r/canadaguns • u/OkPineapple7726 • Aug 09 '26
Application / Regulation advice Gun registration Quebec?
Hi, hope everyone is doing well. I just had a question regarding Quebec gun ownership. Let's say I live in Ontario and plan on moving to Quebec with unrestricted firearms. Do I have to register them?
The reason I'm asking is because im seeing a lot of differing opinions online and can't seem to find a very straight answer. Some say you only have to register them if you keep them longer than 2 months in the province? So if every month I go to the range in Ontario, I never have to register them because the "clock" gets reset every time I go?
Some say QC only has a ~25-35% registration rate, so I guess the vast majority of people are "not keeping them for longer than 60 consecutive days in the province"?
If I purchase firearms in the future and send them to my parents' house in ON, then collect them, and every 59 days I bring them across the border in ON, I never have to register them?
Thank you for any insight on this; I appreciate it!
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u/Cre_AK47 Name Prohibited by OIC Aug 10 '26
Hey someone who did the same thing here. Don't bother. If you're so close to the Ontario border and go shooting in Ontario, there's no reason to register them, and theoretically the only penalty you'll receive is monetary if caught. No forfeiture, no forced registration, just a $500 fine.
You can order guns straight to your house in Quebec, no problem. SIAF has no jurisdiction outside of Quebec so obviously you can order guns for Ontario, delivered to your house in Quebec and they're going to be unregistered.
That is also another common thing for people who are deep inside Quebec do. Have a friend from Ontario say that's their gun, send them a physical letter or email and just keep changing the date every 60 days/keep renewing so QC guys don't have to bring it out of the province, but yes going to the range outside of Quebec would reset it.