Welcome to the Q2 2026 edition of the DPAC newsletter — our quarterly look at drone events, news and regulation across Canada. Highlights this quarter:
- Transport Canada Drone Zone Issue 6 — operational and regulatory reminders, including RPAS Safety Assurance Declarations under Standard 922.
- 2025 regulation changes — Transport Canada updated its summary of the expanded rules for medium-sized drones and certain BVLOS operations.
- NAV CANADA RPAS/AAM market study — projecting growth from ~24,000 aircraft in 2024 to 507,000 by 2045.
- Ag Drone Summit 2026 in Camrose, Alberta.
- Kelowna airport drone-incursion warning from the RCMP.
Read the full issue using the PDF (EN) link above — and the French edition under PDF (FR).