What a Canadian airline owes you when your flight is delayed, in dollars

Flights & Access Up to $1,000 on a large airline, $500 on a small one, and $2,400 if you are bumped. What counts as within the airline's control, and the one-year… By Anjali Shrestha · Sep 24, 2026 Read the full story

If a Canadian airline delays you three hours or more for a reason within its control, it owes you cash: up to $1,000 on a large airline and up to $500 on a small one, on top of getting you there. Bump you off an oversold flight and the figure starts at $900… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

What you are owed, in dollars

The amount depends on two things only: how late you arrived, and how big the airline is. These are the Canadian Transportation Agency's figures, and they apply when the disruption was within the carrier's control and not required for safety. Denied boarding… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

The question that decides everything

Was the cause within the airline's control? A crew shortage, an overbooking, a scheduling decision, most maintenance: within. The Agency lists war, sabotage, severe weather, air traffic control instructions, security threats, medical emergencies and labour… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

What you get even when there is no payout

Care is owed on delays regardless of the payout. After two hours of delay the airline must provide food and drink in reasonable quantities and a means of communication, such as free wifi. If the delay runs overnight, it must provide accommodation and… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

How to claim, and the deadlines

Claim in writing, keep it factual, and watch the two clocks. Write to the airline within one year of the disruption. State the flight, the date, the delay at arrival and the compensation band you are claiming. The airline has 30 days to respond with payment… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

How Canada compares with the US, UK, EU and Australia

Canada's scheme sits between Europe's and the near-nothing of the US and Australia. Europe and the UK pay fixed compensation for disruptions inside the airline's control and, unlike Canada, owe food and hotels regardless of the cause. The US has no fixed… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

When the compensation does not fix the problem

A payout repays the flight. It does not repay the day you lost. That is the part travellers on a fixed itinerary feel hardest: a nine-hour delay out of Toronto pays $1,000 and still costs you the first day of a trek you flew across the world for, because the… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

The questions people actually ask

On a large airline, $400 for a 3 to 6 hour delay, $700 for 6 to 9 hours and $1,000 beyond that. On a small airline it is $125, $250 and $500. The delay is measured at arrival, and the cause must have been within the airline's control. No. The Canadian… Travel Himalaya Nepal · News Read the full story

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