Requirements for individuals and businesses to transfer a firearm barrel or handgun slide, and for individuals to import these parts, ammunition and cartridge magazines
Note
Bill C-21, An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms) received Royal Assent on December 15, 2023. Information about Bill C-21 can be found on the Public Safety Canada website and the Parliament of Canada website.
Effective September 1, 2024, individuals require a valid firearms licence to import firearm barrels and handgun slides, ammunition, and cartridge magazines.
Also effective September 1, 2024, firearm barrels and handgun slides may only be transferred to an individual within Canada who holds a valid firearms licence. This requirement applies to both businesses and individuals.
The requirements for the import and transfer of parts apply to firearm barrels and handgun slides; they do not apply to other parts.
It is the business or individual's responsibility to determine the most effective way to validate that the individual holds a valid firearms licence.
Businesses are not required to maintain records relating to the transfer of firearm barrels and handgun slides, and there is no requirement for businesses to provide any information to the Canadian Firearms Program (CFP) about these transactions.
These licensing requirements are in addition to the licence requirement for the transfer of cartridge magazines to individuals that came into force when Bill C-21 received Royal Assent on December 15, 2023.
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