List of all the flights cancelled from Canadian airports due to global tech outage

Nearly 100 flights have been cancelled from Canadian airports on Friday after a worldwide technology outage disrupted airlines, hospitals, businesses and banks, impacting untold numbers of people around the globe.

According to Cirium, an aviation analytics company, 56 of the 93 cancelled flights originating in Canada were flights to be operated by Toronto-based Porter Airlines.

Canada’s two largest carriers have not been impacted nearly to that extent, Cirium said in an email update just after 12:30 p.m. Friday.

“Air Canada and WestJet have experienced limited disruptions. Generally, the Canadian airlines are operating on time; the U.S. carriers flying from Canada have had departure delays,” the update reads (see chart below).

In total, there are 2,788 scheduled flights by commercial airlines from Canada today, which would carry as many as 444,000 passengers, according to Cirium.

The following chart shows the number of scheduled and cancelled flights, by airline, originating in Canada on Friday:

(Source: Cirium)

On Friday morning, officials at Pearson Airport in Mississauga, Canada’s biggest and busiest airport, said the global IT outage could lead to ongoing flight delays and cancellations throughout the day.

Airport officials urge travellers to contact their airlines directly for specific flight information.

The widespread issue grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air on Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services worldwide.

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the issue believed to be behind the outage was not a security incident or cyberattack.

The issue affected Microsoft 365 apps and services, and escalating disruptions continued hours after the technology company said it was gradually fixing it.

— With files from The Canadian Press