Application Renewal Firearms Form PDF Details

The Application Renewal Firearms form serves as a crucial bridge for individuals aiming to renew their firearms license, encompassing a spectrum of essential details tailored to ensure the continuation of lawful firearm possession and acquisition in Canada. It commences with a mandate that highlights the increasing fee structure, underlining the financial aspect right from the get-go. Importantly, the form differentiates itself from initial license applications, steering current license holders towards a seamless renewal process. The straightforward instructions couple with an informative layout, guiding applicants through every step with clarity, from verifying personal and license information, navigating through personal history, to understanding the necessity of including current and past conjugal information – all aimed at ensuring a comprehensive review process by authorities. The provision for sustenance hunters showcases a thoughtful consideration towards those relying on firearms for essential sustenance, offering fee waivers under specific conditions. The meticulous checklist and a detailed section on fees serve as a final nudge for applicants to ensure no step is missed, culminating in a structured yet simplified renewal journey. This renewal process underscores the Canadian Firearms Program's dedication to maintaining a balance between public safety and individual rights, provided that applicants adhere strictly to the laid-out procedural and documentation requirements.

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Information Sheet: Application for Renewal of a Firearms Licence for an Individual

Ce formulaire est disponible en français.

Before you Start…

The fee to renew a firearms licence will be increasing annually. Refer to Section G - Fees, for the applicable fee associated with your firearms licence application.

Please note that individuals who currently possess firearms or intend to purchase firearms and/or ammunition must have a valid firearms licence. You must apply to renew your licence.

Use this form to renew your firearms licence.

Do not use this form to apply for a first-time licence. You will need to submit a new application. You can request the form "Application for a Possession and Acquisition Licence under the FIREARMS ACT (for Individuals Aged 18 and Over)" (RCMP GRC 5592) by calling

1 800 731-4000 or by downloading it from our Web site.

Need a faster or more convenient way of sending your licence renewal application? You can now submit your licence renewal online by accessing the link "Web Services for Individuals" on the main page of our Web site.

Please Note

You must complete all sections of the form. An incomplete form will cause delays in processing your application.

The application must be signed within six (6) months of mailing.

A firearms licence is valid for five (5) years.

You do not need to renew your licence if you have lawfully disposed of all firearms in your possession, are not required to handle firearms for employment purposes and do not intend to obtain, transport, store or borrow firearms or obtain ammunition.

If you need additional space, list all information requested on a separate sheet of paper, add your name and licence number to the top of each sheet and attach the sheet to your application.

If you need help completing this application form or require another form, call 1 800 731-4000. Additional information and some application forms are also available on our Web site.

The following information explains certain parts of the form and will help you answer some of the questions. You should read the instructions as you fill in your form. If you are still unsure about a question, call 1 800 731-4000 for assistance.

Mail your completed application form and all attachments to:

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

P.O. Box 1200

Miramichi NB E1N 5Z3

A - Licence Information

Boxes 1 to 3

Confirm your licence information, see the class of firearm information indicated on the back of your current licence card. If you want to change the class of firearm you may possess and/or acquire, you must apply for a new licence using the form "Application for a Possession and Acquisition Licence Under the FIREARMS ACT (for Individuals Aged 18 and Over)" (RCMP GRC 5592).

B - Personal Information

Boxes 4 a), b) and c)

Please do not use initials or nicknames. Your last, first and middle name must be written in full. Junior (Jr.) or Senior (Sr.) can only be used if they form part of your legal name. If Junior (Jr.) or Senior (Sr.) form part of your legal name, please provide a photocopy of an official piece of documentation issued by a municipal, provincial or federal government that bears your full name.

If you have legally changed your name, please provide a photocopy of the supporting documentation. For example if you have changed your name by marriage, please attach a photocopy of your marriage certificate to your application form.

Box 4 e) Street and land location

If you live in a rural area and do not have an address with a street number and name, provide your rural address (for example: lot and concession number). If you live on a reserve, provide the reserve number, or if you live in an Inuit community, provide your house number, box number or lot number. If your legal land location is unavailable, please provide a general description of your home location, e.g. 2km east of route 6.

C - Personal History

All questions in Section C - Personal History must be answered by all applicants.

Non-Residents of Canada

If you are a non-resident of Canada you must obtain a letter of good conduct issued by your local or state police.

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Letter of Good Conduct Required for Non-residents of Canada Only

A letter of good conduct must be written in the English or French language on the police department's official letter head paper. Please attach the letter to your application form.

E and F - Information About Current and Former Conjugal Partners

Conjugal partner includes spouses and common law partners and all other persons with whom you live or have lived in a similar relationship within the last 2 years.

A spouse is a person to whom you are legally married. A common-law partner is a person who is living with you in a conjugal relationship, having so lived for a period of at least one year.

Boxes 8 and 9

The signatures of your current and former conjugal partners is not legally required. However, if their signatures are not provided, the Chief Firearms Officer has a duty to notify them of your application to renew your firearms licence.

Sustenance Hunter

You may not be required to pay the fee for a licence for non-restricted firearms if you need the firearms to hunt or trap in order to sustain yourself or your family. Only the Chief Firearms Officer (CFO) of your province or territory can make this determination. Contact the CFO for further information. This fee waiver does not apply to restricted or prohibited firearms.

By checking the box for the fee waiver on the application, you may be contacted by the CFO. The processing of your application will

be delayed.

Checklist

Before mailing your application, have you...

answered all questions?

attached your photo?

enclosed the applicable fee?

attached a separate sheet of paper with additional information with your name and licence number if necessary?

signed and dated the declaration?

G - Fees

The fee required is determined by the class of firearms you possess or intend to acquire and by the date that your application is received by the Canadian Firearms Program. Please note that as per the Service Fees Act, fees will change annually on March 31.

Effective March 31, 2020

Non-restricted $61.32

Restricted or prohibited $81.76

 

 

Effective March 31, 2021

Non-restricted $62.55

Restricted or prohibited $83.40

 

 

For more information on the increase to fees associated with a firearm licence, please refer to our Web site.

Indicate the method of payment. Do not send cash. Make certified cheque or money order payable to Receiver General for Canada. If you are a non-resident of Canada, please make your fee payable in Canadian dollars. The fee is non-refundable.

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Photo Instructions

You are not required to submit a passport type photograph or a photograph that has been taken by a professional photographer. However your photograph must meet the following criteria:

Show a full front view of your head and shoulders.

Use a plain, contrasting background without shadows.

Do not wear a hat or sunglasses. Your eyes should be clearly visible and should not appear to be red.

The photo should have been taken within the last twelve (12) months.

Size: the photo should be no larger than 45 mm x 57

mm(1 3/4 in. x 2 1/4 in.). Your head in the photograph must be at least 30 mm (1 3/16 in.) high.

The photo must be original, not taken from an existing photo.

Digitally produced photos are acceptable provided all other requirements are met.

Cut the photograph to fit the size requirements before sending it to us.

Label Instructions

Print your name on the label.

Cut and affix the label to the back of your photograph.

Enclose the photograph with your application.

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Attention:

Read the Information Sheet for explanations. Use a check mark to indicate your answers (where required). Print clearly in blue or black ink.

A - Licence Information

1. Firearms Licence Number

2. Licence Expiry Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

Class of firearm on current licence (indicated on the back of your current licence card)

3. a) Possession

3. b) Acquisition

B - Personal Information

Do not use initials or nicknames.

4. a) Last Name

4. b) First Name

4. c) Middle Name

4. d) Date of Birth (yyyy-mm-dd)

4. e) Street / Land Location

4. f) Apt./Unit

4. g) City

4. h) Province/Territory

4. i) Country

4. j) Postal Code

4. k) Daytime Telephone No.

Extension

4. l) Evening Telephone No.

Extension

4. m) E-mail Address (if applicable)

Mailing Address

Check this box if your mailing address is the same as your home address.

5. a) Street / Rural Route / PO Box Number

5. b) Apt./Unit

5. c) City

5. d) Province/Territory

5. e) Country

5. f) Postal Code

C - Personal History

If you answer yes to any of the questions in this section, you must provide details on a separate page. Add your name and licence number at the top of each page you attach. If details are not provided, your application cannot be processed.

A yes answer does not mean your application will be refused but it may lead to further examination.

6. a) Have you ever been subject to a peace bond, protection order or an order under section 810 of the CRIMINAL CODE?

Yes

No

 

 

 

 

 

6. b) Is any member of your household prohibited from possessing any firearm?

 

 

Yes

No

 

 

 

6. c) Have you ever threatened or attempted suicide, or have you ever suffered from or been diagnosed or treated by a medical

Yes

No

practitioner for: depression; alcohol, drug or substance abuse; behavioural problems; or emotional problems?

 

 

 

 

 

6. d) During the past two (2) years, have you experienced a divorce, a separation, a breakdown of a significant relationship, job loss

Yes

No

or bankruptcy?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D - Conjugal Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You must answer both questions 7. a) and b) or your licence application will be delayed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. a) Do you currently have a spouse, common-law or other conjugal partner?

No

Yes. If selected, you must complete section E.

 

 

 

 

 

7. b) Within the last two (2) years have you lived in a conjugal relationship other than with

No

Yes. If selected, you must complete section F.

the person you may have referred to in question 7. a)?

 

 

 

 

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E - Information About Current Conjugal Partner

8. a) Last Name of Current Spouse, Common-law or Other Conjugal Partner

 

8. b) First Name

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. c) Middle Name

 

 

 

8. d) Date of Birth (yyyy-mm-dd)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the signature of your current spouse, common-law or other conjugal partner is not provided,

 

the Chief Firearms Officer has a duty to notify them of your application.

 

 

 

If you have any safety concerns about this application, please call 1 800 731-4000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. e) Signature of Current Spouse, Common-law or Other Conjugal Partner

 

 

8. f) Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. g) Telephone No.

 

Extension

When can he/she be

 

 

Day

 

 

 

reached at this number?

 

 

Evening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

F - Information About Former Conjugal Partner

Provide information about your former conjugal partners. This includes any person, other than the person named in Box 8, with whom you have lived in a conjugal relationship within the last two (2) years. If you need more space, list the information on a separate sheet of paper.

9. a) Last Name of Former Spouse, Common-law or Other Conjugal Partner

 

9. b) First Name

 

 

9. c) Date of Birth (yyyy-mm-dd)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I declare that I do not know the current address and/or telephone number of my former spouse, common-law or other conjugal partner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. d) Street / Rural Route / PO Box Number

 

9. e) Apt./Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. f) City

9. g) Province/Territory

9. h) Country

9. i) Postal Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the signature of your former spouse, common-law or other conjugal partner is not provided,

 

the Chief Firearms Officer has a duty to notify them of your application.

 

 

 

If you have any safety concerns about this application, please call 1 800 731-4000.

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. j) Signature of Former Spouse, Common-law or other Conjugal Partner

 

9. k) Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9. l) Telephone No.

 

Extension

When can he/she be

 

 

Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

reached at this number?

 

 

Evening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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G - Fees

Refer to Section G – Fees in the Information Sheet for the applicable fee associated with your firearms licence application. The fee depends on the class of firearms you currently possess or intend to acquire and on the date that this application is received by the Canadian Firearms Program.

Check this box if you hunt or trap to sustain yourself or your family (refer to Information Sheet).

10.

Fee Enclosed (CAN$; select the correct fee. Refer to Information Sheet)

 

 

 

 

Effective March 31, 2020 (non-restricted): $61.32

 

Effective March 31, 2020 (restricted or prohibited): $81.76

 

Effective March 31, 2021 (non-restricted): $62.55

 

Effective March 31, 2021 (restricted or prohibited): $83.40

 

 

11.

Indicate method of payment. Do not send cash. Make certified cheque or money order payable to Receiver General for Canada.

 

Visa

MasterCard

AMEX

 

Certified Cheque

Money Order

 

 

 

 

 

If paying by credit card, complete the credit card information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.

Credit Card Number

 

13. Expiry Date (mm-yy)

 

14. Name Appearing on Credit Card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I authorize the Canadian Firearms Program to charge to my credit card the amount selected in Box 10.

Cardholder's Signature

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

H - Applicant Declaration

It is an offence under section 106 of the FIREARMS ACT to knowingly make a false or misleading statement, either orally or in writing, or to knowingly fail to disclose relevant information, for the purpose of obtaining a licence.

I declare that the information provided on this form and on any attachments is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and that the photograph enclosed is of me.

Applicant's Signature

Date (yyyy-mm-dd)

Information contained in this application is obtained under the authority of the FIREARMS ACT. The information will be used to determine eligibility and to administer and enforce the firearms legislation. In addition to the provisions outlined in the FIREARMS ACT, individual rights regarding personal information are governed by the applicable federal, provincial or territorial legislation relating to access to information and privacy.

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