Heckler & Koch USC
The civilian-sporting version of the HK UMP submachine gun. Engineered to clear US 1994 feature law. Named anyway in Canada 2024.
Is the Heckler & Koch USC banned in Canada? Yes. The Heckler & Koch USC 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
The HK USC is the civilian semi-automatic derivation of the Heckler & Koch UMP submachine gun. Heckler & Koch engineered it specifically to clear the U.S. Assault Weapons Ban feature criteria of 1994–2004: no pistol grip, no detachable high-capacity magazine, thumbhole sporting stock instead of military furniture. The same configuration came to Canada and remained Non-restricted under the FRT until SOR/2024-248 named it on December 5, 2024. The USC is the case study for what feature-based regulatory engineering does and doesn't survive: it survived US feature law, then it survived Canadian feature law for two decades, and then it was prohibited by name in an OIC that targeted lineage rather than feature set. The rifle is exactly as Non-restricted today, in feature terms, as it was the day it shipped — what changed is which list its model name appears on.
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Lineage
Parents: HK UMP (submachine gun, military / LE, never civilian-legal)
Siblings: HK UMP SF civilian semi-auto (prohibited SOR/2024-248), HK G36 family (prohibited)
Derived: none
Primary sources for this entry
- Canada Gazette — SOR/2024-248 — Canada Gazette. accessed 2024-12-06
- Heckler & Koch USA — USC model page — Manufacturer. accessed 2026-05-27
Safety note: the Ban-Risk Index is editorial estimation, not legal advice or a substitute for current official guidance. The classification field reflects current RCMP FRT status as of the last-scored date. For any transfer, surrender, deactivation, or transport question, consult primary RCMP / Public Safety Canada sources and, where appropriate, a Canadian firearms lawyer.
