FIREARMS FACTS - UPDATE

POLICE “ET AL” QUERIES OF CANADIAN FIREARMS REGISTRATION ON-LINE

BY PROVINCE & INFORMATION REQUESTED

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT RESPONSE

TO ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT REQUEST

FILE: A-2003-0001 dated May 6, 2003

BREITKREUZ ATI REQUEST – April 1, 2003

“On April 1, 2003, the Canadian Firearms Centre website stated: “2,328,360 CFRO [Canadian Firearms Registration On-Line] queries have been made by police and other law enforcement officials since December 1, 1998.”  Please provide records and reports showing: (1) the number of requests by police, (2) the number of requests by law enforcement officials, (3) the number of requests by Canadian Firearms Centre staff, (4) the number of requests by Chief Firearms Offices and Firearms Officers, (5) the number of requests by NWEST personnel, (6) the number of requests from each province and territory, (7) the number of requests by type of information requested, and (8) the number of requests that resulted in the requestor actually receiving the information requested.”

JUSTICE DEPT. RESPONSE – May 6, 2003

“I am pleased to enclose all the relevant documents (one page) to your request and it is released in its entirety.  This record reflects information/statistical reports that are responsive to your queries 6 and 7 noted-above.  In regard to your queries 1 to 5 and 8, no relevant documentation was identified and no reports were ever prepared to reflect the information/statistics you are seeking.”

6.  The number of requests from each province and territory

February 11, 1999 to April 6, 2003 (Statistical breakdown not available prior to February 11, 1999)

Alberta                        = 128,081

Saskatchewan          =   45,853

British Columbia      = 894,176

Manitoba                    = 105,444

Newfoundland          =   70,699

New Brunswick        =   73,549

Nova Scotia              =   65,144

NWT                           =     3,281

Yukon                         =     2,512

Ontario                       = 542,673

PEI                              =     5,286

Quebec                      = 447,417

TOTAL                     = 2,384,155

7.  The number of requests by type of information requested

February 11, 1999 to April 6, 2003 (Statistical breakdown not available prior to February 11, 1999)

Individual name        = 1,701,266

Serial number           =    286,083

Licence                       =      35,854

Certificate                  =    205,962

Authorization            =           311

Owner Number        =    140,593

FIN                               =        1,000

Telephone                  =        3,904

Address                      =      11,657

Corporation               =        1,043

TOTAL                       = 2,387,673