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As of May 2024, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) contains seven airports, eight heliports, and one water aerodrome. [2] [3] These aviation facilities are situated within and around Toronto and its neighbouring cities, serving airline passengers, regional air travel and commercial cargo transportation.
Toronto Pearson is the primary hub for Air Canada. [11] It also serves as a focus city for WestJet, a hub for cargo airline FedEx Express, and as a base of operations for Air Transat and Sunwing Airlines. Toronto Pearson is operated by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) as part of Transport Canada's National Airports System. [12]
Muskoka Airport (IATA: YQA, ICAO: CYQA) is a small regional airport located 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) south of Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on a call-out basis.
In April 1939, Toronto Council voted to name the airport Port George VI Island Airport to commemorate an upcoming visit by King George VI in May 1939. [33] The first commercial passenger flight to the airport was a charter flight carrying Tommy Dorsey and his swing band for a two-day engagement at the Canadian National Exhibition on
A large Canadian flag flies over downtown Windsor as cars travel along Ouellette Avenue on Aug. 9, 2021, the first full day of the border re-opening after it had been closed down due to the pandemic.
Toronto City Council voted to approve the expansion, but wanted a 90-flight per day limit. [125] Air Ontario's president William Deluce announced it would start 14 flights a day between the island, Montreal and Ottawa. [128]
Ontario [a] is the southernmost province of Canada. [9] [b] Located in Central Canada, [10] Ontario is the country's most populous province.As of the 2021 Canadian census, it is home to 38.5 per cent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec).
In 1851, Ontario County (present-day Durham Region) and Peel County were separated from York. [24] [26] Although the original boundaries of York County encompassed nearly all of the GTA, by 1851, its boundaries had been reduced to the present-day City of Toronto and York Region as depicted on the 1871 map.