THE CUSTOMS BAROMETER · CANADA

Canada's airport customs record — ranked

DATA TO OCTOBER 2025 · 689,710 CBSA RECORDS · UPDATED ON EVERY RELEASE · CC BY 4.0

Eight years of official CBSA data on every customs hall in the country — visualized, ranked, and free to republish. The history behind every "airport chaos" headline, from the source the airports don't surface themselves.

163,489
busiest customs day in Canadian history · 04 Jan 2023
31,107,352
air arrivals processed Jan–Oct 2025
41.3%
of them landed at Pearson alone
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The podium — October 2025

1. Toronto Pearson (YYZ)1,194,9432. Montréal–Trudeau (YUL)591,2493. Vancouver (YVR)495,4984. Calgary (YYC)247,5925. Edmonton (YEG)42,6896. Ottawa (YOW)38,8887. Halifax (YHZ)33,6698. Billy Bishop (Toronto City) (YTZ)27,205

CBSA-processed international air arrivals. Click any airport below for its full barometer.

Every airport, ranked by 2025 arrivals

1. Toronto Pearson (YYZ)

12,852,636
arrivals Jan–Oct 2025 · record day 55,651 · service 98.78%

2. Montréal–Trudeau (YUL)

6,492,463
arrivals Jan–Oct 2025 · record day 29,851 · service 99.78%

3. Vancouver (YVR)

5,845,018
arrivals Jan–Oct 2025 · record day 24,956 · service 92.82%

4. Calgary (YYC)

2,815,225
arrivals Jan–Oct 2025 · record day 12,124 · service 99.99%

5. Edmonton (YEG)

576,509
arrivals Jan–Oct 2025 · record day 4,369 · service 99.98%

6. Ottawa (YOW)

542,708
arrivals Jan–Oct 2025 · record day 5,250 · service 99.99%

7. Halifax (YHZ)

426,976
arrivals Jan–Oct 2025 · record day 3,464 · service 99.97%

8. Québec City (YQB)

334,038
arrivals Jan–Oct 2025 · record day 70,173 · service 99.93%

9. Winnipeg (YWG)

280,314
arrivals Jan–Oct 2025 · record day 5,360 · service 99.99%

10. Billy Bishop (Toronto City) (YTZ)

239,840
arrivals Jan–Oct 2025 · record day 4,273 · service 96.85%

📰 Journalists: this is your customs source

Rankings, records and 8-year heat calendars for 10 airports — all CC BY 4.0. Credit:

Source: Transit Barometer analysis of CBSA open data — transitbarometer.com/customs-barometer/

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