Where can I fly my drone in Canada?

In Canada, drone operations are regulated under Transport Canada's Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) Part 9. You can generally fly recreationally outside of controlled airspace, airport buffers (3 NM around aerodromes, 1 NM around heliports), restricted areas, and national parks without authorization. Advanced operations near people, in controlled airspace, or above 400 feet AGL require an Advanced RPAS Pilot Certificate and may require an RPAS Flight Authorization via NAV CANADA's NAV Drone app.

What is Canadian drone-restrictive airspace?

Drone-restrictive airspace in Canada includes Class F restricted areas (CYR), danger areas (CYD), advisory areas (CYA), control zones (CTR), terminal control areas (TCA), and transponder mandatory areas. Each has its own rules around when and whether drones may operate. The map shows these zones filtered to altitudes drones can actually reach.

How far from airports can drones fly in Canada?

Under CARs 901.47, recreational drone operators must stay at least 3 nautical miles (NM) from the centre of any airport and 1 NM from heliports. Advanced operators with an RPAS Flight Authorization can fly closer with explicit permission. The map shows these buffers as red rings around every aerodrome in Canada.

Is this airspace map authoritative?

No. This map is for planning and situational awareness only. Always verify against authoritative sources before flight: NAV CANADA's NAV Drone app, the Designated Airspace Handbook (DAH), current NOTAMs from NAV CANADA CFPS, and Transport Canada's RPAS information. Eagle Eyes Search accepts no liability for operational decisions made using this data.

Drone Airspace Map (EDS-B)

Q: What is EDS-B?

EDS-B (Eagle Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) is a free service that lets drone operators voluntarily broadcast their drone's live location. Anyone visiting this map can see participating broadcasts in real time. Designed to support emergency response operations and to help drone operators be responsible patrons of shared airspace.

Eagle Dependent Surveillance Broadcast

EDS-B

Eagle Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (EDS-B) is a free service that lets drone operators voluntarily broadcast their drone's live location. Anyone visiting this map can see participating broadcasts in real time.

Designed to support emergency response operations and to help drone operators be responsible patrons of shared airspace.

⚠ Canadian Drone Airspace — Beta

This layer brings together everything you need to plan and operate drone missions in Canada — restricted airspace, control zones, aerodromes (airports, heliports, seaplane bases) with regulatory buffers, NOTAMs, current weather (METARs/TAFs), protected areas, and national parks — all in one place.

It's currently in beta and may contain errors, omissions, or stale information. For mission-critical decisions, cross-reference with authoritative sources:

NAV Drone Map (NAV CANADA)
NRC Drone Site Selection Tool
NAV CANADA's Designated Airspace Handbook (DAH)
Current NOTAMs (NAV CANADA CFPS)

Data sources & vintages

Airspace: NAV CANADA Designated Airspace Handbook (DAH), Issue 319, eff. 22 Jan 2026
Aerodromes: OurAirports (community, public domain)
Aerodrome operator/phone/customs: NAV CANADA Canada Flight Supplement (CFS) — sample edition (Dec 2020). Current CFS data requires a paid NAV CANADA subscription.
If access to up-to-date CFS information matters for your operations, we'd love to hear from you — drop us a line at info@eagleeyessearch.com and let us know how you'd use it.
Protected areas: ECCC CPCAD '24
National Parks: Parks Canada Places
Populated areas: Statistics Canada 2021 Census population centres
NOTAMs: live from NAV CANADA CFPS, refreshed every 10 min
METARs / TAFs: live from NAV CANADA CFPS, refreshed every 30 min

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (CPCAD, Parks Canada, Statistics Canada). Aviation data sourced from publicly available NAV CANADA publications; OurAirports data is community-contributed and in the public domain.

For planning and situational awareness only. Pilot-in-command must verify against authoritative sources before flight; Eagle Eyes Search accepts no liability for operational decisions made using this data.

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⚠ FAA Drone Airspace

This layer shows U.S. drone-relevant airspace from the FAA's public UAS data services — useful for planning drone operations in U.S. airspace.

For mission-critical decisions, cross-reference with authoritative FAA sources:

B4UFLY (FAA's official recreational drone app)
LAANC (Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability)
Active TFRs (tfr.faa.gov)
FAA DroneZone (Part 107 commercial operations)

Sublayers & data sources

LAANC Ceiling Grid — Maximum altitude permitted via LAANC near controlled airspace
Controlled Airspace (B/C/D/E) — Class B, C, D, and E surface designations
Special Use Airspace — Military Operations Areas (MOA), Restricted (R), Prohibited (P)
National Defense TFR Areas — Long-standing temporary flight restrictions around stadiums, DC area, etc.
National Security UAS Restrictions — UAS-specific restrictions over sensitive sites
Airports — All US airports (towered and non-towered)
Recreational Flyer Fixed Sites — CBO-approved flying sites

All data sourced from the FAA UAS Data Delivery System (public domain U.S. government work). Eagle Eyes is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FAA.

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⚠ Live ADS-B (adsb.lol) — Beta

This layer shows live manned-aircraft positions from adsb.lol, a community-run ADS-B aggregator with worldwide volunteer feeder coverage. Data is licensed CC0 (Public Domain).

Not for primary navigation. Coverage depends on volunteer feeders and is sparse in remote regions. The service has no SLA. Cross-reference an authoritative source before flight-critical decisions.

About this data & license

Aircraft positions broadcast on 1090 MHz, captured by volunteer SDR feeders worldwide
Each contributor licenses their feed as CC0 (Public Domain) at signup
Community successor to ADS-B Exchange (after its 2023 acquisition); maintained openly at github.com/adsblol
Routed through Eagle Eyes' airspace proxy (5s edge cache, identified user-agent) to be a courteous community consumer

For situational awareness only. Pilot-in-command must verify against authoritative sources before flight; Eagle Eyes Search accepts no liability for operational decisions made using this data.

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Map data sources & attributions

For situational awareness only. Verify against authoritative sources before flight.

Canadian Drone Layers

Airspace, NOTAMs, METARs, TAFs — NAV CANADA
Protected areas — ECCC CPCAD
National parks — Parks Canada
Population centres & jurisdictions — Statistics Canada 2021 Census
Aerodromes — OurAirports (community, public domain)

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.

FAA Drone Airspace

All FAA airspace + airport data — FAA UAS Data Delivery System (public domain, U.S. government work)
Authoritative for go / no-go decisions — B4UFLY, tfr.faa.gov, FAA DroneZone

Eagle Eyes is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FAA.

Base maps

Live overlays

EDS-B telemetry — voluntarily broadcast by Eagle Eyes-equipped drone operators
DJI Air Sense ADS-B detected manned aircraft — ADS-B transmissions broadcast by manned aircraft, picked up by DJI drones equipped with the Air Sense receiver, then relayed into the EDS-B network by the Eagle Eyes Pilot app. Click an aircraft for an OpenSky deep-link.
Live ADS-B (adsb.lol) — community ADS-B aggregator at adsb.lol, volunteer feeders worldwide. Data licensed CC0 (Public Domain). Routed via Eagle Eyes' airspace proxy.

Aircraft altitude colours

Marker colour reflects pressure altitude. Both ADS-B sources (Air Sense + adsb.lol) share the same colour scheme. Air-Sense aircraft are additionally marked with a cyan ring around the icon.

≤ 500 ft — critical (drone-conflict altitude; pulses)
500 – 5,000 ft — low
5,000 – 15,000 ft — mid
15,000 – 25,000 ft — cruise
> 25,000 ft — high
on ground / altitude unknown
pulsing cyan ring = DJI Air Sense (EDS-B) aircraft — broadcast picked up by a nearby Eagle Eyes-equipped DJI drone and relayed via EDS-B

⚠ Pressure altitude can differ from true altitude by up to ±1,000 ft. Don't use this layer for deconfliction.

Drone Airspace Map (EDS-B) — Live Drone Locations & Airspace

Where can I fly my drone in Canada? — Canadian Drone Airspace Map

What does the Canadian drone airspace map show?

How far from airports can drones fly?

Important disclaimer

Public Drone Map EDS-B

3D Flight Profile