Fly it properly.
Commercial aerial imaging for government, industry, agriculture and development — plus flight reviews and training for pilots working toward their own certification.
New to this? Our complete Basic RPAS exam course is free — all eight Transport Canada subject areas, 15 practice questions, no signup.
Start the free courseThree things, done properly.
We fly commercially, we assess the pilots who want to do the same, and we teach the exams — starting with a Basic course that costs nothing.
Photography & video
Public works and infrastructure, construction progress, crop and land survey, industrial inspection, environmental monitoring and property marketing. Controlled airspace, authorizations filed, documentation included.
Flight reviews
The in-person practical assessment required for your Advanced certificate. Pre-flight briefing, flight assessment, and a debrief that tells you the truth.
Exam preparation
The complete Basic exam course, free and open on the site — all eight subject areas with practice questions. The 48-page Advanced guide picks up where Basic stops, for CA$29.
Anyone can put a drone in the air.
Fewer can do it legally over a downtown site in controlled airspace, with the NAV CANADA authorization filed and the paperwork in order. That's most of what you're actually buying.
Nine years of commercial operation for city and regional governments, federal agencies, universities, manufacturers, farm operations, contractors and property developers. What counts as a useful photograph changes with each of them. A council needs documentation that stands up in a report. A manufacturer needs to see a roof without sending anyone onto it. A farm needs the same field flown the same way six times a season.
The site survey and risk assessment come as part of the job, not as an afterthought.
The review isn't a flying test.
It's an assessment of whether you operate like a pilot — whether you plan, brief, assess risk and handle the unexpected in a structured way. The most common reason candidates re-attempt isn't stick skills. It's a pre-flight briefing that doesn't hold up.
We'll tell you honestly if you're not ready rather than take your money for a review you're going to fail.
Start with Basic. It costs nothing.
Transport Canada publishes everything the Basic exam draws from, so there is no honest reason to charge you for it. We wrote the whole course out and put it on the site.
The free Basic RPAS exam course
All eight TP 15263 subject areas at Basic depth — air law, airspace, meteorology, navigation, human factors, radiotelephony, flight operations and aircraft systems — written plainly and current to the regulations in force in 2026. Fifteen practice questions with worked answers at the end.
No email required, no account, no upsell in the middle of it. Read it, pass the exam, and come back if you decide to go Advanced.
Start the free course The full pathwayThe exam isn't about drones.
Strip out every question that mentions an aircraft and you're left with something close to a manned-aviation ground school test. Airspace classification. Density altitude. Wake turbulence. Ten thousand accident-free flights teach you none of it.
Canadian RPAS Operations Guide
2026 Edition — Second Revision
Everything the exam tests. Nothing it doesn't.
Transport Canada's source documents are authoritative and nearly unreadable. We translated CARs Part IX into plain English and organised it by how the exam actually asks about it — then added the six sections candidates most often get wrong.
- Airspace classes, NAV CANADA authorizations, NOTAMs
- METAR and TAF decoding, density altitude, icing
- Wake turbulence, VFR minima, stall and load factor
- Lost link, fly-away and incident reporting
- Human factors, CRM, IM SAFE, threat & error management
- Nine printable checklists for the flight bag
Instant download · Free revisions for the 2026 rule year
Buy the guide — CA$29 Full contentsStraight answers.
What does Drone's View Canada do?
Three things. We fly commercial aerial photography and video — clients range from city and regional governments and federal agencies to universities, manufacturers, farm operations, contractors and property developers. We conduct the in-person Advanced RPAS flight reviews pilots need to complete their certification. And we teach the exams: our Basic exam course is free and complete, and a 48-page guide covers the Advanced syllabus for CA$29.
Why does certification matter when hiring a drone operator?
Most urban and industrial sites sit in controlled airspace, which needs a written RPAS Flight Authorization from NAV CANADA — and holding one requires at minimum an Advanced certificate. Flying within 30 metres of bystanders, or over them, carries the same requirement. An uncertified operator either can't legally do the job or does it unlawfully, which puts the exposure on you. Ask any operator for their Advanced pilot certificate and the Transport Canada registration of the aircraft they'll fly.
What is a flight review and do I need one?
An in-person practical assessment with a Transport Canada-recognised reviewer. Mandatory for the Advanced certificate — the written exam alone isn't enough. It covers pre-flight preparation, in-flight handling, regulatory knowledge and post-flight procedures. You must pass the written exam before booking.
How hard is the Advanced RPAS exam?
50 multiple-choice questions in 60 minutes, 80% to pass. Meaningfully harder than Basic — it draws on meteorology, airspace, radiotelephony, human factors and aircraft systems, not just regulations. Written online through Transport Canada's Drone Management Portal, which lists the current fee. You must be 16 or older.
What changed in the Canadian drone rules in 2025?
Amendments landed in two phases, 1 April and 4 November 2025. April opened applications for the Level 1 Complex certificate; November switched on its lower-risk BVLOS privileges, permitted medium drones of 25–150 kg without an SFOC, and gave Advanced holders EVLOS privileges. Full breakdown here.
Hire us, or train with us.
Book a shoot, book your flight review, or start the free Basic course and work toward your own certificate. Training here begins at nothing and only costs money when it has to.