Air Canada appears set to move its Yellowknife-Toronto flights to a schedule that revolves around weekends from the spring of 2025.
At the moment, the airline’s direct flights connect Toronto to Yellowknife on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Red-eye flights from Yellowknife to Toronto depart the NWT capital just after midnight on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.
From early May, that schedule looks like it will change to one focused on weekends.
According to the latest copies of Air Canada’s printed schedule, from May 2, Toronto-Yellowknife flights – operated by Air Canada Rouge – will leave Ontario at 8:55pm ET on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
From May 3, flights from Yellowknife to Toronto will depart at 12:20am MT on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays.
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The schedule suggests the change will remain in place for the remainder of 2025. From May to late October, the flights will be operated by Airbus A319 aircraft rather than the Airbus A220s that have been in regular use on the route. (The schedule and the aircraft assigned are subject to change.)
Air Canada’s latest printed schedule shows one flight each way daily between Yellowknife and Edmonton, with two flights daily on most days between Yellowknife and Vancouver. The airline hasn’t operated a regular direct service between Yellowknife and Calgary since late 2022.
WestJet offers daily Yellowknife-Calgary flights alongside service to Edmonton two to four times a week, depending on the time of year (with more flights in summer).
Canadian North connects Yellowknife and Edmonton at least once each way daily.
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Air North offers summer alternative
Air North’s summer services connecting Yellowknife to Toronto, Ottawa and Whitehorse are expected to resume in June according to the airline’s website.
Air North expects to fly Yellowknife-Ottawa departing at 11:30 MT each Saturday from June 14 to August 30, with Ottawa-Yellowknife flights departing at 10am ET each Sunday from June 15 to August 31.
The airline’s schedule anticipates Yellowknife-Toronto flights departing at 11:30am MT on Tuesdays from June 3 to August 12, then every Tuesday and Thursday from August 14 to October 14. Toronto-Yellowknife flights will depart at 10am ET on Wednesdays from June 4 to August 13, then every Wednesday and Friday from August 15 to October 15.
Air North’s Yellowknife-Whitehorse flights will run at 1:25pm MT on Wednesdays and Sundays from June 4 to August 13. The flights will leave at 1:25pm MT on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays from August 15-31, dropping to Wednesdays and Fridays from the start of September until October 15.
Whitehorse-Yellowknife flights leave the Yukon at 8am on Tuesdays and Saturdays from June 3 to August 12. From August 14-30, flights leave at the same time on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. From the start of September to October 14, the services run on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
