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Drone Delivery Canada began testing drones over a field at the University of Waterloo this week, joining an elite club of companies worldwide vying to drive drones from the prototype stage into commercial use.

A new company has been given approval by the federal agency controlling airspace, to begin test flights to deliver packages by drone. Transport Canada, Canada’s Federal regulatory body which is responsible for transportation policies and programs in Canada granted Drone Delivery Canada its first official flight certificate to advance its outdoor testing within Southern Ontario.

A drone delivery company that has been completing test flights in Waterloo, Ont., says it wants to use the technology to get much-needed supplies to rural and remote parts of Canada.

“Some people call it the ‘holy grail’ of the UAV world,” said Paul Di Benedetto, chief technology officer of Drone Delivery Canada, who plans to begin automated door-to-door deliveries by 2018.

Drone Delivery Canada featured on Breakfast Television with Kevin Frankish & Winston Sih