Firearms forms

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• Individual licensing
• Safety training
• Business and carrier licensing
• Registration or transfer
• Authorizations
• Non-residents
• Shooting clubs and ranges
• Firearm verification
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Individual licensing

Use this form if you do not already have a licence or if your licence has expired.

This form should also be used:

• to upgrade/downgrade a current licence, such as for a first time licence
• for a new licence if your current licence has expired
• for a Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) for a different class of firearm

For Quebec residents only.

Use this form if you live in Quebec and are applying to get restricted and/or prohibited firearms. You can download it from the Sûreté du Québec.

The English form is only available from the French page under Formulaires .

Use this form to renew a Possession and Acquisition Licence that is still valid. Use form RCMP 5592 if you do not already have a licence or if your licence has expired.

You can renew your firearms licence online or by mailing the PDF form.

Contact the Chief Firearms Officer of your province or territory to get this form.

For members of an Indigenous community (e.g., Indian, Métis, Inuit) who engage in the traditional hunting practices of that Indigenous community.

Safety training

Contact the Chief Firearms Officer of your province or territory to get these forms.

Business and carrier licensing

Call the Canadian Firearms Program at 1-800-731-4000 to get the form.

Registration or transfer

For firearms you have recently imported or firearms acquired other than by transfer since December 1, 1998.

Authorizations

Proposed changes to remove C-42 references and update page to latest C-71 changes: If you have restricted or prohibited firearms, you may have conditions attached to your firearms licence for certain transportation purposes. To confirm if these conditions are attached to your licence or to apply by phone, call the Canadian Firearms Program at 1-800-731-4000.

If you want to apply for an Authorization to Carry for the purpose of protection from animals, you must contact your Chief Firearms Officer before you complete and submit this form. You may need to submit additional forms or information.

Non-residents

This form must be submitted and approved ahead of time by the Chief Firearms Officer of the province where you intend to borrow the firearm(s).

This form is formatted to print on 8.5" × 14" paper (legal size). Printing it on a different paper size will reduce its quality.

Shooting clubs and ranges

Contact the Chief Firearms Officer of your province or territory to get this form.

Firearm verification

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