Top Ten Busiest Airports In Canada

Grab your tickets and get ready for some complimentary ketchup chips! We're taking a flight across Canada to check out the top ten busiest airports in Canada! Quite frankly, they also happen to be the largest and biggest airports in Canada! So we're doing a whole bunch of things at once including some history, facts, and small little pillows in the overhead compartment! Hop aboard, and enjoy the flight as we tour the Top Ten Busiest Airports In Canada!
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Top Ten Busiest Airports In Canada / Canada's Biggest Airports / Canada's Busiest Airports / Biggest Airports In Canada
0:00 Tickets & Introduction
0:46 Takeoff & Top 15 Airports
1:45 Number 10 Victoria International Airport
4:26 Number 9 Kelowna International Airport
5:46 In-Flight Meal
6:25 Number 8 Halifax International Airport
8:13 Number 7 Ottawa Vallarta International Airport
10:52 Number 6 Winnipeg International Airport
12:36 Number 5 Edmonton International Airport
14:28 Number 4 Montreal International Airport
16:47 In-Flight Entertainment
17:38 Number 3 Calgary International Airport
19:27 Number 2 Vancouver International Airport
21:48 Prepare For Landing
22:00 Number 1 Toronto International Airport
24:48 Thanks For Flying

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

*At 1:48 I make a glaring mistake I didn't notice I said until later. I say Victoria Island and meant to say Vancouver Island.

[@BurchellAtTheWharf]

Dumb idea? Least busy airports in Canada?

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

@@BurchellAtTheWharf Good idea! I tried to include a snippet of that in this video, but I could find no concrete data on it.

[@BurchellAtTheWharf]

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo it was a fun thought that popped in to my head, didn't know Halifax would make this list, but the Cape Breton is pretty small, an mainly only goes to Halifax but sometimes does out west and NFLD connections

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Hey thanks for including YLW (Kelowna International Airport). Fun fact: a pre-security White Spot restaurant in the terminal is located across the terminal from the kitchen, meaning the servers have to walk quite a distance to serve the food!

[@tomkelly8827]

I have been to the airports in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Bancroft and Kelowna and I have to say Kelowna is by far my favourite. Vancouver is the best big city one but Kelowna was so tiny, so easy, bus straight to Big White and everyone I met there was an instant best friend. Just great vibes out there

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

I love to hear that!! It's so nice going through smaller airports and getting through security in a matter of minutes!

[@bikram5khadka]

Keep doing the great work, this world needs more of it.

[@tristanparrott9159]

Another great video! Always happy when I see a new one pop up in my feed

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Thanks for watching! I really appreciate that!

[@AllycatlovesAG]

I loved the comedic in flight announcements and learning the history of each airport mentioned! Great video

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@MrMoose-mf1oy]

Vancouver airport is a tourist attraction in itself. I didn't know an airport could look so beautiful until I visited there lol. Plus the skytrain that goes there is amazingly convenient

[@rebeccawinter472]

I believe part of Terminal 2 at YYZ wasn’t demolished but is used for storage and maintenance now - at least that my understanding.

[@alichoudhry2013]

Thanks for sharing great video 🎉

[@SneakyDawit]

Calgary is a great city

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Yes it is.

[@proteus778]

never spent time there, just drove through it to go back to Edmonton :)

[@jwil4286]

there's another airport south of YVR that poses a threat to it: PAE. This is a small airport in Seattle's northern suburb of Everett, and while it doesn't have many direct flights, it takes less than 15 minutes to get from curb to gate (even if everything goes wrong for you [speaking from experience]).

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

110% right. I didn't include PAE in this video at the time because ridership from Canada was below 10% and I didn't think it was significant yet, but it is rising as is that airport's growth. I actually talk about it in another video. :D

[@ek_desi_ladka_online]

Nice informative videos love your content ❤

[@CellaDragon]

Ah! You finally got your next video out! I’ll watch this when I get the down time but transitions are already giving me a chuckle 😊

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

I think I'd make a bad pilot. Probably scare everyone with my announcements. ;-)

[@joeprokopanko2730]

"Winnipeg, British Columbia" made me chuckle a bit.

[@devonjardine9603]

Kelowna has seasonal flight's to Vegas, multiple destinations in Mexico, los Angeles. But it's a terrible airport. Very compact and easy to traverse though.

[@ve5wil]

very informative. side note: If you were to include military air fields, 15 Wing NFTC Moose Jaw would alternate for First place. when the school is doing flight training, they handle more air traffic then Toronto.

[@tomkelly8827]

More than 50 million passengers?

[@wazzuwallaboy9408]

Uh oh…an excellent video except for the one error in the beginning when you called it Victoria Island instead of Vancouver Island. You caught it after the fact and that’s a common mistake even us Pacific Northwesterner’s make because Victoria is on Vancouver Island while the city of Vancouver is on the mainland. Go figure. Great video all the way through Captain. I enjoyed the flight. 12-10-22

[@sexygeek8996]

There is a Victoria Island, but it is up in the Arctic. Imagine making that mistake and ending up there.

[@mrcodbeast4718]

Idk where you got your info about YQB but being my home airport it gets over 1 million passengers annually (without counting covid years)

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

I state where the statistics come from within the first thirty seconds of the video. They are publicly available and the stats provided were during Covid years and prior (look at the date of the video being made). Hence why I explain the large drop offs in numbers, but most are back to almost normal. :)

[@nimratsekhon8909]

Tugs theme for Halifax background music?!?!

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Lol! After years of using music specific to each city in my videos, I am glad you are the first to notice this!!! You earned x10 bonus points! :D

[@nimratsekhon8909]

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo I'm sure people have noticed lol. It's hard not to I think. But I may be the first one to recognize a piece of music you've used.

[@hipixstudio]

do australia pls

[@mikedrown2721]

Vancouver island not Victoria island 👍😊❤️ Thanks for posting

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

If I said that somewhere, I slipped up!! Lol! I noticed in my first listen that I kept saying 2020 in areas where I should have said 2022, and I cut all those. Oops! Thanks.

[@rebeccawinter472]

It’s amazing you go through the entire video and not mention why all the travel numbers cratered in 2020/2021. 😂 They’ve largely rebounded - but I think the future for air travel in an era of climate change is not going to be as big and bright as it seemed 20 years ago. I don’t we’ll be seeing a lot of big expansions in the coming decades. But I could be wrong. Also, in addition to the note about T2 at YYZ I mentioned, I thought Mirabel was a cargo airport now, not closed, per se. 🤔

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

At the time when I made this video, videos that brought up the pandemic were demonetized in mass, so I didn't want to risk losing all my work because I said Covid-19. I did mention it in the video as "worldwide events." Now you know. :) I do think people understood why numbers dropped, but I also received some very angry comments and threats from people because I didn't explain that. I kind of figured it was a given. Oh well. Next time.

[@rebeccawinter472]

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo oh wow, I had no idea. Thats just bonkers. Good call on how you managed it. Sorry people got way too riled up - that’s just not okay.

[@scottcampbell2707]

Shouldn't Toronto Billy Bishop Airport (YTZ) be on this list somewhere?

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

At the time of making this video, it had fallen out of the top ten as it only had 282,000 passengers due to Covid restrictions. Last year it bumped back up to 1.7 million which would now place it in the the eleventh spot, still behind Victoria International Airport, but only 8,000 passengers off. When the new stats come out for the full next year of ridership, it will certainly pass Victoria and probably Kelowna to be back in the top ten.

[@user-bv4cd1qy6q]

Does Quebec city has International arrivals and is it big airport there??

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Québec City's Jean Lesage International Airport is not that busy of an airport right now due to so many restrictions. They would be placed 15th on this list behind Regina International Airport. Prior to 2020, Quebec's airport was ranked 12th. In 2021 is only handled 353,000 passengers.

[@user-bv4cd1qy6q]

@AJM STUDIOS Geography I see, for example is it possible to fly non-stop from London to Quebec city? Or Paris to Quebec City non-stop

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

@@user-bv4cd1qy6q Yes, it is possible. But you would have to look at flight bookings and when you want to go. I just did a quick check and I couldn't find a direct flight to London, England, but they have commuter flights to London, Ontario. They do seem to have at least two direct flights to Paris right now, but the cost is a lot more money than going to a US airport, and flying to Paris or even another Canadian airport. Of course this changes throughout the year.

[@user-bv4cd1qy6q]

@AJM STUDIOS Geography Alright, thanks buddy for helping me out with my questions!

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

@@user-bv4cd1qy6q No problem! Hope you enjoyed the video and our content! Have a good one!

[@pikedriver]

When did Winnipeg move to British Columbia?

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Crud! I forgot to change it. I make a template with generic info when making these videos and sometimes forget to change the most basic things. Thanks for noticing. Hope you enjoyed the video.

[@tonywalters732]

Vancouver Island

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

I'm so disappointed I said that and didn't catch it. :P Didn't even notice it while editing. UGH.

[@vincentrochette3907]

You put the wrong St. John’s . The one you showed was Saint John New Brunswick but you talking about St. John’s Newfoundland.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

You are right. Nice find. Darn it.

[@marekrudny9086]

The video fails to mention that Toronto is not only the busiest and the biggest Canadian airport, but also one of the most expensive in the world for the airlines to use. Toronto landing charges are higher than those of any airport in North America or Europe. For years it used to be the most expensive airport in the world but lost the crown to two Asian airports.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Good info. That very fact you stated would apply to this entire list as well. Every Canadian airport is more expensive for airlines to actually use. The Canadian airport market is certainly not the most robust.

[@bellvadearbird]

@AJM STUDIOS Geography Interesting, I didn't realize that. I guess that's part of why flying is so much more expensive in Canada. When I went to Florida I saved lots of money by driving across the border and flying out of an American airport. Visiting my family in Newfoundland is typically around $1000 for flights out of Ottawa

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

@@bellvadearbird Wow, that is very expensive indeed. It's crazy how sometimes the most inefficient way (maybe in terms of time and closeness to home) to do something actually saves money. In this case having to drive across the border to take an airplane. Thanks for sharing and commenting!

[@sexygeek8996]

Everything is expensive in Canada and air travel is absolutely ridiculous. It is much cheaper to fly out of the United States. The statistics for U.S. airports blow away those for Canada.

[@MrDilldock]

Mississaug-wa.. never heard that one before..

[@stevemclean9411]

Border was closed during covid of course traffic declined

[@munroborisenko7278]

Located in Mississ... what ?? Are you from Florida ? It's pronounced, never mind ? So funny.

[@stevemclean9411]

Why are you using a Covid year?

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Because at the time this video was made, that was the latest full-year data. I state in the early part of the video the lower number are due to the worldwide events of 2020. Throughout the video I make it pretty clear if the passenger count was going up or down for 2022 depending on the airport as well.

[@stevemclean9411]

It's not VICTORIA island.Its Vancouver Island.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Yes, read the pinned comment at the top of the page. Within minutes of posting the video I noted my error to let people know I had my tongue slip with that. ;-)

[@therightguidance481]

Montreal is the second busiest airport in Canada, it has more than 7 million passengers if we don't count the pandemic data and Montreal has inbound and bound flights to all of Europe, North Africa, major cities in America, Mexico, Brazil, and someplace in South America and as well the Middle East and Asia, how come Calgary which only have 3-5 flights international is busier than Montreal? Most data either say MTL is the second busiest airport or third as well to mention the fact Montreal is the second biggest city in Canada. Montreal also has more international airlines than any other airport in Canada.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Thanks for sharing. Here is the 2020 data for busiest airports in Canada from Transport Canada directly. They list 1. Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, then Montreal. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210825/dq210825c-eng.htm Post-Pandemic data which I use in this video, is also directly from Transport Canada. Just going off the government's official data.

[@zevbronshteyn4992]

Toronto serves more international airlines.

[@153eddy]

Montreal is also one of Canada's busiest for cargo

[@garthjones3747]

Victoria is on Vancouver Island edit before publishing

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

I spend countless hours editing, and sometimes you just don't notice something until after it's done and published. That is why there is an editors note pinned stating the error so people don't pinpoint on just the one mistake and ignore everything else I worked really hard on...

[@lisasprite3322]

Not an uncommon thing… it’s part of “island life”…… YYJ has the worst TSA screening. Was actually assaulted by an agent.

[@Mythos131]

Do you even know that there was a pandemic going on? Every airport was greatly affected and it is absurd to mention these stats without explaining why there are so affected. Why use 2021 data when the 2022 data has been out for 6 months or more. Many of these airports had triple the passengers of 2021 due to the number of flights rebounding from the height of the pandemic.

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

Because at the time this video was made, 2021 was the latest full-year data available by Transport Canada. I state in the early part of the video the lower number are due to the worldwide events of 2020. Throughout the video I make it pretty clear if the passenger count was going up or down for 2022 depending on the airport as well.

[@Mythos131]

@@AJMSTUDIOSvideo I think it would be better to use a different source with updated data rather than using completely useless, pandemic-skewed data. The 2022 stats were published early in Feb as they are every year. See the Wikipedia page that publishes this data called "Canada's busiest airports by passenger traffic"

[@AJMSTUDIOSvideo]

@@Mythos131 Thank you. I used that for the inputs on 2022 data I mentioned in the video. But again, none of the complete 2022 data was available when researching for this video in August 2022.