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This is a list of airports in Ontario. It includes all Nav Canada certified and registered water and land airports , aerodromes and heliports in the Canadian province of Ontario . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
In November 2009, the Toronto City Centre Airport added Billy Bishop at the start of its name, creating confusion with the Meaford airport. In September 2024, the Meaford airport changed its name to Major-General Richard Rohmer Meaford International Airport. Rohmer, who turned 100 on 24 January 2024, attended the renaming. [3]
The airport serves the city of Hamilton and adjacent areas of Southern Ontario, including the Greater Toronto Area. It is the closest relief airport for Toronto Pearson International Airport capable of handling jet aircraft. [a] The airport is named after John Carr Munro, a longtime Member of Parliament for Hamilton East.
Following controversy over the namesake of Dundas Street, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, who delayed the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, [7] Toronto City Council voted in 2021 to rename Dundas Street and other civic assets named after Dundas – such as Dundas station. [8] A new name will be chosen in April 2022. [8]
Middle Road, a continuation of Queen Street west of the Humber River, was chosen to avoid delays on Dundas or Lakeshore. The road was to be more than twice the width of Lakeshore Road at 40 ft (12 m), and would carry two lanes of traffic in either direction. [ 13 ]
St. Thomas Municipal Airport (IATA: YQS, ICAO: CYQS) located 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) east of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada is a small airport serving the general aviation needs of the area. It was established in 1941 as an air training base for the British Commonwealth Air Training Program .
The first road he ordered built was Dundas Street, from the head of Lake Ontario near present-day Dundas to the forks of the Thames River in present-day London. His Rangers began work on this route on September 10, 1793. [50] Between September 25 and October 14, Simcoe travelled with native guides to Penetanguishene and back.
It is the main airport serving Toronto, its metropolitan area, and the surrounding region known as the Golden Horseshoe. The airport is named in honour of Lester B. Pearson, who served as the 14th Prime Minister of Canada (1963–1968) and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for his humanitarian work in peacekeeping. [7]