Canadian Firearm Info -- Data Sheet

This is a collection of data figures on Canadian firearms and related information from various documents and sources. Links to sources are provided if  available.

Last Update: Sept 2002

Firearms Act Costs: Over $978,260,000
Total Admitted Spent and Estimated to 2004-05:  $978,260,000	GarryBreitkreuz.com -- Government Admits to Cost
Total Admitted Costs: >$650 Million (1995-2001)	Access to Information request
2000-2001 year cost: $357,336,429	GarryBreitkreuz.com -- Letter to Auditor General
$$$ Hidden Costs	Access To Information request. Additional 137 Pages of costs concealed by "Cabinet Secrecy"
Original cost estimate over 5 years: $85 Million	Allan Rock, House of Commons (Hansard) 1995 ?
Firearms in Canada: 6-22 Million
10 million firearms (1974) almost 250,000 per year increase Calculation: 1974 to 1998 (24 years) 24 x 250,000 = 6 million 10 million + 6 million = 16 million firearms (by 1998)	1976 Dept of Justice "Peace and Security: Protection against Violent crime – Explanatory Notes Gun Control"
18 million firearms (1976) Average yearly net importation (imports minus exports): 190,000 Calculation: 1976 to 1998 (22 years) 22 x 190,000 = 4,180,000. 18 million + 4 Million = 22 Million firearms (by 1998)	Solicitor General of Canada, Warren Allmond. 1976
6 million firearms (1991) Figure estimated from number of owners (see below)	Firearms Ownership in Canada, Angus Reid Group Inc., March 1991  -- Phone survey commissioned by Justice Department, 2341 households
Firearm Owners in Canada: 3-7 Million
Over 7 million firearm owners, 26% of Canadians (1992)	UN Survey, Campbell/Blais, 1992 Understanding Crime: Experiences in Crime and Crime Control, (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Publication No.49, Aug.1993), pp.292-293, p.325
3 million firearm owners (1991)	Firearms Ownership in Canada, Angus Reid Group Inc., March 1991  -- Phone survey commissioned by Justice Department, 2341 households
2.4 Million (2000)	Phone survey (2000) CFC
Homicide in Canada for year 2001 {1999} [1998] (1997)
Homicide Total: 554 = 100%  {536} [555] (586)  Homicides with knives:  31%   {145} [184] (168)  Homicides with guns: 171 = 31% {165} [151] (193) Firearms account for 31% of all homicide in 2001 Non-Gun Homicide  69% The following percentages are for firearm total only: Handguns: 110 = 65%  {89} [70] (99)  Rifles/Shotguns: 46 = 27%  {58} [51] (77) Sawed-off Rifles/Shotguns [prohibited]:  7 = 4%  {6} [14] (10) Full-auto firearms [prohibited]: 3 = 2%  {6} [12] (2)  Other firearms [air guns?]:  5 = 3% {6} [4] (5) Percentages shown are for 2001 only.  Numbers in brackets are totals from previous years  {1999} [1998] (1997)	Juristat: Homicide in Canada, 2001 http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/020925/d020925b.htm Juristat: Homicide in Canada, 1999 http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/001018/d001018b.htm Juristat: Homicide in Canada, 1998, vol. 19, no. 10 http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/991007/d991007b.htm
Violent Crime Involving Firearms: 0.08%
Percentage of violent crime involving firearms: 0.08% (RCMP) 73 incidents (1993) Total number of violent crimes 88,162	1993 stats. RCMP Commissioner Murray, 1997 July 21, Letter to Justice Dept
Pages in various documents
Pages in the Firearms Act (Statutes of Canada 1995, Chapter 39): 137 Pages in the Firearms Act Regulations: 142 English + 143 French Pages in the Firearms Officers Desk manual: 1000+ Pages in the 1999 Alberta Supreme Court Ruling: 260 Pages in the Firearms Act "Guide" (simplified): 54 English + 63 French Pages in 1999 Ottawa Phonebook White Pages: 1315 Pages in the NFA’s Practical Firearms Control System: 24

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