Ground the Canadian International Air Show Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/ground-the-canadian-international-air-show.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 20 Apr 2026 12:32 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Anonymous [Signature #475] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/24538774?utm_medium=rss I've lived in Toronto my whole life and I dread the air show every year. It's a nightmare for so many people, and nearly everyone I talk to when it's happening has a different reason to hate it. It frightens all the many animals that call Toronto home, it can be triggering to anyone with sensory issues (autism, auditory processing disorder, hyperacousis, misophonia, etc.) as well as anyone who has trauma regarding loud noises, and even for people who don't have any particular issue with it it's usually at minimum extremely obnoxious when you're trying to go about your day and suddenly nobody can hear each other for hours. I wonder if anyone has ever done a study on whether sales of cough drops and throat soothers go up on the days around the air show - it seems I'm always screaming myself hoarse just to have a normal interaction with a friend or cashier. The stated goal of the air show is to "celebrate aviation" - there are so many ways to do that that people might actually appreciate. Imagine if all the air show funds went into building a small aviation museum with a static display of aircraft that people could learn about - schools and families especially would pay modest admission prices year-round for educational trips, especially if there were some planes that kids could enter and explore. The best way to celebrate aviation would be a way that doesn't make people resent it year after year.

]]> Sat, 20 Dec 2025 08:10:57 UTC 24538774 Ms. Julie Lind [Signature #474] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/24436838?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2023 06:37:28 UTC 24436838 Kendall Steele [Signature #473] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/24435631?utm_medium=rss Sat, 2 Sep 2023 04:58:11 UTC 24435631 Mrs Cleo Sallis-Parchet [Signature #472] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/24435461?utm_medium=rss Thu, 31 Aug 2023 03:23:49 UTC 24435461 Anonymous [Signature #471] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/24340776?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2022 12:40:28 UTC 24340776 Mr Ariel Aburto [Signature #470] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/24164061?utm_medium=rss Coming from a country that was at war this is not only traumatizing but annoying and noisy

]]> Sat, 4 Sep 2021 04:24:20 UTC 24164061 Miss Anonymous [Signature #469] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/23465751?utm_medium=rss Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:57:16 UTC 23465751 Gordon Blair [Signature #468] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/23227541?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Aug 2019 03:55:03 UTC 23227541 Anonymous [Signature #467] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/21630426?utm_medium=rss Mon, 4 Sep 2017 04:17:38 UTC 21630426 Anonymous [Signature #466] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20271435?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2016 04:59:12 UTC 20271435 Patrick Van Niejenhuis [Signature #465] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20259263?utm_medium=rss Tue, 30 Aug 2016 09:33:59 UTC 20259263 Mr Matthew Talsma [Signature #464] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/20257685?utm_medium=rss Mon, 29 Aug 2016 04:46:16 UTC 20257685 Brian Green [Signature #463] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/19198301?utm_medium=rss Mon, 17 Aug 2015 01:09:43 UTC 19198301 Dr. Anonymous [Signature #462] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17803081?utm_medium=rss I can't hear myself inside my house!

]]> Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:55:32 UTC 17803081 Anonymous [Signature #461] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15727595?utm_medium=rss Stop this display of war machines that disrupts my life every Labour Day weekend! It is unnecessary show of military force.

]]> Mon, 2 Sep 2013 02:21:47 UTC 15727595 Anonymous [Signature #460] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15727262?utm_medium=rss Warplanes are not entertainment. Please stop parading them over my city every year.

]]> Mon, 2 Sep 2013 11:42:17 UTC 15727262 Danni Stor [Signature #459] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15727236?utm_medium=rss quit the noise & get the war machines out of my neighbourhood!

]]> Mon, 2 Sep 2013 11:32:00 UTC 15727236 Anonymous [Signature #458] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15724874?utm_medium=rss Sun, 1 Sep 2013 01:05:16 UTC 15724874 Marina Mandic [Signature #457] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15718916?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:52:04 UTC 15718916 Mr Cornel Geomolean [Signature #456] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15718857?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Aug 2013 10:19:27 UTC 15718857 Milica Stefancic [Signature #455] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15718799?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:50:39 UTC 15718799 Anonymous [Signature #454] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15718719?utm_medium=rss Fri, 30 Aug 2013 09:03:44 UTC 15718719 Miss Jennifer Cannon [Signature #453] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13778811?utm_medium=rss The flight pattern for the airshow goes DIRECTLY over my house. To say the noise is offensive and alarming is a gross understatement.

I have a one year old son who was terrified by the planes and the five days of war zone-like noise.

There is no reason to have an airshow in general, let alone one in the downtown core of a major city like Toronto.

]]> Mon, 17 Sep 2012 08:35:38 UTC 13778811 Leah Hollinsworth [Signature #452] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13671728?utm_medium=rss Mon, 3 Sep 2012 06:12:18 UTC 13671728 Sir Evan Brown [Signature #451] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13664135?utm_medium=rss Its really annoying

]]> Sun, 2 Sep 2012 03:12:34 UTC 13664135 Ms Sara MacLean [Signature #450] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13662823?utm_medium=rss The noise is horrible this year.

]]> Sun, 2 Sep 2012 12:16:21 UTC 13662823 Mr Sergio Elmir [Signature #449] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13658376?utm_medium=rss No to the Air Show!!!!

]]> Sat, 1 Sep 2012 02:13:41 UTC 13658376 Brigid Dineen [Signature #448] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13657808?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Sep 2012 11:55:23 UTC 13657808 Mr Anonymous [Signature #447] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13657146?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Sep 2012 08:47:41 UTC 13657146 Murielle Varhelyi [Signature #446] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13656783?utm_medium=rss Sat, 1 Sep 2012 07:12:11 UTC 13656783 Mrs. Catherine Van Wert [Signature #445] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13654856?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 06:28:11 UTC 13654856 Mr Grey Coyote [Signature #444] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13654525?utm_medium=rss I've always thought it terribly insensitive of the politicians that there has never been proper public consultation.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:55:51 UTC 13654525 Suzanne Duncan [Signature #443] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13654091?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 03:40:52 UTC 13654091 Mitzi Reinsilber [Signature #442] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13654069?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 03:38:39 UTC 13654069 Ms. Tory Healy [Signature #441] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13653049?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:55:58 UTC 13653049 Chris Young [Signature #440] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13652895?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 12:34:15 UTC 13652895 Meera S [Signature #439] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13652551?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:46:52 UTC 13652551 mr john park [Signature #438] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13652541?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:45:53 UTC 13652541 Ms Maureen Doherty [Signature #437] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13652292?utm_medium=rss As an urban dweller I work hard to lessen my impact on this beautiful city. I am a preschool teacher and I work hard all year and this weekend of all weekends I want to rest and relax as I prepare for another year. I can't imagine how awful the noise is for people who live near the CNE!

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:18:56 UTC 13652292 Nicole Doyle [Signature #436] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13652282?utm_medium=rss Pointless noise and air pollution. The planes are so loud, each time I hear one of them I am startled as it sounds like one is going to crash into the side of my building.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:17:40 UTC 13652282 Dr Chris Drohan [Signature #435] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13652133?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:00:08 UTC 13652133 Ms Anonymous [Signature #434] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13652125?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:59:29 UTC 13652125 Mrs Donna Mitchell [Signature #433] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13652047?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:50:10 UTC 13652047 Dr. Katarzyna Rukszto [Signature #432] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13652005?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:44:48 UTC 13652005 Ms Sandra Haar [Signature #431] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651952?utm_medium=rss I am a resident of the City of Toronto, living at Dundas and Ossington for the past 22 years.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:38:38 UTC 13651952 Ms Sarah Leslie [Signature #430] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651916?utm_medium=rss One of my children cries historically if we are anywhere near the downtown core if he is outside. This is a so intrusive to our home and his mental state. He is 4, but this has been an issue for the last two years. Please move it.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:34:53 UTC 13651916 Mr. Aaron Dawson [Signature #429] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651903?utm_medium=rss The airshow is too loud and dangerous to have over the main downtown area of Toronto. It should be moved to Downsview airport or some similar appropriate space. It's not fair that the populace of the city centre is subjected to a show that only a comparative handful of people are actually watching.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:32:48 UTC 13651903 Salimah Kassim-Lakha [Signature #428] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651843?utm_medium=rss The air show is one occasion where I fear for the lives of my fellow Torontonians. What if there is an accident? It is an unnecessary risk to expose this city to. I want this to stop.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:26:21 UTC 13651843 ms. Jess Gillis [Signature #427] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651754?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:16:24 UTC 13651754 Alec Butler [Signature #426] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651751?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:16:15 UTC 13651751 Nicole Tanguay [Signature #425] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651641?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 10:03:39 UTC 13651641 Mr Jason Suedath [Signature #424] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651596?utm_medium=rss I have lived in Parkdale, the area most effected by the noise, for ten years. I feel for my own sanity, that I must leave the city due to the air show. This is not fair. Please move it up north or something. Just once I'd like to enjoy the end of summer in my own city.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:58:44 UTC 13651596 Natasha Martin [Signature #423] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651544?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:52:25 UTC 13651544 Dr G VAN DER VELDE [Signature #422] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651496?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:45:25 UTC 13651496 Mr Anonymous [Signature #421] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651456?utm_medium=rss Let this archaic tradition go already. Not only is it an accident waiting to happen but we can do with out the tonnes of exhaust that get dumped over the city on private and public property.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:39:42 UTC 13651456 Sonia Serba [Signature #420] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651453?utm_medium=rss Not only do I just not agree with fetishizing war machines, I'm not really excited by them wooshing by at 7:30am. I live right by Exhibition grounds, I can hear the afterburners. I feel like I'm having PTSD flashbacks from a war I've never been to.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:38:55 UTC 13651453 Alex Hidell [Signature #419] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651451?utm_medium=rss War propaganda chearleading for spending citizens money on military. Snowbirds moneypit guaranteed to kill a pilot or two every 5 years.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:38:45 UTC 13651451 Mr Sam Fleming [Signature #418] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651441?utm_medium=rss I have lived here for 18 years and have. Ever enjoyed the Airshow
The Indy is bad enough
Please have the airshow in a rural setting, or cancel this flex of Military muscle all together

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:37:10 UTC 13651441 Mr. Todd Culbert [Signature #417] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651413?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:33:44 UTC 13651413 james vandervoort [Signature #416] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651407?utm_medium=rss Why not move this "show" to CFB Trenton? They could use the tourists, and the facilities are there. The City has enough pollution, noise and congestion as it is.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:33:06 UTC 13651407 mr graham bertie [Signature #415] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651382?utm_medium=rss horrible. i hate the airshow and everything it represents.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:31:11 UTC 13651382 mr michael sweenie [Signature #414] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651369?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:30:11 UTC 13651369 Denise Benson [Signature #413] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651331?utm_medium=rss This is an outdated concept that glorifies armed power and war. It negatively impacts the lives of far too many people who call downtown Toronto home, including countless many who've lived through the horrors of war in other countries. There is no good reason for the air show to still exist.

]]> Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:25:52 UTC 13651331 Charles Duchesne [Signature #412] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13651253?utm_medium=rss Fri, 31 Aug 2012 09:13:08 UTC 13651253 Mr Brian Green [Signature #411] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13580475?utm_medium=rss Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:53:29 UTC 13580475 Ms Anita Katakkar [Signature #410] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11129954?utm_medium=rss I cannot even to begin to describe the impact of the noise caused by the airshow to the elders, kids and pets within my family. I am proud of Toronto as a city, and support tourism, however I don't think that residents should have to deal with fear inducing noise. Numerous members of my household were brought to tears by the tramatic experience of the airshow. I support grounding the Canadian International Air Show.

]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2011 10:30:23 UTC 11129954 Emily Parker [Signature #409] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11129676?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2011 09:09:09 UTC 11129676 Ana Greisman [Signature #408] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11129528?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Sep 2011 08:27:11 UTC 11129528 Ms Oriana Barbato [Signature #407] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11126280?utm_medium=rss Please stop the air show. This year (2011) I was startled twice!

]]> Tue, 6 Sep 2011 02:09:45 UTC 11126280 Anonymous [Signature #406] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11126082?utm_medium=rss Tue, 6 Sep 2011 01:29:03 UTC 11126082 Marina Mandic [Signature #405] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11122924?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Sep 2011 07:21:49 UTC 11122924 Mr Neil Mohammed [Signature #404] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11122072?utm_medium=rss Please stop the Toronto Air Show. It makes the Labour Day weekend my least favourite weekend in Toronto.

]]> Mon, 5 Sep 2011 02:15:03 UTC 11122072 Ms. Pat Jeffries [Signature #403] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118923?utm_medium=rss The Air Show ruins civic enjoyment of the last weekend of summer in Toronto. It makes children cry and adults tense and fearful. It glorifies war and pollutes the environment.

]]> Mon, 5 Sep 2011 12:00:03 UTC 11118923 ms Shannon Thompson [Signature #402] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11118592?utm_medium=rss Sun, 4 Sep 2011 09:04:58 UTC 11118592 HUNTER KOLE [Signature #401] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11114854?utm_medium=rss OUR MOTHER WHO LIVES IN A CO OP NEARING THE WATERS EDGE IS IMPACTED BY THE HEAVY NOISE, AIR, STREET POLLUTIONS AND NEEDS TO LEAVE HER HOME THE WEEKEND THE AIR SHOW IS ON. THIS HAPPENS FOR HER EVRYYEAR!!

]]> Sun, 4 Sep 2011 06:26:49 UTC 11114854 Ms. Elisa Hollenberg [Signature #400] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113980?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:41:32 UTC 11113980 Ayal Dinner [Signature #399] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113888?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 10:27:54 UTC 11113888 Adele Fuller [Signature #398] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113817?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 09:35:18 UTC 11113817 Ms Lana Winter [Signature #397] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113454?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 05:54:59 UTC 11113454 Mr Sandor Ajzenstat [Signature #396] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113365?utm_medium=rss As a long-time Parkdale resident, the air show has been one of the main drawbacks to living near the CNE. A hugely money-wasting, noise and air-polluting, traumatizing (to humans and animals alike), war-glorifying travesty that must be stopped.

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 05:17:39 UTC 11113365 Anonymous [Signature #395] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113280?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 04:44:32 UTC 11113280 Ms Anonymous [Signature #394] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113265?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 04:41:02 UTC 11113265 Mr. Tony Elliott [Signature #393] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113140?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 03:54:37 UTC 11113140 Ms Jude Johnston [Signature #392] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113043?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 03:18:39 UTC 11113043 Ms Jennifer Gillmor [Signature #391] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11113002?utm_medium=rss Traumatizing (to humans and animals), noise and air-polluting, hugely money-wasting, war glorifying annual headache.

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 03:01:40 UTC 11113002 Angela Warner [Signature #390] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11112800?utm_medium=rss The one jet I saw & heard over my St. Clair West neighbourhood was so terrorizingly loud that I burst into tears. Not out of emotion, but as a viscerally physical bodily response. Much like getting a nose bleed on being face-punched. Why do we need this violence in our skies? I understand this show is good for the economy, but at some point, we will have to draw a line. When will the needs of the people outweigh the need for economic growth in this outdated, terror-inducing manner?

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 01:40:37 UTC 11112800 Ronit Novak [Signature #389] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11112492?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:49:15 UTC 11112492 Ms. Liz Ikiriko [Signature #388] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11112468?utm_medium=rss I don't need to support and celebrate the wasting of fuel, noise pollution & general fear that the airshow produces every year. This doesn't represent the city/province/country that I am proud of.

]]> Sat, 3 Sep 2011 11:42:12 UTC 11112468 sue edworthy [Signature #387] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11111772?utm_medium=rss Sat, 3 Sep 2011 07:15:59 UTC 11111772 corrin adams [Signature #386] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11110037?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 03:14:14 UTC 11110037 Anne Hartman [Signature #385] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109646?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 01:17:31 UTC 11109646 Steve Kwa [Signature #384] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109559?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:53:16 UTC 11109559 Ms Anonymous [Signature #383] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109534?utm_medium=rss Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:47:45 UTC 11109534 Mr. Daniel Oster [Signature #382] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109486?utm_medium=rss Top ten reasons to cancel the Air Show:
10. noise is dangerous to human and animal health
9. damaging to property
8. stressful to humans (some of whom have sought safety and freedom in Canada away from the noises of war)
7. stressful to animals (and wakes babies that are napping)
6. waste of petrol
5. emission of greenhouse gasses
4. distracting Toronto's already bad drivers
3. danger to the pilots
2. danger to spectators
1. These are or were aircraft of WAR...there's nothing cool about them.

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:33:52 UTC 11109486 Ms Carmen Dobie [Signature #381] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109474?utm_medium=rss This total scares my wee one... and go figure, I can feel it in my core. Showing off might is so unCanadian!

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:29:39 UTC 11109474 Jonathon Neville [Signature #380] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109459?utm_medium=rss Try caring for someone with Alzheimer's during the 3-day airshow. No explanation can help. Especially when they experienced air raids as a child.

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:25:35 UTC 11109459 Mrs Louise Ross [Signature #379] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11109451?utm_medium=rss its ridiculous for a variety of reasons.

]]> Fri, 2 Sep 2011 12:23:45 UTC 11109451 Ms Laura Caitlin Rafferty [Signature #378] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8576742?utm_medium=rss Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:04:55 UTC 8576742 Ms. Helen Armstrong [Signature #377] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8554007?utm_medium=rss Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:47:04 UTC 8554007 Ms Michelle Treacy [Signature #376] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8543541?utm_medium=rss Sat, 18 Sep 2010 09:05:52 UTC 8543541