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 Nav Canada Headquarters in the Commonwealth Building | |
| Company type | Non-share capital corporation/Statutory |
|---|---|
| Industry | Civil aviation |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | 151 Slater Street Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5H3 Canada |
| Products | Civil air navigation |
Number of employees | 4,650 |
| Website | www.navcanada.ca |
Nav Canada (styled as NAV CANADA[1][2]) is a privately run, non-profit corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation system (ANS). It was established by statute in accordance with the Civil Air Navigation Services Commercialization Act (ANS Act).
The company employs approximately 1,900 air traffic controllers (ATCs), 650[3] flight service specialists (FSSs) and 700 technologists. It has been responsible for the safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic in Canadian airspace since November 1, 1996 when the government transferred the ANS from Transport Canada to Nav Canada. As part of the transfer, or privatization, Nav Canada paid the government CA$1.5 billion.[4]
Nav Canada manages 12 million aircraft movements a year for 40,000 customers in over 18 million square kilometres, making it the world's second-largest air navigation service provider (ANSP) by traffic volume.[5]
Nav Canada, which operates independently of any government funding,[5] is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.[6] It is only allowed to be funded by publicly traded debt and service charges to aircraft operators.
- ^ "NAV CANADA". Transport Canada. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ "NAV CANADA". Public Service Alliance of Canada. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ^ Nav Canada, Nav Canada at a Glance – Who we are, retrieved 27 January 2015
- ^ Transport Canada (October 1996). "Government transfers air navigation system to Nav Canada". Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Meet NAV CANADA". Nav Canada. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ "Contact Us Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine." Nav Canada. Retrieved on December 31, 2010. "Address – Head Office: 77 Metcalfe Street Ottawa, ON K1P 5L6" – Address in French Archived 2013-06-02 at the Wayback Machine: "Adresse du siège social: 77, rue Metcalfe Ottawa (Ontario) K1P 5L6."