C-42House Government BillRoyal Assent ✓

Common Sense Firearms Licensing Act

An Act to amend the Firearms Act and the Criminal Code and to make a related amendment and a consequential amendment to other Acts

Hon. Steven BlaneyFormer MP — no longer in the chamber

Latest completed stage: Royal Assent

Introduced 4390 days ago

41st Parliament, 2nd Session

Summary

This enactment amends the Firearms Act to simplify and clarify the firearms licensing regime for individuals, to limit the discretionary authority of chief firearms officers and to provide for the sharing of information on commercial importations of firearms. It also amends the Criminal Code to strengthen the provisions relating to orders prohibiting the possession of weapons, including firearms, when a person is sentenced for an offence involving domestic violence. Lastly, it defines “non-restricted firearm” and gives the Governor in Council authority to prescribe a firearm to be non-restricted and expanded authority to prescribe a firearm to be restricted.

Event Timeline

House First Reading
Oct 7, 2014House
House Second Reading
Apr 20, 2015House
House Third Reading
May 29, 2015House
Senate First Reading
Jun 2, 2015

Coming into Force


In force	FIREARMS ACT; RELATED AMENDMENT TO THE CUSTOMS ACTSections 14, 35 · 2 sections	Order in council	Nov 30, 2017	38(4)
Unknown	FIREARMS ACTSections 4, 37 · 2 sections	Order in council	—	38(1)
Unknown	FIREARMS ACTSections 6, 11, 13 · 3 sections	Order in council	—	38(2)
Unknown	FIREARMS ACTSections 10, 15 · 2 sections	Order in council	—	38(3)

Commencement orders made

SI/2017-70Nov 30, 2017Order Fixing November 30, 2017 as the Day on which Section 14 of the Act Comes into Force

Select a row to see how its date was determined. Commencement orders are tracked from January 2016 onward — provisions of older statutes may show as Unknown.

Regulatory Activity

Customs Act · 25 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 22, 2026	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Customs Act (Transit Between International Flights)	SOR/2026-148
Nov 29, 2025	I	Proposed

Status

Royal assent received

Text of the Bill

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External

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Progression

House 1st Reading: Oct 7, 2014
House 2nd Reading: Apr 20, 2015
House 3rd Reading: May 29, 2015
Senate 1st Reading: Jun 2, 2015
Senate 2nd Reading: Jun 4, 2015
Senate 3rd Reading: Jun 16, 2015
Royal Assent: Jun 18, 2015

Velocity · Gov't Bills

House 1R → 2R195d

typ. 27d

House 2R → 3R39d

typ. 54d

House 3R → Senate 1R3d

typ. 0d

Senate 1R → 2R2d

typ. 5d

Senate 2R → 3R12d

Related Legislation

Amends: Customs Act ↗

Amends: Ending the Long-gun Registry Act

Amends: Criminal Code ↗

Amends: Firearms Act

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Criminal Code · 81 entries

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Jun 9, 2026	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2026-117
Jun 5, 2026	II	Regulation	Order Amending Certain Orders Declaring an Amnesty Period	SOR/2026-114
Mar 9, 2026	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	SOR/2026-44
Dec 17, 2025	II	Order	Order Accepting the Recommendation of the Minister Regarding the List of Entities	SI/2025-111
Dec 4, 2025	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2025-250
Dec 8, 2025	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2025-263
Oct 10, 2025	II	Regulation	Order Amending Certain Orders Made Under the Criminal Code	SOR/2025-208
Sep 28, 2025	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2025-201
Mar 7, 2025	II	Regulation	Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2025)	SOR/2025-87
Mar 7, 2025	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted	SOR/2025-86
Feb 19, 2025	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2025-31
Dec 5, 2024	II	Regulation	Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2024)	SOR/2024-249
Dec 5, 2024	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited or Restricted	SOR/2024-248
Nov 29, 2024	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2024-236
Oct 11, 2024	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2024-204
Jun 27, 2024	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2024-156
Jun 18, 2024	II	Regulation	Establishing a List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2024-139
Jun 18, 2024	II	Regulation	Establishing a List of Entities — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2024-140
Jul 3, 2024	II	Order	Order Accepting the Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that each listed entity set out in the annexed Schedule 1 remain a listed entity and that the entity in Schedule 2 no longer remain a listed entity	SI/2024-29
May 31, 2024	II	Regulation	Criminal Interest Rate Regulations	SOR/2024-114
May 9, 2024	II	Regulation	Order Amending the Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2020)	SOR/2024-84
Apr 17, 2024	II	Regulation	Approved Screening Devices Order	SOR/2024-66
Feb 17, 2024	I	Proposed	Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Dec 23, 2023	I	Proposed	Criminal Interest Rate Regulations	Justice, Dept. of
Oct 20, 2023	II	Regulation	Order Amending the Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2020)	SOR/2023-223
May 1, 2023	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	SOR/2023-87
Jan 9, 2023	II	Regulation	Order Revoking the New Brunswick Translated Documents Regulations, SOR/93-9	SOR/2023-5
Jan 4, 2023	II	Order	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order	SI/2023-1
Oct 26, 2022	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying	SOR/2022-222
Oct 8, 2022	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order (New commenting feature)	Justice, Dept. of
Jun 21, 2022	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	SOR/2022-139
May 21, 2022	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Regulations for the Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying	Health, Dept. of
Mar 4, 2022	II	Regulation	Order Amending the Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2020)	SOR/2022-45
Jun 25, 2021	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2021-169
Jul 7, 2021	II	Order	Order Accepting the Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that Each Listed Entity Remain a Listed Entity	SI/2021-38
Feb 3, 2021	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2021-8
Feb 3, 2021	II	Order	Order Accepting the Recommendation of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness that Each Listed Entity Remain a Listed Entity	SI/2021-5
Dec 21, 2020	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing a List of Entities	SOR/2020-285
Oct 22, 2020	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	SOR/2020-230
Sep 30, 2020	II	Order	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order	SI/2020-63
May 1, 2020	II	Regulation	Order Declaring an Amnesty Period (2020)	SOR/2020-97
May 1, 2020	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Prescribing Certain Firearms and Other Weapons, Components and Parts of Weapons, Accessories, Cartridge Magazines, Ammunition and Projectiles as Prohibited, Restricted or Non-Restricted	SOR/2020-96
Feb 27, 2020	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	SOR/2020-33
Feb 8, 2020	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Jun 24, 2019	II	Regulation	Order Amending Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	SOR/2019-237
Jun 21, 2019	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing List of Entities	SOR/2019-231
Jun 21, 2019	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing List of Entities	SOR/2019-231
May 25, 2019	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Apr 10, 2019	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations Amending the Regulations	SOR/2019-96
Apr 20, 2019	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Feb 11, 2019	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing List of Entities	SOR/2019-45
Jan 28, 2019	II	Regulation	Order Amending Approved Breath Analysis Instruments Order	SOR/2019-26
Jan 28, 2019	II	Regulation	Order Amending Approved Screening Devices Order	SOR/2019-25
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Certain Department of Justice Regulations (Miscellaneous Program)	SOR/2018-254
Nov 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Order Designating Newfoundland and Labrador for the Purposes of Section 347.1 of the Criminal Code	SOR/2018-257
Nov 10, 2018	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Breath Analysis Instruments Order	Justice, Dept. of
Nov 10, 2018	I	Proposed	Order Amending the Approved Screening Devices Order	Justice, Dept. of
Oct 31, 2018	II	Order	Court of Appeal of Quebec in Criminal Matters — Rules	SI/2018-96
Aug 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	SOR/2018-179
Sep 5, 2018	II	Order	Rules Amending Manitoba Criminal Appeal Rules	SI/2018-82
Jul 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying — Regulations	SOR/2018-166
Jul 28, 2018	I	Proposed	Approved Drug Screening Equipment Order	Justice, Dept. of
Jul 25, 2018	II	Order	Rule 91 of the Civil Procedure Rules of Nova Scotia — Amendment	SI/2018-56
Jun 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations	SOR/2018-148
Jun 27, 2018	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Blood Drug Concentration Regulations	SOR/2018-149
Jun 13, 2018	II	Order	Criminal Proceedings Rules of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador	SI/2018-43
Jun 1, 2018	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	SOR/2018-117
May 30, 2018	II	Regulation	Safe Food for Canadians Regulations	SOR/2018-108
May 23, 2018	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing List of Entities	SOR/2018-103
May 2, 2018	II	Order	The Court of Appeal of Alberta Criminal Appeal Rules	SI/2018-34
Mar 20, 2018	II	Regulation	Order Declaring Amnesty Period (2018)	SOR/2018-46
Dec 16, 2017	I	Proposed	Monitoring of Medical Assistance in Dying Regulations	Health, Dept. of
Dec 13, 2017	II	Order	Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Criminal Procedure Rules	SI/2017-76
Oct 14, 2017	I	Proposed	Blood Drug Concentration Regulations	Justice, Dept. of
May 12, 2017	II	Regulation	Order Declaring Amnesty Period (2017)	SOR/2017-87
Mar 24, 2017	II	Regulation	Order Designating New Brunswick for the Purposes of the Criminal Interest Rate Provisions of the Criminal Code	SOR/2017-40
Feb 2, 2017	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	SOR/2017-8
Dec 23, 2016	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Regulations Establishing List of Entities	SOR/2016-320
Oct 5, 2016	II	In force	Order Fixing October 31, 2016 as the Day on which Section 23 of the Act Comes into Force	SI/2016-53
Jun 29, 2016	II	Order	Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench — Criminal Proceedings Rules	SI/2016-34
Jun 11, 2016	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Pari-Mutuel Betting Supervision Regulations	Agriculture and Agri-Food, Dept. of

Canada Gazette activity is tracked from January 2025 onward — regulations made before 2025 are not shown.

Date	Part	Type	Title	Instrument / Sponsor
Nov 6, 2025	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Firearms Marking Regulations	SOR/2025-227
Oct 10, 2025	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Shipment by Post of Certain Prohibited Firearms and Prohibited Devices by Certain Businesses Regulations	SOR/2025-209
Feb 26, 2025	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Firearms Licences Regulations (Notice of Suspension)	SOR/2025-48
Mar 8, 2025	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Firearms Licences Regulations	Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Dept. of
Dec 16, 2024	II	Regulation	Regulations Repealing the Firearms Records Regulations (Classification)	SOR/2024-276
Dec 28, 2024	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending the Firearms Licences Regulations	Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Dept. of
Oct 16, 2024	II	Regulation	Shipment by Post of Certain Prohibited Firearms and Prohibited Devices by Certain Businesses Regulations	SOR/2024-208
Sep 10, 2024	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Authorizations to Carry Restricted Firearms and Certain Handguns Regulations	SOR/2024-176
Nov 30, 2023	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Firearms Marking Regulations	SOR/2023-255
Oct 21, 2022	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Firearms Act	SOR/2022-219
Oct 21, 2022	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Firearms Act	SOR/2022-219
May 2, 2022	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Firearms Act	SOR/2022-91
Jun 26, 2021	I	Proposed	Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Made Under the Firearms Act	Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, Dept. of
Nov 30, 2020	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending the Firearms Marking Regulations	SOR/2020-254
Nov 9, 2018	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Firearms Marking Regulations	SOR/2018-239
May 12, 2017	II	Regulation	Regulations Amending Firearms Marking Regulations	SOR/2017-88