FIREARMS FACTS - UPDATE

UPDATED RCMP STATISTICS

WHO POLICE SHOULD BE TRACKING INSTEAD OF TWO MILLION LAW-ABIDING GUN OWNERS

PERSONS PROHIBITED FROM OWNING FIREARMS           =  176,091

OUTSTANDING CANADA-WIDE WARRANTS                        =  199,553

OUTSTANDING PROVINCE-WIDE WARRANTS                   =  111,512

CANADA-WIDE RESTRAINING ORDERS                               =    37,015

PROVINCE-WIDE RESTRAINING ORDERS                            =      2,241

BREITKREUZ NOTE: This information was provided by the RCMP

      to the Library of Parliament on October 27, 2004.

Provincial breakdown for “Restraining Orders” made with a Canada-wide radius only:

YT:                        39

NWT:                    30   

NVT:                     19   

BC:                  2,602

ALTA:              2,593

SASK:                358 

MAN:              6,443

ONT:              18,267

QUE:                5,261

NB:                      487

NS:                      431

PEI:                      139

NFLD:                  346

RCMP NOTE: "Restraining orders" are captured in a number of areas within our CPIC Persons File - Probation category, including: Alternate Measures; Conditional Sentence; Conditional Discharge; Conditional Supervision (Young Offender); Open Custody (Young Offender); Probation; Recognizance (Peace Bonds); and, Suspended Sentence. A number of these areas could include conditions set out by the court for individuals to "stay away from" or "not be in contact with" other individuals, and as such the tracking of exact figures would be difficult and would probably not give a complete or necessarily accurate picture.