r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Aug 21 '22

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

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u/InevitableFly Aug 21 '22

Got my rpal two weeks ago and made two different purchases. With the given backlog, what is the next step I’m waiting for? I know I’ll be given a transfer number. Does this come from the store or the rcmp?

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u/TehGunky Commie milsurp fan Aug 21 '22

The RCMP will email you a Buyer Transfer Notification, and they email the store a Seller Transfer Notification. The store may contact you when they receive their Seller Transfer Notification letting you know the firearm is ready to be picked up.

If you want to check on the status of your transfer, you can contact the seller and ask for the reference number on their transfer application, and then you can call your CFO with that number to check the status. I would advise against this - in Ontario, the CFO is overwhelmed and months behind on transfers. We were told during our range and store inspection that the office has a very small staff that normally processes about 60 transfers per day. They received about 20,000 transfer requests in about 10 days, which is over a year's worth. Currently, they are "all hands on deck" and able to process up to around 300 per day, but even at that level, if they are hitting that max number every day, would require over 60 business days (Monday - Friday, so 12 weeks/3 months) minimum to process the transfers just from the first 2 weeks of June.

You will spend hours trying to get through on the phone, and if you can manage to get through, will be told something along the lines of "we're working on it, it will be a few weeks."

When you get your transfer, you can take the gun home. You won't be able to take it to the range to shoot until you get your new updated RPAL with ATT conditions attached (your current license does not have these conditions attached, the ATT is issued when you register your first Restricted firearm), and the Registration Certificate for your firearm. These will come after you receive the transfer, and I couldn't even begin to guess how long that will take right now.

tl;dr - If you're in Ontario, your next step is monk-like patience.