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Should {{Canadian Airports}} be merged into this template?--Qyd 22:38, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Is not listed in the official list from Transport Canada, and as such would not be listed in the NAS group. --Qyd 22:27, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
1. Canada – Canada is a country in the northern half of North America. Canadas border with the United States is the worlds longest binational land border, the majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate, but southerly areas are warm in summer. Canada is sparsely populated, the majority of its territory being dominated by forest and tundra. It is highly urbanized with 82 per cent of the 35.15 million people concentrated in large and medium-sized cities, One third of the population lives in the three largest cities, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Its capital is Ottawa, and other urban areas include Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City, Winnipeg. Various aboriginal peoples had inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years prior to European colonization. Pursuant to the British North America Act, on July 1,1867, the colonies of Canada, New Brunswick and this began an accretion of provinces and territories to the mostly self-governing Dominion to the present ten provinces and three territories forming modern Canada. With the Constitution Act 1982, Canada took over authority, removing the last remaining ties of legal dependence on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Canada is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II being the head of state. The country is officially bilingual at the federal level and it is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Its advanced economy is the eleventh largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources, Canadas long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture. Canada is a country and has the tenth highest nominal per capita income globally as well as the ninth highest ranking in the Human Development Index. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, Canada is an influential nation in the world, primarily due to its inclusive values, years of prosperity and stability, stable economy, and efficient military. While a variety of theories have been postulated for the origins of Canada. In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier to the village of Stadacona, from the 16th to the early 18th century Canada referred to the part of New France that lay along the St. Lawrence River. In 1791, the area became two British colonies called Upper Canada and Lower Canada collectively named The Canadas, until their union as the British Province of Canada in 1841. Upon Confederation in 1867, Canada was adopted as the name for the new country at the London Conference. The transition away from the use of Dominion was formally reflected in 1982 with the passage of the Canada Act, later that year, the name of national holiday was changed from Dominion Day to Canada Day
2. Abbotsford International Airport – Abbotsford International Airport is located in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada,2.2 nautical miles southwest of the city centre. It is the second largest airport in the Lower Mainland, after Vancouver International Airport, and is in proximity to British Columbia Highway 1. It is located about 40 kilometres from Surrey city centre and 65 kilometres from downtown Vancouver, YXX offers daily domestic scheduled services and seasonal international scheduled services. The airport is equipped with a CAT1 Instrument Landing System, on-site aircraft rescue and firefighting, and it is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency for all scheduled international arrivals. Abbotsford Airport is also home to the Abbotsford Shell Aerocentre FBO and flying schools, such as Coastal Pacific Aviation, YXX is highly visible to the public due to the Abbotsford International Airshow, Defense & Security Expo, and Tradex events centre. There are approximately 87 hectares hectares of land available for airside and groundside development. 503,693 passengers passed through Abbotsford International Airport in 2008. and 477,087 in 2014, the Royal Canadian Air Force purchased the land to build Abbotsford Airport in 1940. In 1943 the construction of the three based on a triangular layout were complete. The same year, under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, the No 5 Operational Conversion Unit was split between Abbotsford and Boundary Bay Airport. Following World War II, the airport was used for general aviation. Prior to the use of instrument landing systems, fog could make Vancouver unusable, the airport became the home to Skyways Air Services and Conair Aviation in the 1960s. Abbotsford is still the base for Conairs fleet of water bombers. In September 1984 Pope John Paul II held a mass for over 200,000 people at the airport. On January 1,1997 the ownership of the Abbotsford Airport was transferred from the Department of Transport to the City of Abbotsford for a sum of $10. In June of that year, Abbotsford became a jet passenger airport in with the start of scheduled service to Alberta by WestJet, prior, Airspeed Aviation had been the exclusive operator offering regional service to Victoria, B. C. since 1986. Canada 3000 was the first airline to offer service from Abbotsford to Toronto in June 2000. Abbotsfords first international flight was to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in December 2003 by tour operator Transat Holidays. In 2010, a new taxiway was added alongside runway 07/25
