Canadian airgun law & hunting.

All 13 provinces and territories. Switch the highlighting to read the data through different lenses — federal classification, hunting permissions by species, caliber requirements, replica rules, and more.

13 jurisdictions covered
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Sourced from primary statutes & provincial hunting synopses

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Species at a glance

Where each species can be hunted with airguns

Five species categories across the 13 provinces and territories. Hover any block for the verbatim source language. When a province is selected above, that province is outlined here.

The federal floor

What every province has in common

Airgun law in Canada is overwhelmingly federal. The Firearms Act and Criminal Code set a single national framework, and provinces layer hunting and local rules on top. The cards below are that floor — the rules that hold no matter which provincial line you cross or where you ship.

Methodology

How the rules were assembled

Federal baseline

Mapped from the Firearms Act, Criminal Code §§ 84–117, and RCMP guidance on specific firearm types (the 152.4 m/s & 5.7 J threshold, replica device rules, NRFD non-resident declaration).

Provincial classification

Each province's primary firearms statute and provincial wildlife regulations reviewed for definitions, age rules, hunting eligibility, and any local-rule carve-outs above the federal floor.

Hunting rules

Pulled from each province's most recent hunting and trapping synopsis. Caliber, FPE, projectile, and power-source rules captured per species where the source set was explicit.

Local carve-outs

Material city and municipal discharge bylaws surfaced under their parent province. Search a city directly to jump to the parent province's panel.

Important

This is not legal advice.

Information here is compiled from primary statutes, regulatory guidance, and provincial hunting synopses as of the date noted, and is provided as a general reference for the airgun community. Laws change. Municipal bylaws change more often. Before any transaction, hunt, or out-of-province trip, verify the current rule with the relevant provincial agency, the RCMP Canadian Firearms Program, or qualified legal counsel.