Air ambulances in Canada
Air ambulance or medical evacuation services in Canada are typically operated by third parties including non-governmental organizations and private contractors working on behalf of a provincial health authority, with a mix of fixed wing and rotary wing fleets in use. They play a major role in Canadian healthcare given the massive geographic barriers to access. The two largest providers are Ornge Air Ambulance in Ontario, which operates twelve bases across the province, and STARS Air Ambulance, which operates six bases across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.
List of air ambulances in Canada by province
Alberta
- Advanced Paramedic
- Alberta Health Services
- Jet Companion Canada
- Alberta Central Air Ambulance
- CanWest Air
- HALO Air Ambulance
- HERO YMM
- Lifesupport
- Northern Air Charter
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service
- Sunwest Aeromedical
British Columbia
- British Columbia Ambulance Service
- Helijet- operated for British Columbia Ambulance Service
- Life Flight International - headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia and proving services worldwide
- Lifesupport
- Northern Thunderbird Air
- Regent Air - B.C. based air ambulance company offering services throughout North America
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service - eastern BC only
- Summit Helicopters - operated in partnership with British Columbia Ambulance Service to service the interior of British Columbia
- Technical Evacuation Advanced Aero Medical Society
Manitoba
- Aeromed
- Custom Helicopters
- Keewatin Air
- Missinippi Airways
- Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service
- SkyCare
- SkyNorth Air
- Vanguard Air Care - a division of Fast Air
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
- LifeFlight - aircraft operated by Canadian Helicopters and PAL Aerospace
Nunavut
Ontario
- Angels of Flight Canada
- Helicopter Transport Services
- International Assistance Group
- * Fox Flight Air Ambulance
- * Jet Companion Canada
- Latitude Air Ambulance
- Lifesupport
- Ornge
- * SkyCare
- Thunder Airlines
- Voyageur Airways
Prince Edward Island
- LifeFlight
- Trinity Air Ambulance - headquarters in Florida, United States, operates throuout Canada
Quebec
- Air Creebec
- Air Inuit
- Airmedic
- Helico Secours coopérative de solidarité
- Lifesupport
- Propair