Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) - Q3 2025-26

Key performance indicators - Q3 2025-26

As part of its commitment to transparency and accountability, CATSA publishes key performance indicators (KPIs) that reflect operational efficiency, service standards, and screening volumes.

Most KPIs are published quarterly, with select metrics, such as passenger volumes and wait time service levels, featuring monthly results within those updates. Workforce demographics are updated annually. Each KPI includes its update frequency and the most recent reporting period.


Screening Performance: Q3 2025-26 (October-December)

Last update: January 21, 2026

Wait Time Service Levels

Percentage of passengers who waited less than 15 minutes to be screened at designated airports with Boarding Pass Security System (BPSS) technology.

Screened Traffic

Total number of passengers and non-passengers screened at designated airports with Boarding Pass Security System (BPSS) technology.

Complaints

Number of formal complaints received per 100,000 passengers screened at designated Canadian airports.

 

3.99 complaints


Per 100,000 passengers

Passenger Experience:  Q3 2025-26 (October-December)

Last update: January 21, 2026

Overall Experience 

Percentage of passengers who reported being satisfied or very satisfied with their overall security screening experience at Class 1 airports.

90%

Official Languages

Percentage of passengers who were served in the official language of their choice, English or French, at the screening checkpoint at Class 1 airports.

96%

Passenger Assistance

Number of passengers who sought help retrieving personal items forgotten or lost at the screening checkpoint.
 

4,010


Workforce Representation: 2024-25

Last update: October 20, 2025

CATSA Workforce Demographics

The percentage of a designated group (Women, Indigenous Peoples, Members of Visible Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities) among employees.

Category Percentage
Women 45.1%
Indigenous peoples 3.3%
Members of visible minorities 29.1%
Persons with disabilities 4.6%

Screening Officer Demographics

The percentage of a designated group (Women, Indigenous Peoples, Members of Visible Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities) among the screening officer workforce.

Category Percentage
Women 45.3%
Indigenous peoples 1.1%
Members of visible minorities 27.3%
Persons with disabilities 8.0%

Wait Time Service Level Details
Q3 2025-26 Wait Time Service Levels % < 15 mins
Airport 2025 Oct 2025 Nov 2025 Dec Total
YEG: Edmonton International Airport 94.3% 95.2% 95.4% 95.0%
YHZ: Halifax Stanfield International Airport 97.7% 98.6% 99.3% 98.5%
YOW: Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport 99.8% 98.6% 97.8% 98.7%
YUL: Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport 96.6% 99.1% 95.9% 97.1%
YVR: Vancouver International Airport 96.6% 96.8% 92.9% 95.4%
YWG: Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport 96.3% 94.9% 94.1% 95.1%
YYC: Calgary International Airport 92.2% 94.3% 98.6% 94.9%
YYZ: Toronto Pearson International Airport 95.6% 96.1% 94.9% 95.5%
YLW: Kelowna International Airport 90.1% 89.3% 82.2% 87.0%
YQB: Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport 97.7% 96.5% 98.8% 97.7%
YQR: Regina International Airport 88.9% 92.2% 91.8% 90.9%
YTZ: Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport 99.5% 99.2% 97.5% 98.8%
YXE: Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport 90.8% 92.4% 95.1% 92.7%
YYJ: Victoria International Airport 95.4% 93.9% 97.3% 92.3%
YYT: St. John's International Airport 97.7% 96.8% 98.6% 97.7%
YHM: John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport 100% 100.0% 99.6% 99.9%
YXX: Abbotsford International Airport 94.3% 95.3% 90.1% 93.1%
All airports/Total 95.6% 96.3% 95.1% 95.6%
Screened Traffic Details
Q3 2025-26 Screened Traffic
Airport 2025 Oct 2025 Nov 2025 Dec Total
YEG: Edmonton International Airport 310,037 280,989 288,884 879,910
YHZ: Halifax Stanfield International Airport 184,841 133,977 143,962 462,780
YOW: Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport 198,307 178,892 212,396 589,595
YUL: Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport 774,242 685,828 820,320 2,280,390
YVR: Vancouver International Airport 951,732 828,753 908,647 2,689,132
YWG: Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport 180,184 161,826 168,464 510,474
YYC: Calgary International Airport 648,422 528,966 561,226 1,738,614
YYZ: Toronto Pearson International Airport 1,789,214 1,620,401 1,827,262 5,236,877
YLW: Kelowna International Airport 96,154 95,007 109,780 300,941
YQB: Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport 73,709 71,385 89,579 234,673
YQR: Regina International Airport 48,418 45,052 49,064 142,534
YTZ: Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport 81,171 71,312 70,971 223,454
YXE: Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport 69,573 60,688 63,648 193,909
YYJ: Victoria International Airport 89,959 72,918 80,583 243,460
YYT: St. John's International Airport 69,311 47,507 42,839 159,657
YHM: John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport 18,683 11,508 20,820 51,011
YXX: Abbotsford International Airport 44,944 38,585 47,821 131,350
All airports/Total 5,628,901 4,933,594 5,506,266 16,068,761

For further details, please visit the Daily Screened Traffic at PBS Checkpoints report. Updated weekly.