Bradley Air Services, operating as Canadian North, is a wholly Inuit-owned airline[6] headquartered in Kanata, Ontario,[7] Canada.

It operates scheduled passenger services to communities in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the Nunavik region of Quebec, as well as southern destinations such as Edmonton, Montreal and Ottawa.

Its logo displayed three of the distinctive symbols of the North: the polar bear, the midnight sun and the Northern Lights.

[12] In June 2007, Canadian North began serving the Kitikmeot communities of Gjoa Haven, Taloyoak, Kugaaruk, and Kugluktuk.

[15][11] On 11 April 2014, Norterra and the Makivik Corporation, owners of First Air announced that they were in negotiations to merge the two airlines.

[16][17] According to a website that had been set up on that same day, the new airline would be owned equally between the two companies and "a merger would create a stronger, more sustainable business, provide better service to customers and lead to new economic development opportunities across the North.

Future Bradley acquisitions included Ptarmigan Airways, and later NWT Air, both Yellowknife based.

Canadian North confirmed in December 2022 that it was to retire its last Boeing 737-200 by early 2023, replacing it with turboprop aircraft with similar gravel runway capabilities.

[26] Canadian North began a joint route with Air Greenland on Air Greenland's once-weekly flight between Nuuk and Iqaluit from summer 2024, with Canadian North providing flights timed to connect passengers arriving from Kuujjuaq, Montreal and Ottawa.

[4][30][31] Aircraft previously operated include:[32] The company headquarters are in Kanata, Ontario,[7] the former First Air HQ.