Building US preclearance facility at Billy Bishop Airport

Toronto – As Canada continues to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, unique investments in our airport infrastructure continue to be crucial to maintain safety, security, and connectivity for business and leisure travellers, workers and communities. Government of Canada investments also help ensure Canada’s aviation industry is well-positioned to recover from the ongoing impacts of the pandemic.

Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, announced an investment of up to $30 million to build a new preclearance facility at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport for United States-bound travellers. The new facility will build capacity for Toronto’s growing business and leisure passenger volumes transiting through Canada’s largest city.

Fast and secure movement of people and goods across the United States border is key to boosting tourism, business, and trade. The Government of Canada’s contribution builds on investments made by Ports Toronto, and the new preclearance facility will provide important benefits to Canadians and the air sector by:

• increasing security and connectivity for business and leisure travellers using the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport;
• reducing airport congestion and transportation bottlenecks by increasing Canada’s complement of airport pre-clearance facilities; and
• improving fluidity and capacity in the transportation system.