Editing Canadian Firearms Program (section)

{{Short description|Canadian government program}}
{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name     = Canadian Firearms Program
| nativename      = {{native name|fr|nolink=on|Programme canadien des armes à feu}}
| logo            = RCMP logo.svg
| logo_caption    = Heraldic badge of the RCMP
| preceding1      = Canada Firearms Centre
| parent_agency   = [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]]
| formed          = 2008
| jurisdiction    = Firearm Registration and Licensing
| headquarters    = [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada
| budget          = $84 million<ref>[https://archive.today/20120907193452/http://www.lufa.ca/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=6794 $84 Million for the Canada Firearms Centre]</ref>
| minister1_name  = [[Dominic LeBlanc]]
| minister1_pfo   = [[Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness (Canada)|Minister of Public Safety]]
| chief1_name     = [[Michael Duheme]]
| chief1_position = [[Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police|Commissioner of Firearms]]
| chief2_name     = Bryan Larkin
| chief2_position = Deputy Commissioner, Specialized Policing Services
| website         = {{URL|https://rcmp.ca/en/firearms|Canadian Firearms Program}}
| footnotes       = 
}}

'''Canadian Firearms Program''' ('''CFP'''; {{langx|fr|links=no|Programme canadien des armes à feu}}), formerly '''Canada Firearms Centre''' is a [[Canadian government]] program within the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] Policing Support Services, responsible for licensing and regulating [[firearms]] in [[Canada]].

As of December 31, 2023, the Canadian Firearms Program recorded a total of 2,352,504 valid firearms licences,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rcmp.ca/en/corporate-information/publications-and-manuals/2023-commissioner-firearms-report#t1|title=2023 Commissioner of Firearms report {{!}} Royal Canadian Mounted Police|last=Government of Canada|first=Royal Canadian Mounted Police|date=2024-08-29|website=www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca|access-date=2025-01-27}}</ref> which is roughly 5.7% of the Canadian population. The four provinces with the highest number of issued licences are, in order, [[Ontario]], [[Quebec]], [[Alberta]] and [[British Columbia]]. The provinces and territories with the highest rate of licensing are [[Yukon]] (18.5%), [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] (14%), [[Northwest Territories]] (12.1%) and [[New Brunswick]] (8.9%).<ref>[http://www.statcan.gc.ca/tables-tableaux/sum-som/l01/cst01/demo02a-eng.htm Population by year, by province and territory]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/facts-faits/index-eng.htm |title=Facts and Figures |access-date=2009-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104165438/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/cfp-pcaf/facts-faits/index-eng.htm |archive-date=2011-01-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>