r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Sep 18 '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

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.

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u/TheSunshineVampire Sep 19 '22

Ok took a look at the resource, it may be a provincial thing. Our in New Brunswick is as follows:

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Legal distance

• It is illegal to discharge a rim-fire rifle, a centrefire rifle or shotgun loaded with ball or slug within

400 metres of a dwelling, school, playground,

athletic field, solid waste disposal site or place

of business.

• It is illegal to discharge any shotgun or muzzleloading firearm within 200 metres of a dwelling,

school, playground, athletic field, solid waste

disposal site or place of business.

• It is illegal to discharge any bow or crossbow

within 100 metres of a dwelling, school,

playground, athletic field, solid waste disposal

site or place of business.

Buckshot is not considered “ball” or “slug” and

can be discharged between 200 metres and 400

metres.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '22

Thanks for looking into this for me. If I try to make a google search with some of the key words such as discharge, dwelling, rifle, the only results I get are municipal. I don't even see results for provincial laws. I've also used search in the criminal code and firearms act. I wonder where the hunter safety books pull this information from? I can't find any actual legislation to look at.

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u/Roubaixzy Sep 23 '22

You just know there’s some guy reading this right now and yelling back at his wife.

“Hey Margerie?! call the Petersons and let em’ know that we’ll have to cancel the shoot down by the ol’ SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SITE- go figure a guy on Reddit is sayin’ it’s illegal”