First all-metal bush plane designed and built in Canada; still used in many countries around the world
One of several de Havilland Canada aircraft named after North American wildlife
Outnumbers, to date, any other Canadian aircraft: 1 692 Beavers were manufactured between 1947 and 1968
A short-take-off-and-landing (STOL) aircraft (requires minimal space to take off and touch down on land, water or snow), along with de Havilland Canada's Otter, Caribou, Buffalo, Twin Otter and Dash 7
