Economy Parking

$16 per day gets you YYC’s on-site Economy Parking without parkade rates.

YYC prices Economy Parking at $16.00 per day or $80.00 for the first week (plus tax), which comes in at roughly half the daily cost of the P1/P2 short-term parkades. It’s still official airport parking, run by YYC, so payment, receipts, and security feel the same as the main lots, just at the budget end of the airport’s own options.

The lot sits next to the terminal on airport property but is classed as a remote option, so expect either a longer walk or a quick shuttle ride to Domestic and International. Compared with off-airport providers that use larger coaches and wait windows, the walk/shuttle here is short enough that most people factor in only a few extra minutes over the parkades.

For pricing, think in weeks: that $80 weekly rate is why regulars on comparison sites pick Economy for 7–10 day trips. On stays longer than a week, the daily rate keeps ticking, so off-airport competitors can undercut it by several dollars per day, especially on multi-week holidays. If you need official on-airport parking but want to cut the bill in half versus P1/P2, this is usually the sweet spot.

Parking blogs point out that Economy Parking still feels expensive compared with the very cheapest private lots around YYC, particularly on trips past the 14-day mark, where the per-day gap really adds up. Third-party guides sometimes list this lot right beside off-airport options and are blunt: you pay extra here for the on-site location and YYC branding, not rock-bottom pricing.

Tip: If your trip runs around a week, do the math against the $80 first-week cap before booking off-airport; for longer than that, compare total cost including shuttle time, then pick what fits your schedule best.