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Air Transportation

Canada is recognized as having one of the most successful and safest civil aviation programs in the world. Transport Canada works with many partners both here at home and around the world to protect and maintain our air safety and security record, and to make air travel more environmentally responsible. 

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Canadian Centennial of Flight

Canadian Centennial of Flight

One hundred years ago the first heavier-than-air, powered aircraft took flight over Bras d'Or Lakes in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. The Silver Dart flew for only 800 metres that day, but it changed the face of Canada forever. An industry was born and a new way of life was formed. [More...]