Steyr AUG
The original bullpup service rifle. Austrian Bundesheer 1977; SOR/2020-96 named the family in May 2020. The category's reference case.
Is the Steyr AUG banned in Canada? Yes. The Steyr AUG is prohibited in Canada. It was named in SOR/2020-96 (May 2020). 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 ends October 30, 2026.
Classification: Prohibited · OIC/SOR: SOR/2020-96 · Ban-Risk: Already Gone · Compensation: Confirm federal list · Amnesty ends: October 30, 2026
Verdict
The Steyr AUG was the first widely-adopted bullpup service rifle, taken into Austrian Bundesheer service in 1977. The platform shaped four decades of subsequent bullpup design — the IWI Tavor (Batch 2), the FN F2000, the Springfield Hellion (Batch 2), the Kel-Tec RDB (Batch 3), the Tavor 7 — all draw on the AUG's basic layout proposition: military-class capability in a sub-30-inch envelope, with the chamber behind the trigger. The civilian semi-automatic export variants reached the Canadian market through the 1980s and remained Non-restricted in some sub-variants well into the 2010s. SOR/2020-96 named the AUG family on May 1, 2020 as one of the original nine principal prohibited families — alongside the AR-15, the Mini-14, the M14, the Vz58/CZ858, the Robinson XCR, the Beretta CX4, and the SIG MCX/MPX. The AUG is the bullpup category's anchor entry on the Index.
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Lineage
Parents: Steyr ACR (1989 prototype, never reached production)
Siblings: Other AUG variants (A1, A2, A3, USR) — all prohibited SOR/2020-96
Derived: Steyr AUG Civilian Semi-Auto sub-variants
Primary sources for this entry
- Canada Gazette — SOR/2020-96 — Canada Gazette. accessed 2020-05-01
- Steyr Arms — AUG A3 USR product page — Canada Gazette. accessed 2026-05-27
- 1. Continue ~50/50 NR + Already Gone mix or push to majority NR? Recommendation: stay at 50/50 — Manufacturer. accessed 2026-05-27
- 2. Remaining strong NR candidates: Vudoo V22 (premium rimfire), Sako S20 (Finnish premium bolt-action), Remington 700 (American classic), Winchester Model 94 (American lever classic), Henry US Survival AR-7 (the takedown rimfire historical curiosity). — Manufacturer. accessed 2026-05-27
- 3. Remaining strong Already Gone candidates from the longlist: Springfield M1A / M14 pattern (SOR/2020-96), CZ858 / Vz58 (SOR/2020-96), Kalashnikov USA AK / Saiga family, Henry Homesteader (PCC carbine prohibited 2024), the Heckler & Koch MP7A1 (parent for HK PDW family). — Canada Gazette. 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.
