Nearly 40,000 Drones Now Registered within Canada

According to a recent Transport Canada report dated January 17, 2020, there are now 39,151 drones registered in Canada.

The current RPAS regulations, which came into effect June 1,2019, required all drones weighing more that 250 grams to be registered with Transport Canada. This is done through their Drone Management Portal. The cost to register a drone is $5.

Transport Canada also reports that there are 29,488 people who have their basic operations certificate, and 3,050 people who have their advanced pilots certificate. In addition there are now 467 registered flight reviewers.