Nova Scotia Provincial Firearms Office

The Nova Scotia Provincial Firearms Office administers the federal Firearms Act, on behalf of the Canada Firearms Centre, part of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

This includes issuing firearm licenses for individuals (including minors), firearm business licenses, as well as authorizations to transport restricted and/or prohibited firearms and authorizations to carry.

Anyone who possesses a firearm in Canada must be licensed under the Firearms Act and their restricted firearms must be registered.

Contact Nova Scotia Provincial Firearms Office

by phone: 902-424-6689 or email nscfo@novascotia.ca

Firearm laws and regulations

For more information on firearm laws and regulations, or to download application forms, visit the Canadian Firearms Centre web site at www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca.

Also available on this web site are online services for the following:

• to check the status of your application,
• change your address,
• register your restricted firearms, and for
• businesses to transfer firearms.

Hunting licenses hunters safety course

For information regarding hunting, (hunters safety course, hunting licenses etc.) visit the web site for the provincial Department of Natural Resources .

Firearms Safety Course

In Nova Scotia, the Canadian Firearms Safety Course and Canadian Restricted Firearms Safety Course are managed by the Nova Scotia Provincial Firearms Office.

As of July 1, 2016, Safety Services Nova Scotia has been selected to coordinate the delivery of these courses.

To register online for a firearm safety course, visit http://www.hmcgroup.ca/education/.

For more information about upcoming firearm safety training contact:
Safety Services Nova Scotia
201 Brownlow Ave, Unit 1
Dartmouth, NS
B3B 1T5
www.safetyservicesns.ca
(P) 902-454-9621
(F) 902-454-6027
Toll free at 1-866-511-2211