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Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Firearms safety, training, transport and storage

Information about firearms safety courses, finding an instructor, how to safely store, transport, and display firearms, and the authorization process to transport and carry firearms.

Services and information

Safety courses

Information on the applicable mandatory courses to obtain a Possession and Acquisition Licence.

Find an instructor

Information as to how to register for a course by contacting a Chief Firearms Officer or one of the listed service providers.

Safety course exceptions

Information about exemptions to firearms safety courses.

Storing, transporting and displaying firearms

Information as to how to store, transport, and display firearms safely.

Authorization to transport

How to know whether you need to apply with a Chief Firearms Officer to be able to legally transport a firearm.

Authorization to carry

Information as to whether you apply to have an authorization to carry for wilderness protection.

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