Canadian Government Administrative Aircraft Usage Records

Monthly disclosures from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat detail the use of government administrative aircraft. The data includes the minister requesting travel, trip dates and locations, passenger names, trip purpose, and hours flown. Information is proactively published under official policies, with records withheld under the Access to Information or Privacy Acts excluded.

Use Cases

• Analyze trip frequency and hours flown by minister to assess travel patterns and resource allocation.
• Map locations visited and trip purposes to understand the geographical and operational scope of government travel.
• Identify common passenger names across trips to study travel delegation and accompanying personnel.
• Track monthly trends in aircraft usage by correlating dates of trips with the number of hours flown.

Strengths

• Data is published monthly, providing regular updates on government travel.
• Includes five specified data fields: minister name, trip dates/locations, passenger names, trip purpose, and hours flown.
• Published under the official Policies for Ministers' Offices, ensuring a structured and mandated collection process.

Limitations

• Records are incomplete as information withheld under the Access to Information Act or Privacy Act is excluded.
• The total number of rows and historical time range are unspecified, limiting analysis of longitudinal trends.
• Data granularity is limited to monthly summaries, preventing analysis of specific flight legs or detailed itineraries.

Provenance

Source

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat

Collection Method

Proactively published in accordance with Appendix B of the Policies for Ministers' Offices.

Time Range

Monthly records; specific start date unknown.

Freshness

Updated monthly, with a last recorded update in March 2026.

Geography

Canada, with locations visited by administrative aircraft.