This is a list of aircraft of Canada's air forces. Aircraft are listed for the following periods:
- the period 1914–1915 when the Canadian Aviation Corps was created at the beginning of the First World War;
- the period 1918–1920 when Canada attempted to create the Canadian Air Force in Europe during the First World War;
- the period 1920–1924 when its air force was also known as the Canadian Air Force;
- the period from 1924–1968 when the air force was known as the Royal Canadian Air Force, and
- the current post-1968 period under the unified Canadian Forces, when its air force was designated Canadian Forces Air Command and later renamed to the original historic name Royal Canadian Air Force.
The list does not include aircraft flown by Canadian pilots serving in the Royal Flying Corps or Royal Air Force squadrons, only those serving in purely Canadian units.
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