New Study: The effectiveness of Canada’s gun control laws is due to the reduced access and availability of firearms rather than to the severity of sentences provided in the legislation. Enactment of Bills C-51 (1977) and C-68 (1995) was followed by a significant drop in the number of homicides committed with a firearm, mostly in the case of homicides committed with a shotgun or a hunting rifle. No tactical displacement was observed. Click here

Report (by the RCMP): Canadian Firearms Program Evaluation Click here

Report (by the RCMP): Risks and Benefits of Proposed Firearms Legislation (to scrap the long-gun registry) click here and here for the related article

Study: The Institut de santé publique du Québec estimates 2,100 lives have been saved since the implementation of the Firearms Act (2010) click here

RCMP/Canada Firearms Center statistics

Facts and Figures - July-September 2011 click here

Maps of RCMP compiled provincial data:

Registered Firearms per 100,000 population

Firearms Licenses for Individuals per 100,000 population

Queries to the CFRO (Gun Registry) per 100,000 population