History of Aviation in Canada

The history of aviation in Canada begins with the first manned flight in a balloon at Saint John, New Brunswick in 1840. Experimental aviation started in Canada with the test flights of Bell’s Silver Dart in 1909,^[1] following the epochal flight of the Wright Brothers in 1903. The experimental phase gave way to use of aircraft in warfare.

After the war, aircraft turned from an expensive novelty into a vital transportation tool, particularly useful in exploration and development of Canada’s North. Aviation was applied to the task of tying together far-flung communities in the North. Many small regional airlines were founded. A lack of national transportation policy delayed the creation of a national carrier until the foundation of the government-subsidized Trans Canada Airlines ( now Air Canada) in 1937.

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