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Transport Canada > Civil Aviation > General Aviation > Personnel Licensing > Summary of Personnel Licences 1988-2005

CIVIL AERONAUTICS
SUMMARY OF PERSONNEL LICENCES

September 2006

TYPE OF LICENCE SPP IN FORCE IN FORCE ISSUED 12
MONTHS		 MALE FEMALE
Medicals with no
accompanying licence or permit		 N/A 11545 3070 10317 1228
AEROPLANES
          
Private Pilots 6427 28345 2130 26598 1747
Commercial Pilots N/A 8183 785 7598 585
Airline Transport Pilots N/A 11227 593 10735 492
HELICOPTER
          
Private Pilots 250 511 55 496 15
Commercial Pilots N/A 2939 228 2823 116
Airline Transport Pilots N/A 844 65 824 20
TOTAL >
 6677 52049 3856 49074 2975
PERMITS
          
Gyroplane Pilot 6 29 2 28 1
Ultra-light Pilot 767 2787 228 2700 87
Recreational Pilot N/A 1283 126 1215 68
TOTAL >
773 4099 356 3943 156
OTHER LICENCES
          
Glider Pilot 300 5831 411 5150 681
Balloon Pilot 12 232 6 211 21
Flight Engineers N/A 422 3 413 9
Air Traffic Controllers N/A 2034 71 1818 216
TOTAL >
312 8519 491 7592 927
GRAND TOTAL >
7762 64667 4703 60609 4058

 

INSTRUMENT RATINGS
(IN FORCE) 		GROUP  
  1 2 3 4
TOTAL
AEROPLANES
          
Private
272
1
442
N/A
715
Commercial
2683
5
465
N/A
3153
Airline Transport
10205
N/A
N/A
N/A
10205
HELICOPTER
 
 
 
 
 
Private
N/A
N/A
N/A
 
0
Commercial
N/A
N/A
N/A
119
119
Airline Transport
N/A
N/A
N/A
544
544
TOTAL >
14737

 

INSTRUCTOR RATINGS
(IN FORCE) 		CLASS  
TYPE OF LICENCE 1 2 3 4
TOTAL
Aeroplanes
508
344
636
402
1890
Helicopters
97
16
37
23
173
Aeroplane Aerobatic
41
30
N/A
N/A
72
TOTAL >
646
391
673
425
2135
Ultra-light
312
Gliders
725
Gliders Aerobatics
15
Balloons
45
Gyroplanes
2
TOTAL >
3234

 

AEROPLANE RATINGS
(IN FORCE) 		   
TYPE OF LICENCE MULTI-ENGINE SEA PLANE VFR OTT NIGHT
PASS. CARRYING
Private
2351
5120
1468
11646
N/A
Commercial
5744
3460
 
 
N/A
Airline Transport
11220
5425
 
 
N/A
Ultra-light
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
128
TOTAL >
19315
14005
1468
11646
128

 

RATINGS (IN FORCE)
TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL LICENCES		    
Airport
2255
Terminal
392
Area
1289
Oceanic
73
TOTAL >
4009

PROVINCE

AEROPLANES BC AB SK MB ON PQ NB NS PE NF YT NT NU Other
Private 4718 3774 1247 1372 9800 5154 359 544 74 257 128 70 9 851
Commercial 1535 1121 386 542 2358 1255 146 155 14 145 68 173 7 281
Airline Transport 1904 1851 203 479 4150 1633 90 317 9 136 30 110 13 303
HELICOPTERS                            
Private 124 54 5 13 96 176 3 10 1 21 2 2   24
Commercial 895 571 56 66 504 507 21 41 1 73 28 35 3 138
Airline Transport 309 86 5 13 179 91 7 48 1 36   4   65
PERMITS                            
Gyroplane 6 7 5   4 3         1     3
Ultra-Light 407 352 124 102 785 830 50 55 6 25 17 6 2 28
Recreational Pilot 176 129 35 98 498 252 25 23 1 22 6 6 2 11
Student Pilot Permits 1288 966 250 368 2704 1724 109 88 14 72 22 16 3 140
OTHER LICENCES                            
Balloon 11 59 3 5 74 70 5   20         7
Glider 787 711 236 247 2246 952 124 248   113 9 22 1 120
Flight Engineer 130 12 2 7 198 53 1 1       6   12
Air Traffic Controller 332 295 23 211 504 323 133 21   174 7 8   3
Total 12622 9988 2580 3523 24100 13023 1073 1551 141 1055 318 458 40 1986

REGION

AEROPLANES Pacific Western Central Onatrio Quebec Atlantic Headquarters
Private 4938 3855 2741 9785 5231 1220 587
Commercial 1699 1223 924 2360 1321 461 198
Airline Transport 2011 2043 798 3842 1750 538 246
HELICOPTERS              
Private 137 56 20 96 178 16 9
Commercial 964 593 127 493 524 128 110
Airline Transport 356 92 13 173 93 85 32
PERMITS              
Gyroplane 6 8 5 4 3   3
Ultra-Light 413 379 228 770 851 130 18
Recreational Pilot 182 139 133 496 253 62 19
Student Pilot Permits 1313 996 628 2699 1735 265 128
OTHER LICENCES              
Balloon 12 55 10 75 71 6 5
Glider 832 700 512 2237 966 504 85
Flight Engineer 131 20 10 188 55 3 15
Air Traffic Controller 349 288 243 491 323 328 12
Total 13343 10447 6392 23709 13354 3746 1467

AGE

AEROPLANES Under 30 30 - 34 35 - 39 40 - 44 45 - 49 50 - 54 55 - 59 60 - 64 Over 65
Private 5449 1970 2556 3180 3484 3370 3033 2294 3021
Commercial 2909 1062 839 656 696 784 539 391 310
Airline Transport 799 1514 1840 1885 1762 1652 1118 439 219
HELICOPTERS                  
Private 23 25 36 56 76 81 79 66 70
Commercial 564 429 447 372 380 382 185 112 68
Airline Transport 11 58 120 154 175 167 111 37 11
PERMITS                  
Gyroplane 3   1 5 3 6 3 3 5
Ultra-Light 109 132 230 387 525 462 394 255 295
Recreational Pilot 255 92 128 156 151 150 127 93 132
Student Pilot Permits 3324 850 861 875 731 514 315 187 107
OTHER LICENCES                  
Balloon 12 19 18 37 34 58 26 16 14
Glider 2692 474 457 503 486 327 265 236 396
Flight Engineer 2 18 24 74 130 103 52 15 4
Air Traffic Controller 248 316 383 357 222 262 205 29 12

Total

 16400 6959 7940 8697 8855 8318 6452 4173 4664

 
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