Travel Tips

Check-in Times

It is recommended that you check in at least one hour before your flight departure time. In the event of a flight delay, please check with your airline for updated check in times.

Baggage Allowances

The baggage allowance, as well as the amount you can carry on the aircraft, may differ from one airline to another. Please follow the links below for information on baggage allowances for your specific airline.

Baggage Restrictions

Carry-on Baggage - New Security Measures! click here for more info from Transport Canada.

The following is a list of items that are prohibited as carry-on items on board domestic flights in Canada. These items are also prohibited from being brought into the secure boarding lounge or aboard aircraft as carry on. These items are not to be brought through security and will be confiscated, in some incidences the RCMP may be called for assistance. Our guests' safety and security is our foremost concern and our security measures reflect this.

Automatic car starters
Baseball Bats
Bowling Balls
Cork screws
Cricket Bats
Cutting instruments such as knives, knife like objects. (This includes cultural blades such as kirpans, dirks, sabers and swords as well as scuba knives)
Darts (including lawn darts)
Golf Clubs (too loose)
Fishing Poles (no hooks)
Hockey Sticks
Horse Shoes
Ice picks
Ice skates with blades

Lacrosse sticks
Letter Openers
Parachutes
Pocket Knives
Pool Cues
Remote car door openers
Remote garage door openers
Restraining Devices (exception - those restraining devices used by flight crew or prisoner escorts)
Scissors
Ski Poles (cross country and hiking poles)
Straight razors
Tennis /squash rackets
Toy weapons
Trade Tools

Nail clippers, non-metallic nail files are permitted. Syringes or needles for personal medical use with the needle guard intact are permitted when verified by a medical doctor as a necessity.

Acceptance of any item is always subject to available space on the aircraft and the requirement that it be x-rayed or otherwise inspected to ensure the article is genuine and not used to transport a prohibited item.

Required Travel Documentation

Please contact your airline carrier for current documentation information. Please remember that you will need proof of citizenship when travelling internationally. Your driver's licence is not sufficient.

Also, when children are travelling without a parent, they will need notarized documentation - please contact your airline for more details. When travelling with infants and children please be advised you will require identification for each child (birth certificate or medical card). If you are travelling with a child that is not related to you, you will require a signed letter giving permission for travel from the child's parent or guardian. If you are sending a child unaccompanied on a flight please arrive at least 1.5 hours before flight time. Please contact individual airlines for more information.

Customs Information

Please click here to view our Canada Customs page.

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