r/canadaguns • u/Uhuru2019 • May 18 '26

Application / Regulation advice Status of Buyback

Anyone know what the current status of the buyback is? While I oppose it in principle, I bought a Springfield M1A for pure novelty and jumped at the chance to get virtually all of my money back for it. I went through the application process and now, crickets...

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u/iTzDusty May 19 '26

You will likely get an email in the next week to confirm an appointment and sign a funding agreement. Depends on how early you were in the process. I received mine two weeks ago, others I know received theirs last week. My appointment is in about two weeks at my local detachment.

Ignore all the salty responses, 99% of them are from people that dont even have any prohibs to begin with. If I listened to the crowd here I wouldn't be buying a Carmel guilt free and would be stuck with $22,000 in prohibs I cant use.

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u/Uhuru2019 May 19 '26

Thanks so much. Nice to know there’s somebody normal out there.

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u/iTzDusty May 19 '26

No problem, I took a lot of flak when I expressed this a few months ago so I get it.

I also just received my boxes for submission, once you've made your appointment theyll send you a box by canada post for each gun, you box your gun up prior to your drop off appointment.

Just in case you missed an email you should check the compensation website to see if you received any messages.

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u/Uhuru2019 May 20 '26

Sounds good, thanks

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u/iTzDusty Jun 02 '26

Just to update you, did my dropoff today, took like 10 minutes, was painless. Within an hour my portal account was updated showing all of them were verified and payment will be issued.

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u/nothingherej Jun 03 '26

Which province are you in?

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u/iTzDusty Jun 03 '26

BC, lower mainland

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u/iTzDusty Jun 04 '26

I think early May, they didnt process anytbing until the end of April. If you arent in BC then its hard to say, I don't think anything has moved forward in alberta for example

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u/iTzDusty Jun 04 '26

I would reach out to them via the number they have on the website just to be sure, but if you aren't in the lower mainland then it might be that theyll start processing applications for other parts of BC once they have the collection locations sorted out. The location I went to is only going to be operating for two weeks

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u/Feeling-Writing4465 17d ago

Can I ask if it’s at a police station or at some random location? Thanks

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u/iTzDusty 14d ago

Depends on your town, for me it was at the local rcmp station

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u/Uhuru2019 Jun 04 '26

Awesome, thanks for the update.