A London couple is sharing their story of dealing with having a young son whose name is among those flagged on Canada's no-fly list.

The Khan family is part of a growing number of families voicing concerns after unnerving experiences while travelling with their now two-year-old child.

Zamir Khan says he and his wife Heather first started flying with their son Sebastian when he was just six weeks old - travelling to Saskatchewan to visit Heather's family.

Each time Sebastian flew - there were delays - then at 18 months old their suspicious were confirmed.

"The WestJet clerk at the counter told us that his name matched a name on the no-fly list," Khan says.

He admits it took a while for that to sink in, "You don't believe it and you think, 'Is this as joke?' It seems kind of ridiculous, you know. They were telling us he was on the no-fly list and I was looking at him and he was running around the airport, you know, exploring. He's just a little toddler."

And his concerns continue to grow as he considers his son's future, "You start to think of the ramifications and you get a bit upset...I think he will be under greater scrutiny as he gets older, he'll have trouble travelling and who knows what else."

Khan was heartened when the Ahmed family in Markham, Ont. stepped forward to tell their story after being delayed trying to fly to Boston for a hockey game.

He is also encouraged to hear of reports the federal government is looking at ways to make improvements to the list.

Khan has a suggestion too, "The identities on the list, the names, shouldn't be just names. They should have birthdates associated with them. If they don't know the exact birthdate of that person, they should know approximately how old they are.

"And when someone like myself goes to buy a ticket for my son, and I enter his birthdate, they know at that point he's one year old, and he's not the person on the list. So at that point it should automatically not flag his name."

Khan says he's had about a dozen other families reach out to him with the same issue - toddlers with names similar to ones on the no-fly list.

They plan to take those names to Ottawa in an effort to push for reforms to the list.