Program directory · Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian Firearms Licensing and Registration
- Department
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- Program code
- BXH09 (RCMP)
- Core responsibility
- National Specialized Services
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
This program oversees the administration of the Firearms Act and related regulations, including licensing of individuals and businesses, the content of safety training courses, the registration of restricted and prohibited firearms, processing requests for licence verification reference numbers of non-restricted firearms, granting approvals for shooting clubs and ranges, and providing authorizations to transport and carry firearms
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Firearms Licensing and Registration | This program | 2019-20 – 2028-29 | $360M |
No earlier or later program in the same department has a similar name.
Significant changes in scope and budget
Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.
| Year | What changed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | Renamed from “Firearms Licensing and Registration” to “Canadian Firearms Licensing and Registration”. | GC InfoBase program names by year |
| 2023-24 | Spending $106M, against $43M in 2022-23 (+146%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2024-25 | Spending $61.3M, against $106M in 2023-24 (−42%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2025-26 | Planned spending $142M, against $61.3M in 2024-25 (+132%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of business licence applications that are reviewed within established service standards; Percentage of individual licence applications that are reviewed within established service standards | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators dropped: Number of firearms licences issued, renewed, refused and revoked (broken down by individuals & businesses) | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
| 2027-28 | Planned spending $66.3M, against $126M in 2026-27 (−47%). | Latest Departmental Plan |
Success criteria
The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.
Historical: targets against results
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | — | 2020 | — There is no target identified for this indicator, as the values equate to the annual counts of new firearms licences issued, renewed, refused and revoked. Therefore, this indicator would fluctuate each year. Issued (Individual): 126,254; Issued (Business): 286; Renewed (Individual): 324,915; Renewed (Business): 490; Refused (Individual): 968; Refused (Business): 0; Revoked (Individual): 3,225; Re… | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | — | 2022 | Issued (Individual): 138,898; Issued (Business): 328; Renewed (Individual): 293,600; Renewed (Business): 760; Refused (Individual): 1,146; Refused (Business): 0; Revoked (Individual): 3,011; Revoked (Business): 1 A target has not been identified for this performance indicator. This measure provides context and an overview for program performance, but changes year over year due to factors outside the control of the RCMP. | Met |
| 2022-23 | — | 2023 | — A target cannot be identified, since the value equates to an annual count and, as such, would fluctuate each year. | Met |
| 2023-24 | N/A – this indicator is a context measure providing information on program volumes/services required and fluctuate year over year | 2024 | Individuals firearms licences issued for individuals: 158,166 firearms licences renewed for individuals: 340,401 firearms licences refused for individuals: 1,121 firearms licences revoked for individuals: 3,188 Businesses firearms licences issued for businesses: 321 firearms licences renewed for bu… A target cannot be established since the value equates to an annual count and, as such, will fluctuate each year based on the number of new licence and renewal applications received. | Met |
| 2024-25 | N/A – this indicator is a context measure providing information on program volumes/services required and fluctuate year over year | 2025 | firearms licences issued for individuals: 141,926 firearms licences renewed for individuals: 368,714 firearms licences refused for individuals: 1,482 firearms licences revoked for individuals: 4,523 Targets cannot be identified, since this indicator is a context measure providing information on the volume of demand on program services and fluctuates year over year. | Met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 90% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 90% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $40.8M | $50.9M |
| 2020-21 | $45.8M | $53.4M |
| 2021-22 | $49.9M | $45.4M |
| 2022-23 | $61.1M | $43M |
| 2023-24 | $59.7M | $106M |
| 2024-25 | $63.2M | $61.3M |
| 2025-26 | $142M | — |
| 2026-27 | $126M | — |
| 2027-28 | $66.3M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $70.9M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
Show the numbers
| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 333 | 360 |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 369 |
| 2021-22 | 374 | 341 |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 326 |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 358 |
| 2024-25 | 353 | 394 |
| 2025-26 | 409 | — |
| 2026-27 | 366 | — |
| 2027-28 | 359* | — |
| 2028-29 | 355* | — |
Planned spending, plan by plan
Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans
| Plan | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $40,811,377 | $40,712,105 | $40,712,461 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $45,829,777 | $45,823,402 | $45,909,232 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $49,927,153 | $50,000,355 | $50,019,242 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $61,147,041 | $58,529,794 | $58,278,965 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $59,677,430 | $59,416,841 | $59,467,631 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $63,235,387 | $61,962,699 | $60,300,059 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $142,274,308 | $69,223,920 | $66,599,228 | |||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $125,691,870 | $66,261,269 | $70,869,826 | |||||||
| Actual | $50,914,053 | $53,430,512 | $45,424,323 | $43,044,346 | $105,705,450 | $61,304,678 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
