Transport Canada
Canada’s federal aviation regulator. Ran a de facto UAP-report intake until 2021, forwarding reports to independent researcher chris-rutkowski. Per src-canada-sky-canada-project-2025-02, Transport Canada exited the role in 2021 due to a surge in ATIP requests after U.S. political attention to UAP spiked.
MP larry-maguire argues Transport Canada — not the canadian-space-agency — would be the appropriate home for any future Canadian UAP body, given its existing mandate over air-transport safety, security, and efficiency.
The final sky-canada-project report (src-canada-sky-canada-final-2025-07) explicitly directs Transport Canada to encourage pilots, cabin crews, and air traffic controllers to report UAP sightings without stigma. Transport Canada said more time was needed to assess next steps. The 1950s project-magnet effort, run inside Transport Canada and “quickly shut down,” is cited as a historical precedent.