7%, and other international traffic was up 3.0%.
3. Cargo tonnages loaded and unloaded at Canadian airports increased 2.0% in 2012 to 1.08 million tonnes, a level around 15% above the recent low in 2009.
4. Canadian airports experienced an increase in the number of flights arriving and departing; flights were up 1.7% in 2012.