This company flies ten helicopters and yours will depend on the type of license you will be trained for. This company will train you either for pleasure or commercial. It is located outside of Toronto in Kleinburg and it serves all of Ontario. This company has been in business since 1985.
Chinook Helicopters, Ltd. opened for business in 1982 and soon was the preeminent helicopter flight training school in British Columbia. Chinook flies ten training helicopters and operates in its own facilities at Abbottsford Airport outside of Vancouver. This company trains helicopter pilots for pleasure or as a career. Its website maintains that a commercial license costs $73,500 plus books, licensing and ground school.
L R Helicopters, Inc. flies four helicopters, the Bell 206 and 206L, Eurocopter EC 120B and a Robinson R44. The school is located at Springbank Airport just outside of Calgary in Alberta. The company has been granted the status of a Private Vocational Training facility by Alberta, so it can make loans for helicopter pilot training. In addition to training for a career and for pleasure flying, the company also offers high altitude training on the Western Slopes of the Canadian Rockies.
This company operates a training facility for helicopter pilots at the Gimli Airport near Winnipeg. This uncrowded airport provides a great environment for training pilots. All pilots train on the Bell 206B Jet Ranger equipment that's said to be the safest helicopter in the sky. The minimum age to start the program is 18 years old. All students must be able to pass the level one physical exam.