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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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Regional Offices - Air Transportation

Commercial and Business Aviation 

Telephone: 514-633-3120     Fax: 514-633-3697

Service Description:

  • Certification and inspection of private and commercial air carriers 
  • Enforcement of occupational safety and health standards 
  • Control of transport of dangerous goods

General Aviation

Telephone: 514-633-3863     Fax: 514-633-3585

Pilots - Aviation Personnel

Telephone: 514-633-3863

Service Description:

  • Process requests to validate foreign pilots' licences
  • Administer written examinations for aviation personnel and give official grades
  • Receive payment of licence fees
  • Supply study guides, reference guides and flight test guides
  • Provide lists of medical examiners and authorized agents
  • Process licence, permit and validation applications
  • Issue temporary licences, permits and certificates
  • Re-issue lost or stolen documents
  • Extend privileges for qualified candidates 
  • Appoint and supervise officers authorized to issue temporary licences
  • Provide licence and medical history information for licence holders who request a review hearing from the Civil Aviation Tribunal
  • Handle public complaints regarding non-commercial aviation activities

Flight Training

Telephone: 514-633-3240

Service Description:

  • Flight testing of all applicants for a licence, permit or rating
  • Appoint and supervise all Designated Flight Test Examiners (DFTEs)
  • Provide lists of flight test examiners and flight training schools
  • Advise flight training schools regarding standards for issuing licences in special cases
  • Handle public complaints regarding non-commercial aviation activities
  • Certify flight training schools
  • Monitor recreational aviation activities

Personal Aviation, Special Flight Operations & Launch Safety

Telephone: 514-633-3581

Service Description:

  • Monitor recreational aviation activities
  • Supervise and authorize special events such as air shows, hot air balloon festivals and parachute jumping
  • Handle public complaints regarding non-commercial aviation activities

Aircraft Registration

Telephone: 514-633-3580

Service Description:

  • Provide information regarding applications for registration
  • Issue registration certificates

Maintenance

Telephone: 514-633-3047     Fax: 514-633-3538

Service Description:

  • Inspection of operating civilian aircraft
  • Certification and audit of maintenance organizations
  • Accreditation and inspection of maintenance engineers for operating aircraft
  • Issuance of various authorizations

Aviation Manufacturing

Telephone: 514-633-3590     Fax: 514-633-3361

Service Description:

  • Certification and inspection of aircraft manufacturers
  • Certification and inspection of manufacturers and distributors of aeronautical products/equipment
  • Inspection of new civilian aircraft
  • Certification and inspection of maintenance organizations for aeronautical products/equipment not directly related to aircraft operation

Aircraft Certification

Telephone: 514-633-3267     Fax: 514-633-2703

Service Description:

  • Approval of modifications and repairs to aircraft and aeronautical products
  • Issuance of supplemental type or restricted supplemental type certificates
  • Issuance of repair design approvals
  • Inspection and acceptance of foreign modifications and repairs to Canadian aeronautical products
  • Approval and monitoring of design approval representatives, design approval organizations and certified airworthiness engineering organizations for the Quebec Region

System Safety

Telephone: 514-633-3249     Fax: 514-633-3705

Service Description:

  • Monitoring and evaluation of aviation system safety
  • System review and investigation to identify hazards and irregularities and evaluate associated risks
  • Safety training and awareness programs designed to inform the aviation industry of risks and encourage safe practices and procedures

Aerodromes and Air Navigation

Telephone: 514-633-3252     Fax: 514-633-3052

Service Description:

  • Airport certification
  • Airport registration
  • Obstacle identification standards
  • Noise management
  • Wildlife preservation
  • Air navigation services
  • Aeronautical Information Services and Airspace

Law Enforcement

Telephone: 514-633-3248     Fax: 514-633-3666

Service Description:

  • Investigations of presumed violations of aviation safety regulations

Aviation - Medical Office

Telephone: 514-633-3258     Fax: 514-633-3247

Service Description:

  • to evaluate medical reports and files
  • to provide the Civil Aviation Medical Examiners lists
  • to provide information on the specific medical requirements
  • to manage the additional medical tests required
Date modified:
2012-02-07