Air ambulances in Canada explained

Air ambulance services in Canada are typically operated by third parties including NGOs and private contractors working on behalf of a provincial health authority, with a mix of fixed wing and rotary wing/HEMS 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 12 bases across the province, and STARS Air Ambulance, which operates 6 bases across Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

List of air ambulances in Canada by province

Alberta

• Alberta Health Services (AHS EMS)
• Alberta Central Air Ambulance Ltd^[1]
• STARS - Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service
• Sunwest Aeromedical^[2]
• APL - Advanced Paramedics Ltd^[3]
• Lifesupport Air Medical Services^[4]
• HALO Rescue^[5]
• HERO YMM^[6]

British Columbia

• Assurance Air Medical Inc. - operating out of base at Vancouver International Airport.^[7]
• BC Ambulance Service - Air Ambulance Program
• Helijet- operated for British Columbia Ambulance Service
• Life Flight International Inc. Worldwide Air Ambulance^[8]
• Regent Air Inc.- B.C. based air ambulance company offering services throughout North America. https://www.regentair.ca/
• STARS - Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society - eastern BC only
• Summit Helicopters - operated in partnership with British Columbia Ambulance Service to service the interior of British Columbia.
• Lifespport Air Medical Services^[9]
• Northern Thunderbird Air
• Technical evacuation advanced aero medical TEAAM

https://www.teaam.ca/

Manitoba

• STARS - Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society^[10]
• Lifeflight Air Ambulance^[11]

New Brunswick

• Ambulance New Brunswick Air Ambulance Program - AirCare

Newfoundland and Labrador

• MedFlight NL

Northwest Territories

• Advanced Medical Solutions - Medic North^[12]

Nova Scotia

• LifeFlight

Nunavut

• ACCESS - Advanced Medical Solutions - Medic North (West)^[13]
• Nunavut Lifeline^[14] - Kivalliq Air (East)

Ontario

• Skyservice Air Ambulance
• Latitude AeroMedical Works
• Ornge
  • Brock Air Services
• Angels of Flight Canada
• Fox Flight Air Ambulance
• Life support Air Medical Services^[15]

Prince Edward Island

• LifeFlight

Quebec

• Propair
• Airmedic^[16]
• Helico Secours coopérative de solidarité

Saskatchewan

• • • Saskatchewan Air Ambulance Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society Northern Air Medevac (partnership between Rise Air and La Ronge EMS)^[17]

Yukon

• Alkan Air

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alberta Central Air Ambulance Ltd. . en-CA. 2019-12-18. 2019-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20191218014752/http://albertacentralairambulance.com/. live.
2. Web site: Sunwest Aeromedical . 2022-11-29 . 2022-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129231357/https://www.sunwestaviation.ca/aeromedical.php . live .
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-08-10 . 2016-08-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820091532/http://advancedparamedic.com/ . live .
4. Web site: Lifesupport Air Medical Services . 2019-04-05 . 2019-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190405213105/https://www.lifesupporttransport.com/ . live .
5. Web site: HALO Rescue. www.halorescue.ca. 2019-12-18. 2019-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20191218014752/https://www.halorescue.ca/index.php. live.
6. Web site: Local Hero Foundation - Fort McMurray Emergency Helicopter Medevac. Local HERO Foundation. en-US. 2019-12-18. 2019-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20191218014755/http://localherofoundation.com/. live.
7. Web site: www.assuranceairmedical.com . 2020-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171219083527/http://assuranceairmedical.com/ . 2017-12-19 . dead .
8. Web site: www.lifeflight.ca . 2012-05-11 . 2012-05-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120505160715/http://www.lifeflight.ca/ . live .
9. Web site: Lifespport Air Medical Services . 2019-04-05 . 2019-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190405213105/https://www.lifesupporttransport.com/ . live .
10. Web site: STARS Air Ambulance | Emergency Medical Services | Manitoba Health, Healthy Living and Seniors | Province of Manitoba . 2017-08-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150902003532/http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/ems/stars/index.html . 2015-09-02 . dead .
11. Web site: Province of Manitoba Manitoba Health Lifeflight Air Ambulance . www.gov.mb.ca . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20010418062854/http://www.gov.mb.ca/health/ems/lifeflight.html . 2001-04-18.
12. Web site: Advanced Medical Solutions - Medic North . 2013-01-07 . 2013-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130719081404/http://www.advancedmedic.com/ . live .
13. http://www.advancedmedic.com/ Advanced Medical Solutions - Medic North
14. Web site: Nunavut Lifeline . 2013-01-07 . 2014-01-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140104012948/http://kivalliqair.com/ . dead .
15. Web site: Lifespport Air Medical Services . 2019-04-05 . 2019-04-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190405213105/https://www.lifesupporttransport.com/ . live .
16. http://www.airmedic.net /
17. Web site: 2021-09-13 . Rise Air: Strong roots, First Nations owned, and proudly serving the north . 2024-10-24 . Northern Prospector . en.