Advocacy
Section 23, from the seller's side of the table
Canada recorded 421,022 reference-number requests in 2025. Firearms Act section 23 puts the request, identity check, and 90-day clock on the seller's side.
Ownership
Gear
The $2,249.99 P320 kit leaves out the registered part
A current Canadian P320 kit includes the slide, barrel, grip module, and an empty trigger guard. The omitted FCU explains what Canada registers.
Advocacy
BCTSA narrowed the training letter to one handgun
BCTSA's current exemption page generally limits a training-only applicant to one handgun. The federal law supplies no numeric cap.
Precision
At Borden, 900 metres still runs on *iron sights*
Entries are open for Canada's August Target Rifle championship at Mons Range. The discipline pairs aperture sights with prone sling support from 300 to 900 metres.
Advocacy
A chief firearms officer, *north of 60*
Yukon wants a chief firearms officer based in Whitehorse. The office could bring licensing and range administration closer while federal law stays federal.
Advocacy
Inside the *211,000-record table* behind your rifle's class
Canada's firearm table is administrative, enormous, and practically decisive. A promised classification review should make its reasoning visible.
Advocacy
One receiver, three rows, and a *30-day clock*
Federal records track calibre and can hold multiple configurations. Section 4 gives permanent and continuing temporary changes different clocks.
Advocacy
On BC Ferries, your *ticket type* changes the firearm rule
BC Ferries section 13 sends vehicle and foot passengers down different firearm paths. Route 11 has a narrow northern exception.
Advocacy
In Quebec, the licensed-owner count crossed *500,000*
The RCMP's 2025 report puts Quebec at 502,111 adult PAL holders, 20.4% of Canada's total. The historical tables make the milestone more precise.
Advocacy
An Olympic handgun exemption measured in *57 transfers*
Three current owner reports signal that Canada's Olympic handgun exemption remains active. Public Safety's last specific snapshot counted 57 transfers since 2022.
Precision
Ontario's 1,000-yard line runs on a *military calendar*
A current Ontario shooter asks what rifle reaches 1,000 yards. The harder limit is the small number of civilian dates available on CFB Borden's ranges.
Advocacy
Peel's PAL applications doubled. Clubs see a *new crowd*
RCMP data supplied to CBC shows PAL applications up 110% in Peel since 2016. Ontario clubs say the newcomers are younger, more diverse, and increasingly women.