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  • Home
  • Get Involved
    • Membership
    • Museum Membership
    • Sponsor the CAHS
    • Donate to the CAHS
  • Organization & Chapters
    • CAHS National >
      • Society History
      • Contacts
      • Reports & Documents
    • Chapters >
      • CAHS Calgary
      • CAHS Manitoba
      • CAHS Medicine Hat
      • CAHS Montréal
      • CAHS New Brunswick
      • CAHS Ottawa
      • CAHS Regina
      • CAHS Toronto
      • CAHS Vancouver
      • CAHS CAAA
  • History Resources
    • CAHS Journal
    • CAHS e-Newsletter >
      • e-Newsletter Archive
    • Aviation History Online >
      • Articles – Historical
      • Aviation History Books
      • Articles Archive
      • Photo Galleries
      • Video Viewport
    • In Memoriam
  • Shop
  • Convention 2023
Welcome to the online home of the

Canadian Aviation Historical Society


Preserving Canada's flying heritage

Our Society is the world's premier organization dedicated to the preservation of Canada's diverse aviation heritage.


Now well into our 5th decade, the Canadian Aviation Historical Society is the oldest and largest organization in the world dedicated to the celebration and documentation of Canada's flying heritage. Members receive the CAHS Journal, Canada's premier aviation history magazine, regular newsletters, and an invitation to participate in frequent local and annual national events.

Otter maintenance at CFB Borden

Get involved…


…as a member (we offer individual, family, museum and corporate memberships), a donor, or a friend of the Society. The CAHS welcomes your involvement at whatever level of involvement best suits you. Read more…

Technical School Students at Camp Borden

Discover…


…the who, what, where, when, why and sometimes how of all facets of Canadian aviation, from humble beginnings at Baddeck to the extensive industry and activity of the Second World War and beyond. Our members help keep our history alive via our CAHS Journal, e-newsletter, meetings and other and events. Non-members can also purchase individual Journals and articles, or subscribe to the newsletter.  Read more…

Avro Jetliner prototype in design shop

Create or contribute…


…content for our quarterly CAHS Journal or the Canadian Aviation History Online area of this site. Have you researched a particular subject, curated a family photo collection, or found some industrial / documentary artifacts with a historical connection to Canadian aviation? Please consider getting in touch. Read more…

Do you have an interest in any aspect of Canadian aviation history?
​You are invited to get involved…
Link to CAHS Membership
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Link to CAHS Museum Membership
Link to CAHS Donations
The CAHS is honoured ​to have these institutions as Museum Members

  • Alberta Aviation Museum
  • Billy Bishop Home and Museum
  • Bomber Command Museum of Canada
  • Botwood Flying Boat Museum
  • British Columbia Aviation Museum
  • Calgary Mosquito Society
  • Canadian Aviation Museum
  • The Canadian Museum of Flight
  • Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
  • ​Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame
  • Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre
  • Harvard Historical Aviation Society
  • Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum
  • Comox Air Force Museum
  • ​Great War Flying Museum
  • The Hangar Flight Museum
  • Montreal Aviation Museum
  • National Air Force Museum
  • ​​Shearwater Aviation Museum
  • ​Musée de L'aviation de Montréal
  • Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
  • Quebec Aerospace Museum
  • Western Development Museum
The CAHS benefits from the friendship of these organizations

  • Aviaeology​
  • CANAV Books
  • Northern Lights Aero Foundation
  • The RCAF Association
  • Vintage Wings of Canada
CAHS Silver & Gold Sponsoring Members

Silver
Washington Airline Society​

Gold
Vac Developments
CAHS Platinum Sponsoring Members

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The CAHS 2019 Annual Convention was also sponsored by these organizations

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Canadian Aviation Historical Society (CAHS)
P.O. Box 2700, Station D
Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5W7
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