Air Board (Canada)

Air Board of Canada
	Ensign of the Air Board from 1922–23.
Agency overview
Formed	6 June 1919
Dissolved	1 January 1923
Superseding agency	Department of National Defence (Canada);
Headquarters	Ottawa, Ontario
Agency executive	Arthur Sifton 1919–1921 ; Hugh Guthrie 1921 ; George Perry Graham 1921–1922, Chairman;

The Air Board was Canada's first governing body for aviation, operating from 1919 to 1923. The Canadian government established the Air Board by act of Parliament on June 6, 1919, with the purpose of controlling all flying within Canada.^[1]^: 1–11 Canada was the first country to legislate and implement rules governing the entire domain of aviation.^[2]

^ Hitchens, Wing Commander F.H. (August 1972). Air Board, Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force. Canadian War Museum Paper No. 2. Ottawa: Canadian War Museum.
^ Roberts 1959, p. 32.

[Hitchens-1] Hitchens, Wing Commander F.H. (August 1972). Air Board, Canadian Air Force and Royal Canadian Air Force. Canadian War Museum Paper No. 2. Ottawa: Canadian War Museum.

[2] Roberts 1959, p. 32.

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