Fees and service standards

There is no fee for TC supporting the validation of a Canadian approval to get a foreign approval or acceptance.

Fee Structure

The fee structure includes fixed fees, hourly fees and hybrid fees depending on the type of application:

fixed fees are a one-time fee for a service regardless of how many hours the project takes (Table 1)
hourly fees (Table 2):
- are charged for every hour a Transport Canada employee takes to process your application
- there is a maximum number of hours we can charge for
- this maximum is calculated by fiscal year which starts on April 1 and lasts until the following March 31
- once we reach this maximum, you won’t be charged for any extra hours within the same fiscal year
- charges will resume April 1 of the next year with the count of hours restarting at zero
- hourly maximums vary based on the product type (Table 3 and 4)
hybrid fees are a combination of fees that include:
- an initial fixed amount that covers up to 300 hours of work on an application (Table 5)
- an hourly fee for additional hours if an application takes more than 300 hours of work (Table 6)
- a maximum number of additional hours we can charge for based on product type (Table 7)
- the same calculation methods apply as hourly fee described above

Table 1: Fixed fees for a validation of a foreign aeronautical product approval
Type of service	Fee	Service standard
Initial or amended Type Certificate for a non-Canadian aeronautical product following streamlined evaluation		TC will acknowledge receipt of the application and provide the applicant with the name of the responsible designated contact, the project number assigned to the file and the fee information, within 30 business days of receiving an application.
Supplemental Type Certificate - Foreign Validation - Acceptance of foreign Supplemental Type Certificate		TC will acknowledge receipt of the application and provide the applicant with the name of the responsible designated contact, the project number assigned to the file and the fee information, within 30 business days of receiving an application.

The hourly fee in table 2 applies to the following:

initial Canadian type certificate for a foreign product following a technical evaluation
change to a Canadian type certificate for a foreign product with reissuance
type certificate post certification revisions to type design data for a foreign product without reissuance
initial Canadian type certificate for a foreign product that is not listed in the Canadian Aviation Regulations
change to a Canadian type certificate for a foreign product that is not listed in the Canadian Aviation Regulations with reissuance
type certificate post certification revisions to type design data for a foreign product that is not listed in the Canadian Aviation Regulations without reissuance

Note: Foreign refers to aeronautical products that have been originally approved by an airworthiness authority other than Transport Canada.

Table 2: Hourly fee for an aeronautical product approval
Type of service	Fee	Service standard
Hourly charge for aeronautical product approvals		TC will acknowledge receipt of the application and provide the applicant with the name of the responsible designated contact, the project number assigned to the file and the fee information, within 30 business days of receiving an application.

Table 3: Maximum chargeable hours of work by product type for the issuance of an initial type certificate
Aeronautical product type	Maximum chargeable hours per year
Transport category aeroplanes of 150 000 kg or more	16,610
Transport category aeroplanes under 150 000 kg	14,170
Level 4 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of ten to nineteen	4,770
Level 3 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of seven to nine	3,600
Level 2 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of two to six	2,440
Level 1 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of no more than one	1,170
Normal category rotorcraft	3,310
Transport category rotorcraft	4,300
Airships	360
Balloons	70
Engines — turbine	1,530
Engines — reciprocating	340
Propellers	120
Gliders or powered gliders	880

The above maximum chargeable hours do not apply to initial type certificate for an aeronautical product that is not listed in the Canadian Aviation Regulations that is the responsibility of Transport Canada

Table 4: Maximum chargeable hours of work by product type for approvals of all additions or changes to a type certificate
Aeronautical product type	Maximum chargeable hours per year
Transport category aeroplanes of 150 000 kg or more	6,644
Transport category aeroplanes under 150 000 kg	5,668
Level 4 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of ten to nineteen	1,880
Level 3 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of seven to nine	1,500
Level 2 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of two to six	976
Level 1 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of no more than one	468
Normal category rotorcraft	1,324
Transport category rotorcraft	1,720
Airships	190
Balloons	30
Engines — turbine	612
Engines — reciprocating	136
Propellers	48
Gliders or powered gliders	360

Maximum chargeable hours are calculated by type certificate per fiscal year not by individual service request.

The above maximum chargeable hours do not apply to:

change to a type certificate for an aeronautical product that is not listed in the Canadian Aviation Regulations with reissuance that is the responsibility of Transport Canada
Type certificate post certification revisions to type design data for an aeronautical product that is not listed in the Canadian Aviation Regulations without reissuance that is the responsibility of Transport Canada

Table 5: Hybrid fixed fee for an aeronautical product approval
Type of service	Fee	Service standard
Supplemental Type Certificate - Foreign Validation - Issuance of Canadian Supplemental Type Certificate based on foreign supplemental type certificate		TC will acknowledge receipt of the application and provide the applicant with the name of the responsible designated contact, the project number assigned to the file and the fee information, within 30 business days of receiving an application.

Table 6: Hybrid hourly fee for an aeronautical product approval
Type of service	Fee	Service standard
Hourly charge for Hybrid aeronautical product approvals		TC will acknowledge receipt of the application and provide the applicant with the name of the responsible designated contact, the project number assigned to the file and the fee information, within 30 business days of receiving an application.

Table 7: Maximum extra hours of work by product type for hybrid hourly fee
Aeronautical product type	Maximum extra hours per year
Transport category aeroplanes of 150 000 kg or more	4,680
Transport category aeroplanes under 150 000 kg	2,810
Level 4 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of ten to nineteen	1,880
Level 3 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of seven to nine	1,500
Level 2 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of two to six	710
Level 1 normal category aeroplanes with passenger seating configurations of no more than one	320
Normal category rotorcraft	890
Transport category rotorcraft	1,410
Airships	190
Balloons	30
Engines — turbine	612
Engines — reciprocating	10
Propellers	30
Gliders or powered gliders	240

All fees will change based on inflation every year on April 1.

Based on Transport Canada’s Policy on remissions, if we miss the service standard some of your fee may be reimbursed.

Learn more about the Service Fees Act.

Additional charges

We may charge for domestic or international travel when a TC employee must perform a service related to the processing of an application for the issuance, renewal, amendment or endorsement of a document. This charge may include transportation, accommodation, meals and incidentals and overtime when applicable. Taxes are applicable.

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