Micro Drone Laws in Canada 2023-Alberta/Calgary w.

[@gunnsteinnjonsson9166]

Don is doing a great job and the drone community is lucky to have him 😊👍 keep up the good work 👍

[@JoeMansLand]

He is for sure!

[@DonJoyce]

Hey Joey! Thanks for having me on your show! Great job editing down my "droning on" to something people might want to watch!

[@JoeMansLand]

It was great having you Don and your insights rocked and I wish I could have kept all of it, go enough for 2 videos ;)

[@Aerosnapper]

Great to see some background to the ‘drone education empire’ Don has built.

[@DylanJones94]

Great video! One thing I’ve always taken issue with is Ottawa’s bylaw. I searched for hours trying to find it and nothing came up for the word “drone” or “rpas”. Eventually I came across a bylaw restricting the use of “model aircraft” in Ottawa’s parks. To me a drone is arguably not a model aircraft at all, and aside from that argument, if they intend on enforcing that bylaw against drone pilots they should at least make it much more clear and easy to find for someone who wants to fly in Ottawa. Like I said, I spent hours looking.

[@JoeMansLand]

That's a good point and clear language in bylaws is crucial for sure. Thanks for the comment!

[@DylanJones94]

@@JoeMansLand thanks! Even more confusingly, I know that there are a couple parks in ottawa that regularly have people flying actual model aircraft. At the end of the day the bylaws are laws and you should follow them, but the lack of enforcement or inconsistency of enforcement, combined with extremely vague rules make a person wonder whether it’s worth paying attention to at all.

[@JoeMansLand]

@@DylanJones94 exactly they are laws so clear direction from them is key for sure

[@the1andonly]

Just discovered your channel. Aside from the fact that you left out my city (Edmonton) I really liked your interview. Keep up the good work!

[@JoeMansLand]

Haha thanks so much man! Go flames lol

[@marcushoehn3073]

This is so eye-opening. Excellent overview and so helpful for all the sub-250g pilots. Thanks Joey and Don.

[@JoeMansLand]

Thanks so much and our pleasure 🙏

[@Paner835]

Cheers for this! This is very interesting and I think since now people owning more and more drones, things change in terms of safety Subscribed to your channel - keep sharing :)

[@JoeMansLand]

Hey thanks so much and happy flying!

[@Patrick90]

Great video. I just have a question. Unlike Calgary, where on their website they at least give you some ideas of where it is acceptable to fly, apparently in Edmonton you are not allowed recreational drone use (even micro drones) on any city-owned/public property and you need a permit to take pictures or videos? That's my understanding from what I've read online. Thank you.

[@JoeMansLand]

Hi Paul thanks for the comment! To my understanding that is correct. I had a work shoot in Edmonton and ran into the same issue :(

[@Patrick90]

​@@JoeMansLand I'm not sure if many other municipalities are like that, but that just seems so extremely restrictive. I can't believe you wouldn't be allowed to fly responsibly in say a park or a secluded natural area. I just bought a Mini 4 Pro thinking I would be good to go here but apparently not.

[@Aerosnapper]

Don overlooked the fact that the biggest influence on Transport Canada was the existing aviation community of manned aircraft pilots, who regarded drones as a threat.

[@DylanJones94]

One more thing that I hope one day something can be done about is the restrictions in our parks, national and provincial. I would love to see it get to a point where maybe there’s an extra certification you need from parks Canada, and maybe there’s some areas within national parks that you could be allowed to fly with an easier to obtain permit/certification. Canada’s most beautiful landscapes are largely within massive park boundaries like Jasper or Banff. You can’t tell me that a drone flying over the town of Banff would be somehow unreasonable or disruptive to wildlife considering the highway with cars and other more disruptive vehicles. It bothers me also to see social media posts of drone flights or footage on stock video websites of our parks for purchase that was filmed by people who aren’t Canadian, and therefore have no fear of repercussions once they leave the country. Meanwhile Canadians, no matter how much effort they would be willing to put in for a recreational permit to fly, that option simply does not exist.

[@JoeMansLand]

I hope we see designated fly areas with in the parks and geofencing that prohibit drones from even flying outside of them

[@DylanJones94]

@@JoeMansLand the only issue with that is there are legitimate reasons that people would need to fly beyond those geofences, like search and rescue, or commercial shoots. And getting DJI involved in our park laws would be a mess.

[@muskadobbit]

Does anyone use a radio to listen for aircraft, e.g. 122.8 or 126.7? It wouldn’t catch everyone but it might help.

[@ORGANIZEDCoNfUsioN]

That was great. Like # 45!!!

[@grahamjones7070]

Hi, I have a HoverAirX1 selfie drone/flying camera. It weighs 125 gm,will I be able to use it when i visit Alberta late next year. ??

[@JoeMansLand]

Hi thanks for the comment, you should be goof. The drone just needs to be under 250 grams, but just remember that rules do apply (ie not close to airports/air traffic/national parks)

[@grahamjones7070]

@@JoeMansLand Thanks,so should i just ask nicely to people that are there in the National parks if i can use it..just to make sure? I've subscribed to your channel by the way to keep up to date with this issue.👍

[@JoeMansLand]

@@grahamjones7070 thanks so much and all drones regardless of size are prohibited in national parks unfortunately, and if you fly and get caught there is quite a hefty fine. One other thing is to look up the micro drone rules in each city you go to because they change all across Canada

[@maximilianmaster5285]

The first thing the need to do is raise the 250g to 700g. 250 is ridiculous, heavier drones can fly longer and use better cameras on some. 99% of drone flyers respect the public, and fly in areas with zero population in their locations. I personally focus on nature camping. The next issue is national parks. There's no viable reason to restrict flying in parks??? Stupid...

[@JoeMansLand]

These are fair points Max and it would be great if there were less restrictions

[@grimmronin3386]

They were worry about the animals getting stress with the noise of drones and yet people huntung them ad harvesting them for food uts ridiculous to say buy its more of a control than any of then make sense scenarion olaying off our minds.