Air ambulances in Canada
Most air ambulance services in Canada are operated by third parties including NGO's and private contractors working on behalf of a provincial health authority. There are a mix of fixed wing and rotary wing/HEMS fleets used in Canada.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
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]
- 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
Manitoba
- STARS - Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society[10]
- Lifeflight Air Ambulance[11]
New Brunswick
- Ambulance New Brunswick Air Ambulance Program - AirCare
Newfoundland and Labrador
- Med Flight NL
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Ontario
- Skyservice Air Ambulance
- Latitude AeroMedical Works
- Ornge
- Angels of Flight Canada
- Fox Flight Air Ambulance
- Lifespport Air Medical Services[15]
Prince Edward Island
Yukon
References
- "Alberta Central Air Ambulance Ltd. |". Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- Halo Medevac
- Lifesupport Air Medical Services
- "HALO Rescue". www.halorescue.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- "Local Hero Foundation - Fort McMurray Emergency Helicopter Medevac". Local HERO Foundation. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
- "www.assuranceairmedical.com". Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- www.lifeflight.ca
- Lifespport Air Medical Services
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2017-08-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Advanced Medical Solutions - Medic North
- Advanced Medical Solutions - Medic North (West)
- Nunavut Lifeline
- Lifespport Air Medical Services
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- www.helicosecours.ca]/
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