Freedom Ordnance FX-9
Freedom Ordnance's Canadian-market PCC favourite. AR-pattern lower, Glock magazine compatibility, budget-tier pricing. Named SOR/2024-248 with the entire PCC segment.
Is the Freedom Ordnance FX-9 banned in Canada? Yes. The Freedom Ordnance FX-9 is prohibited in Canada. It was named in SOR/2024-248 (December 2024). If you owned one before the deadline, confirm whether it appears on the federal Assault-Style Firearms Compensation Program list. The current amnesty for prohibited firearms expires 90 days after the latest Supreme Court appeal termination under SOR/2026-114.
Classification: Prohibited · OIC/SOR: SOR/2024-248 · Ban-Risk: Already Gone · Compensation: Confirm federal list · Amnesty: SCC appeals + 90 days
Verdict
Freedom Ordnance is a small American manufacturer whose FX-9 carbine punched well above its weight in the Canadian PCC market between 2018 and 2024. AR-pattern lower receiver accepting AR-15 furniture and triggers, dedicated Glock-pattern magazine well insert, $999–$1,499 CAD retail. The FX-9 sat with the Just Right Carbines JR (Batch 2) and the Grand Power Stribog (Batch 7) as the mid-budget Canadian-market PCC alternative — above the Hi-Point Carbines entry tier, below the Smith FPC and Ruger PC Carbine flagship tier. SOR/2024-248 named the FX-9 on December 5, 2024. The rubric reads 10/15: the consistent named-clause band for PCC platforms with modest lineage. Eight PCC entries now on the Index across the Already Gone tier — Cx4 Storm, Sub-2000, FPC, JRC, PC Carbine, Hi-Point Carbines, Stribog, FX-9 — covering the full price-tier and lineage spread of the Canadian PCC market pre-2024.
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Lineage
Parents: AR-15 pattern (visual reference; prohibited SOR/2020-96) → Freedom Ordnance FX-9 PCC adaptation
Primary sources for this entry
- Canada Gazette — Canada Gazette. accessed 2026-05-27
- Freedom Ordnance FX-9 product page (Manufacturer, accessed 2026-05-27) — Manufacturer. accessed 2026-05-27
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