Rascasse Audience Intelligence

Air travel Audience in Canada

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about Air travel in Canada — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. Air travel has an estimated audience of 5,045,091 people in Canada.

The average Air travel fan in Canada is 42.8 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in Ontario.

The audience is concentrated in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia.

Top brand affinities include WestJet, Cruises, Air Transat, with strongest over-indexing on WestJet (1.54× the country average).

Demographically, the Air travel audience skews balanced with an average age of 42.8, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Travelling, Early Adopter Mentality.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 10 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical Air travel fan in Canada is balanced, around 42.8 years old, with strong Travelling tendencies and a notable affinity for WestJet.

Category: Travel & Leisure · Type: Topic · Subtype: Travel type

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the Air travel profile in Canada.

Audience size
5M
in Canada
Gender
52.5%
47.5% male
Age
42.8
average years
Country rank
#475
Topic in Canada
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

-21%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Demographics of Air travel fans

52.5% are female, 47.5% are male, average age 42.8.

Fig. 02

Gender split

52.5%
Female
47.5%
Male
Demographic split for Air travel audience in Canada
MetricValue
Female52.5%
Male47.5%
Average age42.8
Estimated audience size5,045,091
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 42.8
average years
Age distribution of the Air travel audience in Canada
Age bracketShare%
16-1913%
20-2916%
30-3919%
40-4922%
50+29%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.9%

of the worldwide Air travel audience comes from Canada.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for Air travel
CountryShare
United States14.1%
Japan6.3%
Brazil5.1%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Canada average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the Air travel audience in Canada is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

Air travel fans by region: top regions in Canada
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Quebec~1.5M1.34×
02Ontario~2.5M1.23×
03Prince Edward Island~30K1.06×
04Nova Scotia~200K1.02×
05Newfoundland and Labrador~80K0.99×
06British Columbia~700K0.97×
07New Brunswick~100K0.97×
08Saskatchewan~100K0.92×
09Manitoba~200K0.90×
10Alberta~500K0.88×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the Air travel audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for Air travel audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Cathay PacificTravel & Leisure2.21×
02Philippine AirlinesTravel & Leisure2.02×
03Princess CruisesTravel & Leisure1.99×
04EmiratesTravel & Leisure1.83×
05Qatar AirwaysTravel & Leisure1.81×
06RemitlyBusiness & Career1.75×
07Arthritis awarenessHealth1.73×
08Human gastrointestinal tractHealth1.69×
09All-inclusive resortTravel & Leisure1.68×
10Catherine, Duchess of CambridgePolitics & Society1.67×
11Porter AirlinesTravel & Leisure1.59×
12Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.Travel & Leisure1.59×
13CheapOairTravel & Leisure1.57×
14WestJetTravel & Leisure1.54×
15PillowHome & Garden1.54×
16Insurance policyBusiness & Career1.54×
17CruisesTravel & Leisure1.53×
18Air TransatTravel & Leisure1.52×
19Old agePolitics & Society1.52×
20Clinical trialHealth1.52×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the Air travel audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Air travel audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
TravellingTHRILL1.35×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER1.29×
Urban LifestyleOPEN1.27×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by Air travel audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
SpiritualityBALANCE0.80×
IndividualismJOY0.80×
Family OrientationCONSERVATISM0.81×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does Air travel have in Canada?

Air travel has an estimated audience of 5,045,091 people in Canada, concentrated in Ontario and Quebec.

02

What is the gender split and age of Air travel fans?

52.5% of Air travel fans are female, 47.5% are male, with an average age of 42.8 years.

03

Which brands do Air travel fans like most?

Air travel fans show strongest brand affinity for WestJet (1.54×), Cruises (1.53×), and Air Transat (1.52×) over the country average.

04

Where do Air travel fans live in Canada?

Air travel fans in Canada are most concentrated in Ontario (reach ~2.5M), Quebec (reach ~1.5M), and British Columbia (reach ~700K). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do Air travel fans also like?

Beyond Air travel itself, the audience over-indexes on Cruises (1.53×), Air Transat (1.52×), Porter Airlines (1.59×), and Old age (1.52×) compared to the Canada average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Canada who actively search for Air travel. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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