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RCMP GRC ANNUAL FIREARMS REPORT TO THE SOLICITOR GENERAL OF CANADA BY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE R.CJM.P. SECTION 106.9 CRIMINAL CODE 1984
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TABLE OF CONTENTS A. REGISTRY OF RESTRICTED WEAPONS REGISTERED IN CANADA 3 B. REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES - REFUSED/REVOKED 3 C. FIREARMS REPORTED LOST/STOLEN OR MISSING RECORDED IN THE CANADIAN POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE 4 D. FIREARMS RECOVERED/FOUND RECORDED IN THE CANADIAN POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE 6 PAGE E. FIREARMS REPORTED IN PAWN SHOPS RECORDED IN THE CANADIAN POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE 6 F. FIREARMS ACQUISITION CERTIFICATE STATISTICS 7 G. FIREARMS PERMITS STATISTICS 8 H. FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION BUSINESS PERMITS ISSUED 9 I. FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION DEALERS BY PROVINCE 11 J. FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION BUSINESS PERMITS - REFUSED/REVOKED 12 K. ADDITIONS TO RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED WEAPONS CATEGORIES BY ORDER-IN-COUNCIL 12 L. DELETION OF RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED WEAPONS CATEGORIES BY ORDER-IN-COUNCIL 12 M. PROHIBITIONS 13
A. THE R.C.M.P., PURSUANT TO SUB-SECTION 106.6(1)(a) OF THE CRIMINAL CODE, MAINTAINS A NATIONAL REGISTRY OF ALL RESTRICTED WEAPONS REGISTERED IN CANADA 1. NUMBER OF RESTRICTED WEAPONS REGISTERED DURING 1984 49553 (a) Number of restricted weapons registered for the flrst time. 30815 (b) Number of previously registered restricted weapons registered to new registrants (transfers). 18738 Total 49553 2. NUMBER OF RESTRICTED WEAPON REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES WITHDRAWN FROM REGISTRY (WEAPONS DESTROYED, EXPORTED, FORFEITED BY LAW) 9313 3. NUMBER OF RESTRICTED WEAPONS REGISTERED IN CANADA AS OF 84/12/31 816571 B. REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES - REFUSED/REVOKED - DURING 1984 1. NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FOR RESTRICTED WEAPON REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES REFUSED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY. (CRIMINAL CODE SUB-SECTION 106.4(3)) 2. NUMBER OF RESTRICTED WEAPON REGISTRATION CERTIFICATES REVOKED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY. (CRIMINAL CODE SUB-SECTION 106.4(1)) 5 NI L
C. NUMBER OF FIREARMS REPORTED LOST/STOLEN OR MISSING RECORDED IN THE CANADIAN POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE *39809 1. TYPE NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL RESTR-WEAPN 48 487 396 18 5450 6854 490 421 1503 2688 41 45 18441 RIFLE 52 351 444 4 2381 3525 617 633 1858 2811 74 76 12826 SHOTGUN 53 240 255 17 1957 2903 399 282 717 978 21 20 7842 OTHER - 17 12-134 280 23 23 62 148-1 700 TOTAL 153 1095 1107 39 9922 13562 1529 1359 4140 6625 136 142 39809 *This figure represents a cumulative total of reported lost, stolen or missing firearms recorded in the Canadian Police Information Centre Property File since 1974 and which were still In that status as of 84/12/31.
C. NUMBER OF FIREARMS REPORTED LOST/STOLEN OR MISSING RECORDED IN THE CANADIAN POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE *39809 2. CLASS NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL REVOLV 27 317 243 9 3745 3984 310 267 1024 1748 23 31 11728 SEM-AUT 31 248 252 10 2569 4123 396 314 842 1387 20 28 10220 FUL-AUT - - 5-76 78-3 11 31 - - 204 BLT-ACT 24 108 156 4 772 1008 224 196 829 1187 32 36 4576 LEV-ACT 18 145 162 2 620 1042 180 189 566 681 14 25 3644 PMP-ACT 26 86 85 2 449 1203 215 178 395 499 15 12 3165 SGL-SHT 21 120 165 3 786 716 94 116 235 354 5 7 2622 MLT-BRL 4 44 26 7 415 781 70 38 116 259 2 1 1763 AIR-GUN - 7 4-75 183 21 9 57 119-1 476 MZL-LOD - 4 3 I 143 III 8 6 16 54 1 1 348 FLR-GAS - 1 1-70 8 - - - - - - 80 **OTHER 2 15 5 I 202 325 11 43 49 306 24-983 TOTAL 153 1095 1107 39 9922 13562 1529 1359 4140 6625 136 142 39809 * This figure represents a cumulative total of reported lost, stolen or missing firearms recorded in the Canadlan Police Information Centre Property File since 1974 and which were still In that status as of 84/12/31. **(All other flrearms) I.e., Pellet Guns, B-B Guns, Starting Pistols, etc. ABBREVIATIONS REVOLV - REVOLVER SEM-AUT - SEMI-AUTOMATIC FUL-AUT - FULLY-AUTOMATIC BLT-ACT - BOLT ACTION LEV-ACT - LEVER ACTION PMP-ACT - PUMP ACTION SGL-SHT - SINGLE SHOT MLT-BRL - MULTI BARREL MZL-LOD - MUZZLE LOADER FLR-GAS - FLARE GAS RESTR-WEAPON - RESTRICTED WEAPON - 5 -
D. NUMBER OF RECOVERED/FOUND FIREARMS RECORDED IN THE CANADIAN POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE *1818 1. RECOVERED/FOUND NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL 3 5 4-175 1396 13 30 77 107 4 4 1818 E. NUMBER OF FIREARMS REPORTED IN PAWN SHOPS **1103 RECORDED IN THE CANADIAN POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE 1. PAWNED NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL 10 606 487 - - 1103 * This figure represents a cumulative total of firearms recorded in the Canadian Police Information Centre by police agencies as outstanding recovered/found firearms for which ownership had not been established as of 84/12/31. **This figure represents a cumulative total of firearms in Pawn Shops recorded in the Canadian Police Information Centre since 1974 and which were still in that status as of 84/12/31.
F. FIREARMS ACQUISITION CERTIFICATE STATISTICS NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL 1. Sec. 98(8), 104(1) C.C. Firearms Acquisition Certificates issued with fee @ $10. 3572 7691 9180 615 33960 47076 7975 11219 26349 19310 969 825 168741 *2. Sec. 98(8), 104(11) C.C. Free Sustenance Firearms Acquisition Certificates issued. 75 5 7-1026 116 86 134 120 37 1176 14 2796 **3. Firearms Acquisition Certificates issued as replacements. 93 121 95 6 605 703 211 208 699 635 120 42 3538 4. Sec. 104(4) C.C. Firearms Acquisition Certificate applications which resulted in the refusal of a Firearms Acquisition Certificate without reference to a magistrate. 6 8 90-214 309 51 26 121 109 10 944 ***5. Firearms Acquisition Certificate applications which resulted in neither Issuance nor refusal of a Firearms Acquisition Certificate. 225 70-1814 3688-203 2256 6-8262 6. Sec. 98(6), (7) C.C. Firearms Acquisition Certificate applications resulting in prohibitions. 1 2 6 1 18 *Firearms Acquisition Certificates issued without fee are those required by applicants who need a firearm to sustain themselves or their families. **Replacement certificates are issued to individuals whose originals have been lost, stolen or destroyed and are val Id for the same period as the original. ***Applications resulting in neither issuance nor refusai of a Firearms Acquisition Certificate are those for which the process is not completed. (e.g., This could be caused by applicants not claiming their certificate once the application has been approved, or by death of the applicant etc.) -7-
G. FIREARMS PERMITS STATISTICS NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL 1. FIREARMS PERMITS ISSUED (a) Sec. 106.2(7) C.C. Minor's Permits - 519-111 33 1307 13 815 168 3 12 2981 (b) Sec. 106.2(6) C.C. Minor's Sustenance Permits - 142-4 - 59 10 37 1 2 2-257 *(c) Sec. 106.2(3) C.C. Permits to transport 278 1469 542 123 12444 7661 1409 2689 12143 8716 130 100 47704 *(d) Sec. 106.2(2) C.C. Permits to Carry 160 820 287 54 7053 11850 1482 2149 11666 6121 64 9 41715 2. FIREARMS PERMITS REFUSED (a) Sec. 106.2(7) C.C. Minor's Permits (h) Sec. 106.2(6) C.C. Minor's Sustenance Permits (c) Sec. 106.2(3) C.C. Permits to Transport (d) Sec. 106.2(2) C.C. Permits to Carry 3. FIREARMS PERMITS REVOKED 52 38 118 1 209 (a) Sec. 106.2(7) C.C. Minor's Permits (b) Sec. 106.2(6) C.C. Minorls Sustenance Permits (c) Sec. 106.2(3) C.C. Permits to Transport (d) Sec. 106.2(2) C.C. Permlts to Carry 1 2 3 NOTE: The distinction between a Minorls Permit and a Minorls Sustenance Permit is that the latter does not specify a minimum age requirement or conditions for supervision in those cases where the applicant under sixteen years of age requires a firearm to sustain himself or his family. -8-
H. FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION BUSINESS PERMITS ISSUED 1. RETAIL SALE OF FIREARMS OTHER THAN RESTRICTED WEAPONS NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL (a) For the sale of fifteen firearms or less 137 174 131 13 632 774 268 229 227 260 62 7 2914 (b) For the sale of more than fifteen flrearms but less than fifty-one 33 31 36 8 178 161 45 44 78 67 25 5 711 (c) For the sale of more than fifty firearms but less than one hundred and one 10 14 11 2 76 46 12 8 28 12 6 1 226 (d) For the sale of more than one hundred firearms 1 13 17 45 20 7 7 23 6 139 2. RETAIL SALE OF FIREARMS INCLUDING THE SALE OF RESTRICTED WEAPONS (a) For the sale of fifteen firearms or less - 51 16 2 72 152 38 63 33 51 4 3 485 (b) For the sale of more than fifteen firearms but less than fifty-one 1 12 22 17 56 13 10 10 38 4 2 185 (c) For the sale of more than flfty firearms but less than one hundred and one 4 10 21 27 6 14 13 24 1 2 122 (d) For the sale of more than one hundred firearms - 11 20 30 55 9 19 22 43 1 210-9-
H. FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION BUSINESS PERMITS ISSUED 3. WHOLESALER NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL (a) Selling other than restricted firearms 5 2 25 16 11 4 21 84 (h) Selling firearms including restricted weapons 1 1 2 33 35 3 1 76 4. MANUFACTURER (a) Manufacturing firearms other than restricted weapons 2 4 1 7 (b) Manufacturing restricted and non-restricted firearms 6 10 2 18 5. GUNSMITH (a) Repairing non-restricted firearms 5 1 41 1 18 7 6 6 10 36 131 (h) Repairing both restricted and non-restricted firearms 2-27 3 5 10 7 4 1 2 61 6. PAWNBROKER (a) Taking in pawn of non-restricted firearms 4 4 8 10 8 34 (b) Taking In pawn of restricted and non-restricted firearms 1-10-
H. FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION BUSINESS PERMITS ISSUED 7. AMMUNITION ONLY NFLD.. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL (a) Manufacture of ammunition - - - - 3 4 - - 6 1 - - 14 (b) Wholesaler selling ammunition 2 4 1-12 6 2 4 4 - - 1 36 (c) Retailer selling ammunition 542 250 273 10 1249 835 282 389 423 292 10 4 4559 I. NUMBER OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION DEALERS BY PROVINCE NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL 739 567 606 41 2424 2223 703 817 892 860 113 28 10013 NOTE: The number of firearms and ammunition business permits issued may be higher than the number of firearms and ammunition dealers in existence, as a number of business permits were issued on a temporary basis to cover gun shows, exhibitions, etc.
J. NUMBER OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION BUSINESS PERMITS - REFUSED/REVOKED NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL 1. Number of Firearms and Ammunition Business Permit applications refused under Subsection 106.4(4) of the Criminal Code 1-3 3 - - 1 2-10 2. Number of Firearms and Ammunition. Business Permits revoked under Subsection 106.4(2) of the Criminal Code 1-1 2-4 K. ADDITIONS TO RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED WEAPONS CATEGORIES BY ORDER-IN-COUNCIL N I L L. DELETIONS TO RESTRICTED OR PROHIBITED WEAPONS CATEGORIES BY ORDER-IN-COUNCIL N I L
M. PROHIBITIONS 1. PROHIBITION DATA OBTAINED FROM CHIEF PROVINCIAL/ TERRITORIAL FIREARMS OFFICERS MONTHLY STATISTICAL RETURNS NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL (a) Sec. 98(1) C.C. Mandatory prohibitions 6 1 2-363 429 80 69 245 105 1-1301 (b) Sec. 98(2) C.C. Discretionary prohibitions 5 8 2-263 215 29 19 43 29 1-614 (c) Sec. 98(6) C.C. Prohibition hearings 12 3 9-11 44 18 9 30 6 - - 142 (d) Sec. 98(7) C.C. Prohibition hearings 4-2 - - - - - - - 6 (e) Sec. 101(6) (b) C.C. Prohibition hearings 11 2 - - 5 39 61 3 7 8 - - 136 (f) Sec. 663(2) (d) C.C. Prohibitions as a result of conditions of probation orders 4 - - 2 93-2 - - - - 101 TOTAL 38 14 17 646 820 188 102 325 148 2-2300
M. PROHIBITIONS *14648 2. NUMBER OF PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS, AMMUNITION OR EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES RECORDED IN THE CANADIAN POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE NFLD. M.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL 228 355 275 24 4185 4199 1092 775 1912 1449 110 44 14648 3. NUMBER OF PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM POSSESSING FIREARMS, AMMUNITION OR EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES RECORDED IN THE CANADIAN POLICE INFORMATION CENTRE DURING THE PERIOD 84/01/01 to 84/12/31 NFLD. N.S. N.B. P.E.I. QUE. ONT. MAN. SASK. ALTA. B.C. N.W.T. YUK. TOTAL (a) Sec. 98(1) C.C. Mandatory prohibitions 40 37 26-960 976 243 313 595 307 31 10 3538 (b) Sec. 98(2) C.C. Discretionary prohibitions 19 47 27 1 218 419 102 84 138 123 16 8 1202 (c) Sec. 98(6) C.C. Prohibition hearings 25 33 28 3 39 126 71 37 71 10 1-444 (d) Sec. 98(7) C.C. Prohibition hearings 1 3 4 20 3 1 11 4 47 (e) Sec. I01(6)(b) C.C. Prohibition hearings 15 5 2 17 97 71 16 36 39 2-300 (f) Sec. 663(2)(d) C.C. Prohibitions as a result of conditions of probation orders 2 8 10 38 272 3 3 25 43 2 406 TOTAL 101 131 96 4 1276 1910 493 454 876 526 50 20 5937 *This figure represents a cumulative total of persons prohibited from possesslng firearms, ammunition or explosive substances recorded in the Canadlan Police Information Centre as of 84/12/31. - 14-