It has been primarily operated as a bush plane and has been used for a wide variety of utility roles, such as cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application (crop dusting and aerial topdressing), and civil aviation duties.

The Beaver’s versality and performance led to it being the preferred aircraft of bush pilots servicing remote locations in the Canadian North, and it is considered by aviation historians to be a Canadian icon. Only 60 of the MK III Turbo Beavers rolled off the production line in the world, and the KF Centre for Excellence has one of them.