A flight that isn't safe doesn't happen.
Commercial drone work in Canada is regulated, and most of the safety of a job is decided before anyone is on site. This is how we plan, authorise and fly.
Basic and Advanced RPAS
Controlled airspace authorisations
Fully licensed and insured
Most of the safety work happens before the aircraft leaves the case.
Commercial drone operations in Canada are regulated by Transport Canada under Part IX of the Canadian Aviation Regulations. Aircraft are registered and marked, pilots hold a Transport Canada pilot certificate, and the rules that apply to any given flight depend on the aircraft, the airspace it sits in, and how close the operation comes to people who are not part of it.
Our pilots hold both Basic and Advanced Operations certificates, so the operation is scaled to the job rather than the job trimmed to fit the certificate. Where a site sits inside controlled airspace, authorisation is requested through NAV CANADA before the work is scheduled, with the lead time built into the plan rather than assumed. Where a job falls outside the standard rules — beyond visual line of sight, or at night — it is flown under the applicable Transport Canada authorisation, or it is not flown.
Soar Droneworks is fully licensed and insured.
How a flight gets authorised
The site is checked against the airspace before the work is quoted — airspace class, proximity to aerodromes and heliports, and any advisories in effect
Controlled airspace authorisation is requested through NAV CANADA, with the lead time built into the schedule rather than hoped for
Landowner and site permissions are confirmed, including where the aircraft will take off, land and be recovered from
A site assessment identifies bystanders, overhead obstructions and the routes people and vehicles will actually take on the day
Weather minima are set before travel — wind, visibility, precipitation and temperature — and the flight is measured against them rather than argued with
Aircraft, batteries and firmware are checked before departure, and again on site before the first launch
The crew is briefed on the plan, the abort conditions and where each person stands during the flight
Anything outside the standard rules is flown only under the specific authorisation that covers it
What we can fly
Visual line of sight in daylight — the default for most jobs
Flown on authorisation obtained from NAV CANADA
Flown with appropriately equipped and lit aircraft
Flown under a Special Flight Operations Certificate
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