Air ambulances in Canada

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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
  • Technical evacuation advanced aero medical TEAAM

https://www.teaam.ca/

Manitoba[]

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

New Brunswick[]

Newfoundland and Labrador[]

  • Med Flight NL

Northwest Territories[]

Nova Scotia[]

Nunavut[]

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

Ontario[]

Prince Edward Island[]

Quebec[]

  • Airmedic[16]
  • Helico Secours cooperative of solidarity [17]

Saskatchewan[]

Yukon[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Alberta Central Air Ambulance Ltd. |". Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  2. ^ Halo Medevac
  3. ^ [1]
  4. ^ Lifesupport Air Medical Services
  5. ^ "HALO Rescue". www.halorescue.ca. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  6. ^ "Local Hero Foundation - Fort McMurray Emergency Helicopter Medevac". Local HERO Foundation. Retrieved 2019-12-18.
  7. ^ "www.assuranceairmedical.com". Archived from the original on 2017-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. ^ www.lifeflight.ca
  9. ^ Lifespport Air Medical Services
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2017-08-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ [2]
  12. ^ Advanced Medical Solutions - Medic North
  13. ^ Advanced Medical Solutions - Medic North (West)
  14. ^ Nunavut Lifeline
  15. ^ Lifespport Air Medical Services
  16. ^ [3]/
  17. ^ www.helicosecours.ca]/
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