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September 2009



CIVIL AERONAUTICS
SUMMARY OF PERSONNEL LICENCES
SEPTEMBER 2009
TYPE OF LICENCE SPP IN FORCE IN FORCE ISSUED 12 MONTHS MALE FEMALE
Medicals with no accompanying licence or permit N/A 12423 3600 11135 1288

AEROPLANE

 Private Pilots 6845 27078 1374 25451 1627
Commercial Pilots N/A 8333 481 7737 596
Airline Transport Pilots N/A 11958 326 11398 560
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HELICOPTER

 Private Pilots 319 592 31 569 23
Commercial Pilots N/A 3147 121 3023 124
Airline Transport Pilots N/A 952 15 931 21
TOTAL : 7164 52060 2348 49109 2951

PERMITS

 Gyroplane Pilot 7 30   29 1
Ultra-light Pilot 804 2762 139 2678 84
Recreational Pilot N/A 1273 70 1210 63
TOTAL : 811 4065 209 3917 148

OTHER LICENCES

 Glider Pilot 403 5684 97 5053 631
Balloon Pilot 15 224 7 208 16
Flight Engineers N/A 400   391 9
Air Traffic Controllers N/A 1970 30 1704 266
TOTAL : 418 8278 134 7356 922
GRAND TOTAL : 8393 64403 2691 60382 4021

INSTRUMENT RATINGS
(IN FORCE)

   GROUP TOTAL
1 2 3 4

AEROPLANE

 Private 320 1 485 N/A 806
Commercial 3061 4 436 N/A 3501
Airline Transport 10949 N/A N/A N/A 10949

HELICOPTER

 Private N/A N/A N/A 1 1
Commercial N/A N/A N/A 180 180
Airline Transport N/A N/A N/A 658 658
TOTAL : 16162
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INSTRUCTOR RATINGS
(IN FORCE)

TYPE OF LICENCE

 CLASS TOTAL
1 2 3 4
Aeroplanes 446 358 734 387 1925
Helicopters 95 21 49 16 181
Aeroplane Aerobatic 45 40 N/A N/A 85
TOTAL : 586 419 783 403 2191
Ultra-light 277
Gliders 721
Gliders Aerobatics 18
Balloons 29
Gyroplanes 2
TOTAL : 3238
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AEROPLANE RATINGS
(IN FORCE)

TYPE OF LICENCE

MULTI-ENGINE

SEA PLANE

VFR

NIGHT

PASS. CARRYING
Private 2395 4913 1542 11550 N/A
Commercial 6020 3185 N/A
Airline Transport 11947 5599 N/A
Ultra-light N/A N/A N/A N/A 249
TOTAL : 20362 13697 1542 11550 249
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RATINGS
(IN FORCE)
TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LICENCES

 Airport 1993
Terminal 355
Area 1282
Oceanic 72
TOTAL : 3702

 

  AEROPLANES HELICOPTERS PERMITS OTHER LICENCES  
PROVINCE Private Com-mercial Airline Trans-port Private Com-mercial Airline Trans-port Gyro-plane Ultra-light Recrea-tional Pilot Student Pilot Permits Balloon Glider Flight En-gineer Air Traffic Con-troller TOTAL
British Columbia 4358 1560 1921 127 988 340 5 395 165 1369 7 799 118 309 12461
Alberta 3647 1087 2116 68 607 101 8 326 126 1069 46 710 17 314 10242
Saskatchewan 1210 382 217 7 58 4 5 116 45 301 2 237 2 25 2611
Manitoba 1213 525 484 10 67 11 2 81 91 325 5 266 5 198 3283
Ontario 9065 2158 4365 113 493 177 6 752 485 2857 76 2130 187 487 23351
Quebec 5194 1335 1779 223 569 104 3 916 266 1874 77 950 51 305 13646
New Brunswick 581 290 118 3 21 16 57 24 253 5 114 1 126 1609
Nova Scotia 497 138 261 10 38 45 47 24 86 206 2 21 1375
P.E.I. 92 15 7 2 2 2 5 22 1 19 167
N. and L. 233 141 141 1 75 35 29 18 50 102 1 165 991
Yukon 116 69 35 3 30 2 1 15 8 11 10 7 307
N.W.T. 64 143 116 2 33 1 5 9 7 23 7 9 419
Nunavut 7 14 14 2 1 1 2 4 2 47
Other 815 481 386 24 165 113 17 11 164 5 116 9 4 2310
REGION
Pacific 4613 1856 2335 137 1114 415 5 403 178 1367 7 868 129 329 13756
Western 3692 1173 1986 71 589 97 9 339 133 1073 44 683 22 309 10220
Central 2514 884 845 18 129 14 8 206 142 645 10 529 8 237 6189
Ontario 9059 2179 4190 115 479 170 5 738 475 2860 70 2129 173 468 23110
Quebec 5219 1351 1787 223 569 107 3 922 263 1877 77 949 53 305 13705
Atlantic 1365 577 490 16 133 91 134 62 402 7 441 3 310 4031
Headquarters 630 318 327 13 135 58 20 21 168 9 85 12 12 1808
AGE
Under 30 5798 3189 799 24 659 11 2 83 248 4173 19 2467 2 225 17699
30 - 34 1716 1018 1482 25 424 43 3 100 73 775 16 464 4 309 6452
35 - 39 2020 804 1964 35 471 124 1 183 99 764 16 417 23 355 7276
40 - 44 2455 584 1886 46 396 182 2 308 105 739 24 471 36 378 7612
45 - 49 3043 602 1824 95 346 172 3 484 150 711 29 492 88 282 8321
50 - 54 3287 741 1796 92 379 203 5 492 176 598 42 434 142 191 8578
55 - 59 2834 604 1294 97 259 132 5 398 132 312 38 265 75 157 6602
60 - 64 2433 434 611 72 127 71 3 339 120 186 22 243 23 63 4747
Over 65 3506 362 304 107 87 14 6 375 171 134 18 431 7 10 5532
Date Modified: 2009-10-30

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