Is your Air Canada delayed by 3 or more hours? You might be eligible to get proper compensation. Under the Air Canada Delay Compensation policy if a flight is delayed at the end of the airline for 3 or more than 3 hours then all the passengers are eligible for compensation. There can be many reasons for the delay, it can be due to technical issues in the plane, lack of staff, absence of pilot or co-pilot, etc. which can be managed by the airlines and so the airlines have to compensate for such delays. On the contrary, delays due to bad weather conditions or government orders are not compensated by the airlines as they were not at fault. So prior to claiming compensation we must check the reason for the delay.