Canadair CT-114 Tutor CL-41A / CT-114 Tutor

During September 1961, impressed by the performance of the prototype and keen to support local industry, the Canadian government placed an order for 190 examples of the production variant, designated CL-41A, on behalf of the Royal Canadian Air Force. On adoption the aircraft received the Canadian unified designation CT-114 Tutor. The majority of the fleet was stationed at CFB Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, although the Central Flying School at CFB Winnipeg, Manitoba, also made heavy use of the type.

As a primary training platform, the Tutor served in that role for over thirty years. During 1976 the Canadian Armed Forces decided to have 113 of the remaining aircraft fitted with upgraded avionics and provision for a pair of belly-mounted external fuel tanks of 41 US gallons, some 155 litres. By 1998 around 120 examples were still in regular service.

During 2000 the majority of Tutors were retired, the type being succeeded as the air force's principal training aircraft by a combination of the British-built CT-155 Hawk and the American-built CT-156 Harvard II, which covered that role until 2024. Since then the Tutor has continued in limited numbers, both for experimental work by the Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, and for aerial display. By 2019 there were 24 examples registered as in service with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

In all, Canadair built 212 Tutors of every version between 1963 and 1966. The aircraft's longevity has brought a recurring debate about its replacement: since a Canadian Department of National Defence study in 2003 the topic has surfaced again and again, with airframe fatigue and the scarcity of spare parts as the main arguments. The Tutor Life Extension Program proposed by the Canadian government, with L3Harris as contractor to upgrade the avionics and safety systems, aimed to keep the fleet flying to 2030. Many retired Tutors are preserved across Canada as gate guards or museum pieces.