r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Feb 05 '23

Weekly Newbies & FAQ Thread - Post your questions here for PAL/RPAL application, timelines, CFSC/CFSRC, references & requirements, or general new to firearms ownership -type questions

This thread will be used for the "new"-type questions, PAL/RPAL applications, references, CFSC/CFRSC requirements, storage/transport, or other general "new-to-me" firearms ownership questions.

In response to this thread, the community was quite positive for a thread to cover these subjects.

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u/TheSmallSlice Feb 10 '23

No one ever says how to do it online for a first time applicant, to the point where I honestly believe there is no way to do it online your very first time applying after completing the CFSC.

I think people believe you can do it online because that's how you can renew your license and they then think you can do the same as a first time applicant. I may be wrong and you really can do it online but I've literally only seen people say "do it online" without explaining where or how to do it. Because everything about the CFP is convoluted and confusing I haven't found anywhere on any government site that lets you do it online, probably because you have to put signatures and personal information on it and then you'd have to somehow scan it on to your computer and then how would you actually upload it/send it to them? Do they have a secure portal or something because you can't send anything through email. Again maybe I'm wrong but nobody seems to want to say where or how to do it so just printing the application and filling it out, getting references and guarantors to sign and mailing it seems to me to be the simplest way, like they've done for years and years.

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u/dabalm Feb 10 '23

You can definitely apply online for first timers. I did it in December. If you google apply online for firearms the first result is this which is where I applied. Approved after 30 days.