Much of the aircraft industry that we know today was in fact founded in Canada, as was intercontinental flights. Madonald Douglas builder of the first pressurized long range passenger jets was a Canadian.
The aircraft industry has a very interesting (with heavy Canadian influence) history. You should reseach it sometime.
...and Boeing was founded in Washington State, in part, to be closer to the vast quantities of cheap lumber (aircraft being chiefly made from wood in those days).