Fees for Firearm Documents

Individuals

Canadian Residents

• Renewal of a Possession Only Licence (POL) for firearms - $60
  

• Possession and Acquisition Licence (PAL) for firearms (If a PAL is issued for more than one class of firearm, the fee payable is the greatest of the appropriate fees.)
  • non-restricted firearms - $60
  • restricted firearms - $80
  • prohibited firearms - $80

• Possession licence for firearms for individuals who are less than 18 years old
  • for a period of up to one year - $10
  • for a period of more than one year but not more than two years - $20
  • for a period of more than two years - $30

Non-residents

• Non-resident’s 60-day possession licence (borrowed firearms) - $30
• Confirmed Non-Resident Firearm Declaration - $25

No fee required

• Authorization to Transport
• Register or transfer a firearm

Lost or damaged documents

• Firearms Licence - POL or PAL - $25
• Firearms Licence – Minor - $10
• Temporary Borrowing Licence - $25
• 60-day or 1 year non-resident confirmed declaration - $25

NOTE: If you are requesting replacement of your firearms licence with non-restricted privileges and the Chief Firearms Officer of your province or territory determined that a fee waiver applied because you need the firearms to hunt or trap in order to sustain yourself or your family, then the fee is waived for replacing your licence. The fee waiver does not apply to replacement of a firearms licence with restricted or prohibited privileges.

Access to Information and Privacy

The Privacy Act gives you the right to see and correct personal information the Government of Canada holds about you. There is no charge to apply for this information under the Privacy Act.

The Access to Information Act gives both individuals and corporations present in Canada the right to seek access to federally controlled information and records. There is a processing fee of $5 which is needed before work is started on an Access request. Where applicable, a fee for reproduction of the record or part thereof may apply.

Businesses

Activity	Details	Fee
Retail sale of firearms	a) selling fewer than 50 non-restricted firearms	$125
	b) selling 50 or more non-restricted firearms	$250
	c) selling fewer than 50 firearms, including at least 1 restricted firearm or prohibited firearm	$325
	d) selling 50 or more firearms, including at least 1 restricted firearm or prohibited firearm	$450
Selling a firearm at auction		$125
Taking in pawn		$250
Attendance at an out-of-province gun show		$25
Wholesale or retail sale of firearms, as an agent		$125
Wholesale sale of firearms		$950
Manufacture, processing or assembly, other than for the purposes of theatrical productions or publishing activities	a) of firearms	$1,075
	b) of prohibited devices (other than replica firearms), prohibited and restricted weapons and prohibited ammunition	$125
Operating the business of a gunsmith		$100
Storage of firearms		$100
Transportation of firearms by a carrier		$125
Activities of a museum possessing:	a) fewer than 20 firearms	$40
	b) 20 to 49 firearms	$60
	c) 50 or more firearms	$150
Display or storage of firearms by the Royal Canadian Legion or an organized group of veterans of any armed forces of Canada or of a police force		$25
Supplying to, or possessing for the purposes of, motion picture, video, television or theatrical productions, or publishing activities, other than manufacturing or supplying or possessing replica firearms or supplying or possessing firearms except prohibited firearms	a) firearms (other than prohibited firearms referred to in paragraph (b)), prohibited weapons and prohibited devices including replica firearms	$250
	b) prohibited firearms other than handguns under paragraph (a) of the definition "prohibited firearm" in subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code	$1250
For the purposes of theatrical productions or publishing activities, manufacturing or supplying or possessing replica firearms or supplying or possessing firearms except prohibited firearms other than handguns under paragraph (a) of the definition "prohibited firearm" in subsection 84(1) of the Criminal Code		$50
Ammunition	a) retail sale	$25
	b) wholesale sale and manufacturing	$625
Possession for the purpose of use by businesses whose principal activity is the handling, transportation or protection of cash, negotiable instruments or other goods of substantial value and whose employees require prohibited handguns to protect their lives in the course of that activity		$125
Document replacement	a) Firearms Licence (Business and Museum)	$25
	b) Authorization to Transport	$25

• If there are two or more activities that are carried on by a business in the same place, the fee payable by the business for the issuance or renewal of a licence to carry on those activities is the greatest of the appropriate fees for those activities.
• Licence fee for possession purposes other than the activities set out above - $125.
• For all other activities, the licence fee is $50.

Authorization and Confirmation

• Authorization to carry a firearm to protect life - $100
• Authorization to carry a firearm for a lawful profession or occupation
  • period of one year or less - $40;
  • period of more than one year - $80.

Chief Firearms Officers are responsible for issuing authorizations to carry. The specific conditions for authorizations are set out in the Firearms Act (Authorizations to Carry Restricted Firearms and Certain Handguns Regulations).

Information

For more information, contact the CFP.

This fact sheet is intended to provide general information only. For legal references, please refer to the Firearms Act and its Regulations. Provincial, territorial and municipal laws, regulations and policies may also apply.

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