r/canadaguns • u/rastamasta45 • Mar 20 '26

News / Politics / Activism Declarations as of March 19 2026

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u/Hot_Cheesecake_905 Mar 20 '26

It would be interesting to see per capita of PAL holders how many firearms are reported by province.

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u/draftstone Mar 20 '26

Here is the total amount of PAL per province according to a RCMP report from 2024.

Alberta 373 795

BC 366 827

Manitoba 103 078

New Brunswick 76 447

Newfoundland 75 729

NWT 5 950

Nova Scotia 79 821

Nunavut 3 303

Ontario 690 082

PEI 7 261

Quebec 499 272

Saskatchewan 121 876

Yukon 8 771

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u/pinuscontortas Mar 20 '26

Damn, go Ontario.

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u/draftstone Mar 20 '26

By capita, Quebec is impressive!

Ontario, was estimated to have roughly 16 million people in 2024. This means 4300 pal per 100k. Quebec had roughly 9 million people. This means 5500 pal per 100k. As much as people say Quebec is anti-gun, it is a very very loud minority. If you leave the big cities (Montreal and Quebec), there are quite a lot of guns in Quebec!

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u/ADrunkMexican Mar 20 '26

No wonder the province is so fucked lol

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u/EquivalentCar7289 Mar 20 '26

Whys that

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u/ADrunkMexican Mar 20 '26

Because almost half the countries population is in 1 province? Lol

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u/jollygreengiant1655 Mar 21 '26

Gets even more depressing when you look at just the GTHA area: about half of Ontario's population and just under 18% of the entire population of Canada.

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u/AioliMindless Mar 21 '26

10% is in one city. Toronto

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u/EquivalentCar7289 Mar 23 '26

Well we have most of the guns. And bc is the more compliant province in all Canada do your research

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u/No-culture5942 Mar 20 '26

Go Quebec actually. Quebec has less reported guns per capita.

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u/mwmwmwmwmmdw Mar 20 '26

ontario probably has the most collections that are large in number and full of valuable prohibs from decades ago. lots of rich collectors in the GTA

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u/ActCompetitive1171 Mar 20 '26

Province / Territory Rate

Alberta 0.0121

British Columbia 0.0299

Manitoba 0.0151

New Brunswick 0.0107

Newfoundland and Labrador 0.0045

Northwest Territories 0.0108

Nova Scotia 0.0144

Nunavut < 0.0030

Ontario 0.0278

Prince Edward Island 0.0182

Québec 0.0148

Saskatchewan 0.0065

Yukon 0.0112

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u/boozefiend3000 Mar 20 '26

So BC stands for bitch Canada lol highest compliance 

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u/Reasonable_Hall2346 Mar 21 '26

Bunch of Cucks.

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u/NEUMANN-METALWORKS Neumann Metalworks Mar 20 '26

Gat damn NB, proud of ya. I guess the gun owners around these parts rightfully understand this place is basically the wild west with little to no RCMP presence haha

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u/Such-Hand7904 Mar 27 '26

I’m in your kneck of the woods. You know what kind of boys we have out here.

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u/The_guy_mp Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

Clearly there are more gun nuts in Ontario and Quebec than Alberta. Do better Alberta. How are you supposed to be "Texas of the North" with those numbers?

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u/stereo_cabbage Mar 20 '26

Jeez the east side is gunned up lol I’m kinda proud

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u/wireditfellow bc Mar 21 '26

BC WTH, less than half of Ontario? Common step up your game.