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Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map — 169 seats

737 MAX 8 (169 seats: 16 Business / 153 Economy)
169 seats16J/153Y45 aircraft (as of Apr 1, 2026)Last verified Jul 14, 2026
Layout reconstructed from airline-published counts — exact seat geometry is approximate.
This cabin is being replaced by the 737 MAX 8 (177 seats: 12 Business / 165 Economy) – Air Canada Rouge configuration →

Seat map

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Rating
GreatGoodStandardBe awareAvoid
Seat shape
SuiteLie-flatReclinerStandard
Flags & windows
Has a noteWindow mismatch flaggedNo window (structural blank)
Provenance
PUBLISHED MAPDERIVED LAYOUTMIXED SOURCES
No window at seat 12A — Boeing routes the air-conditioning riser ducts up the left sidewall from the belly A/C packs to the ceiling distribution ducts, forward of the wing. The duct behind the sidewall panel displaces one left-side cabin window. Per Alaska fleet engineering this is standard on all 737 aircraft. (structural blank, confidence medium)NO WDWBusiness ClassBusiness · 2-2EconomyEconomy · 3-3GALLEY (full_width) — Forward galley / class divider between Business Class and the Economy cabin. · position derived🍽 GALLEYLAVATORY (right) — Forward lavatory behind Business Class. · position derived🚻 LAVATORYBASSINET (center) — Bassinet mounts at the Economy bulkhead. · position derived🍼 BASSINETLAVATORY (both_sides) — Rear lavatories behind the last row. · position derived🚻 LAVATORYLAVATORY (both_sides) — Rear lavatories behind the last row. · position derived🚻 LAVATORY12341011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435ACDFACDFACDFACDFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCDEFABCEXIT — Forward entry/service doors (Door 1).EXITEXIT — Forward entry/service doors (Door 1).EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Forward overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft overwing emergency exit.EXITEXIT (type_iii_overwing) — Aft overwing emergency exit.EXITGALLEY — Rear galley/lavatory complex occupying the right side of the last row and the aft cabin.GALLEYEXIT — Aft entry/service doors (Door 2).EXITEXIT — Aft entry/service doors (Door 2).EXIT

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At a glance
169 seats
Rating mix
28Good126Standard15Be aware
Best seats
  • — Air Canada Business Class: a wider 2-2 recliner with extra legroom, greater recline and priority service.
Seats to avoid
  • — Row directly ahead of the exit row: the seat back has limited recline to keep the exit path clear.
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 16 and 17
  • Bassinet rows: 10
  • 18 extra-legroom seats
  • 10 seats without under-seat storage

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How we rate seats →

Best & worst seats

Our rating engine's picks for this cabin layout — see any seat's full reasoning in the map above.

Worth knowing

  • 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F — Row directly ahead of the exit row: the seat back has limited recline to keep the exit path clear.

Seat guide

Cabin-by-cabin guidance generated from the verified layout records behind this map — which seats the ratings favor, which to think twice about, and the rows worth knowing about before you pick.

Business Class

2-2Rows 1–416 seats

Best seats

  • 1A, 1C, 1D, 1F, 2A, 2C, 2D, 2F, 3A, 3C, 3D, 3F — Air Canada Business Class: a wider 2-2 recliner with extra legroom, greater recline and priority service.
Worth knowing
  • 4 seats without under-seat storage

Economy

3-3Rows 10–35153 seats

Best seats

  • 10A, 10B, 10C, 10D, 10E, 10F — Economy bulkhead: extra legroom (an Air Canada Preferred seat), but no under-seat storage — bags go overhead for takeoff and landing.
  • 17A, 17B, 17C, 17D, 17E, 17F — Exit-row seat with extra legroom and full recline — among the roomiest Economy seats (an Air Canada Preferred seat).

Seats to avoid

  • 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F — Row directly ahead of the exit row: the seat back has limited recline to keep the exit path clear.
  • 16A, 16B, 16C, 16D, 16E, 16F — Exit row: extra legroom (an Air Canada Preferred seat), but occupants must be willing and able to help in an evacuation (no infants).
Worth knowing
  • Exit rows: 16 and 17
  • Bassinet rows: 10
  • Rows next to a galley: 35
  • Rows next to a lavatory: 35
  • 18 extra-legroom seats
  • 6 seats without under-seat storage

Frequently asked questions

How many seats does the Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 have?
This configuration has 169 seats: 16 Business Class, 153 Economy.
What are the best seats on the Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8?
Top-rated in our data: 1A, 1C, 1D, 1F, 2A, 2C, 2D, 2F — Air Canada Business Class: a wider 2-2 recliner with extra legroom, greater recline and priority service.
Which seats should I avoid?
Flagged in our data: 15A, 15B, 15C, 15D, 15E, 15F — Row directly ahead of the exit row: the seat back has limited recline to keep the exit path clear; 16A, 16B — Exit row: extra legroom (an Air Canada Preferred seat), but occupants must be willing and able to help in an evacuation (no infants).
Which rows are the exit rows?
Rows 16 and 17 are exit rows.
Which rows have bassinet positions?
Bassinet positions serve row 10.
Does the Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 have lie-flat seats?
No — this configuration has no lie-flat seats.

Cabins

Business Class

16 seats · 2-2
Pitch
37"estimated
Width
21"estimated
Seat
Recliner
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A

Air Canada does not publish 737 MAX 8 Business Class pitch/width/recline; ~37 in pitch is an estimate pending a citable Air Canada figure.

Economy

153 seats · 3-3
Pitch
31"estimated
Width
17"estimated
Seat
Standard seat
Power
USB-A

Air Canada does not publish 737 MAX 8 Economy pitch/width; ~30-31 in pitch is typical for the type — unsourced.

Onboard facilities

Drawn on the interactive map above — hover a monument to confirm its position.

2 lavatories · 2 galleys · 4 door pairs

🚪 EXIT × 4🍽 GALLEY × 2🚻 WC × 2🍼 BASSINET × 1

Amenities

Wi-Fi
Rolling out across the fleet
Bell · free for members · Air Canada is rolling out complimentary Bell-sponsored streaming-quality Wi-Fi across its North American fleet (free for Aeroplan Members). Older 737 MAX 8 airframes still awaiting the upgrade may carry the previous paid system.
Entertainment
Seatback screens
Personal seatback touchscreen entertainment at every seat. These are the same airframes reconfigured for Air Canada Rouge, which Air Canada's cabin-features page confirms carry seatback entertainment at every seat.
Power
AC power outlet · USB-A
AC power at every Business Class seat and at select Economy seats; USB-A charging at every seat (per Air Canada’s in-flight entertainment & connectivity page). Exact per-seat coverage is not published.
Food & drink
Business Class: complimentary meal or snack with bar service on North American routes. Economy: complimentary non-alcoholic drinks and a snack; buy-on-board on many routes.

Seat map image

A printable snapshot of this exact layout — save it for boarding-day reference. The interactive map above stays the source of truth.

Air Canada Boeing 737 MAX 8 seat map diagram — Business Class, Economy (169 seats)

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Provenance

Sources

Every measurement and claim on this page traces back to one of these. Last verified Jul 14, 2026.

How this map was built

Air Canada MAINLINE Boeing 737 MAX 8 in its two-class layout: 16 Business / 153 Economy = 169. The 169 total and 16/153 split are from the Wikipedia Air Canada fleet table (neutral; as of April 2026, 45 aircraft), whose MAX 8 row reads 16 Business / — / 153 Economy / 169 with the note “To be transferred to Air Canada Rouge through 2026.” Air Canada publicly reports 54 of the 153 Economy seats are paid “Preferred” seats (a forward-cabin/exit-row location tier), but does NOT publish which rows, so — following the Air Canada house convention (see ac-789-298) — Preferred is NOT modelled as a separate cabin/zone; only the structurally roomier rows (the Economy bulkhead and the two overwing exit rows) carry an extra_legroom flag, and those are noted as Preferred. RETROFIT: these 45 mainline airframes are being progressively reconfigured to the 177-seat Air Canada Rouge layout (12 Business / 18 Preferred / 147 Economy) through the end of 2026 — modelled as config ac-7m8-177 (supersededBy). fleetCount 45 is the combined MAX 8 fleet still in transition, so the live split between this config and ac-7m8-177 shifts over time. The ROW GRID IS DERIVED, not a placard scan: aircanada.com seat maps are JavaScript-rendered (static fetch returns no seat data) and competitor seat-map sites are prohibited. DERIVATIONS: Business 2-2 rows 1-4 (columns A/C/D/F) = 16; forward galley/lavatory class divider after row 4 (rows 5-9 unnumbered, per Air Canada’s narrowbody numbering). Economy 3-3 rows 10-35: rows 10-34 full (25×6 = 150) + row 35 reduced to 3 (right triple D/E/F displaced by the rear galley/lavatory) = 153. Row 10 is the Economy bulkhead (extra legroom + bassinet); the two overwing exit rows are 16 (forward, non-reclining) and 17 (aft, full recline); row 15 sits directly ahead of the forward exit (limited recline); wing band rows 14-21. Overwing exit stations come from data/window-grids/737-max8.json (Boeing MAX ACAP, high confidence); actual row numbers, exit placement and rear-monument positions may differ from the physical aircraft. All pitch/width/recline are unpublished by Air Canada for this type and are flagged unsourced; windowAlignment is left ‘unknown’ for window seats because a derived grid cannot prove window-to-seat alignment.

What changed

  1. Jul 14, 2026Initial Air Canada 737 MAX 8 config 16J/153Y (169 seats); per-cabin totals published, row grid derived.