List of police firearms in Canada explained

The following is a list of firearms used by police forces in Canada. The vast majority of firearms used by Canadian police are semi-automatic.

Federal Police

Service ModelCalibretypeActionOriginDetailsReference
Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceStandard issue sidearm [1]
Canadian Forces Military PoliceStandard issue sidearm [2]
Canada Border Services AgencyBeretta Px4 Storm9×19mm ParabellumSemi-automatic pistolDAOStandard issue sidearm[3]
Correctional Service of CanadaHeckler & Koch P20009×19mm ParabellumSemi-automatic pistolDAOStandard issue sidearm[4]
Parliamentary Protective ServiceStandard issue sidearm
Fisheries and Oceans

Provincial Police

Service ProvinceModelCalibretypeActionOriginDetailsReference
Alberta Sheriff's Branch AlbertaGlock 22.40 S&WSemi-automatic pistolSFAStandard issue sidearm
Ontario Provincial Police Ontario Standard issue sidearm [5]
Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Newfoundland & Labrador Standard issue sidearm [6] [7]
Sûreté du Québec Quebec Standard issue sidearm [8]

Regional and Municipal Police

Service ProvinceModelCalibretypeOriginDetailsReference
Abbotsford Police Department British Columbia Standard issue sidearm
Barrie Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm [9]
Brockville Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
Calgary Police Service Alberta Standard issue sidearm [10]
Camrose Police Service Alberta Standard issue sidearm
Central Saanich Police Service British Columbia Standard issue sidearm
Cobourg Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
Charlottetown Police Department PEI Standard issue sidearm
Delta Police Department British Columbia Standard issue sidearm
Durham Regional Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
Edmonton Police Service Alberta Standard issue sidearm [11] [12]
Fredericton Police New Brunswick Standard issue sidearm
Gatineau Police Department Quebec Standard issue sidearm [13]
Greater Sudbury Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm [14]
Guelph Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
Halifax Regional Police Nova Scotia Standard issue sidearm
Halton Regional Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm [15]
Hamilton Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
Kingston Police Ontario Standard issue sidearm [16]
Lacombe Police Service Alberta Standard issue sidearm
Lethbridge Police Service Alberta Standard issue sidearm
London Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
Medicine Hat Police Service Alberta Standard issue sidearm
Nelson Police Department British Columbia Standard issue sidearm
New Westminster Police Department British Columbia Standard issue sidearm
Niagara Regional Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
North Bay Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
Ottawa Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm [17]
Peel Regional Police Ontario Standard issue sidearm [18]
Port Moody Police Department British Columbia Standard issue sidearm
Rivière-du-Nord Municipal Police Quebec Standard issue sidearm
Regina Police Service Saskatchewan Standard issue sidearm [19]
Kennebecasis Regional Police Force New Brunswick Standard issue sidearm
Saanich Police Department British Columbia Standard issue sidearm
Saskatoon Police Service Saskatchewan .40 S&WStandard issue sidearm [20]
Service de police de la Ville de Laval Quebec Standard issue sidearm
Service de police de Longueuil Quebec Standard issue sidearm [21]
Service de police de la Ville de Montréal Quebec Standard issue sidearm
Service de police de la Ville de Québec Quebec Standard issue sidearm
Saugeen Shores Police Service Ontario Glock 17Glock 26Standard issue sidearm
Shelburne Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
South Simcoe Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
Summerside Police Department PEI Standard issue sidearm
Surrey Police Service British Columbia Standard issue sidearm [22]
Taber Police Service Alberta Standard issue sidearm
Thunder Bay Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm [23]
Toronto Police Service Ontario Regular uniformed officers
Detectives
Emergency Task Force
[24]
Vancouver Police Department British Columbia Standard issue sidearm [25]
Victoria Police Department British Columbia Standard issue sidearm
Waterloo Regional Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm
West Grey Police OntarioStandard issue sidearm
West Vancouver Police Department British Columbia Glock 22.40 S&WStandard issue sidearm[26]
Windsor Police Service Ontario Standard issue sidearm [27]
Winnipeg Police Service Manitoba Standard issue sidearm
Tactical Support Unit issue sidearm
[28]
York Regional Police Ontario Standard issue sidearm [29]
Eeyou Eenou Police Force (EEPF) QuebecSIG Sauer P3209×19mm ParabellumSemi-automatic pistolunknown

Railway Police

Service RailwayModelCalibretypeOriginDetailsReference
CN PoliceStandard issue sidearm
Canadian Pacific Police ServiceStandard issue sidearm
Via Rail Police

Defunct Police

ServiceLocale TypeYearsModelCalibretypeOriginDetailsReference
Alberta Provincial Police1917–1932 Smith & Wesson Model 10Standard issue sidearm
British Columbia Provincial PoliceProvincial 1871–1950 Service Revolver
Canadian Military Police Corps1917–1920
Dominion Police1868–1920 [30]
New Brunswick Highway PatrolProvincial 1978–1989
Newfoundland RangersFederal 1935–1950 Standard issue sidearm
North-West Mounted PoliceFederal 1873–1920 Standard issue sidearm
Ports Canada PoliceFederal 1983–1998
Saskatchewan Provincial PoliceProvincial 1917–1928

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Notes and References

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  2. News: Canadian Forces looking to replace Second World War-era pistols but it could take another 10 years . National Post . 11 January 2017 . Citizen . David Pugliese .
  3. Web site: Canada Border Services Agency Selects Px4 . 2008-02-24 . 2012-05-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120501044048/http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency-agence/security-securite/menu-eng.html#selection . dead .
  4. Web site: CSC staffing crisis looms because recruits can't shoot straight?. cancrime.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20110504084341/http://www.cancrime.com/2011/04/20/does-csc-face-staffing-crisis-because-recruits-cant-shoot-straight/. 2011-05-04. 2024-07-18.
  5. Web site: Ontario Police Pick Glock 17M as Pistol to Start Service in 2018 . 16 June 2017. Thegunblog.ca. 1 August 2018.
  6. Web site: The place for uniforms is not the university . 22 October 2014. theindependent.ca. 17 June 2019.
  7. Web site: RNC Continues Search For Missing 12-Round Magazine . 14 June 2019. vocm.com. 17 June 2019.
  8. Web site: De nouveaux pistolets pour le SPVM - Pierre-André Normandin - Grand Montréal. 30 August 2014. Lapresse.ca. 1 August 2018.
  9. Web site: Simcoe County News - Latest Daily Breaking News Stories - Simcoe.com. Simcoe.com. 1 August 2018.
  10. Web site: Calgary Sun. Calgary Sun. 1 August 2018.
  11. Web site: EPS Firearms Report . 23 September 2023.
  12. Web site: Weapons Systems, Accessories & Ammunition Catalog . Rampart Corp . 23 September 2023.
  13. Web site: St. Thomas Police Service Annual Report 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110409163747/http://www.stps.on.ca/docs/Annual%20Report%202008/3%20Operating%20%26%20Capital%20Budgets%3B%20Uniform%20%26%20Civilian%20Divisions%20and%20Chaplain.pdf. 9 April 2011. dmy-all.
  14. Web site: Crown appealing decision to drop charges against S-CAP 11. 2015-02-09.
  15. Web site: Smith & Wesson Receives M&P Pistol Order From Canada's Halton Regional Police Service. 2009-05-23. 2008-04-23.
  16. Web site: Kingston Police budget has $15,000 surplus. 21 February 2016. Thewhig.com. 1 August 2018.
  17. Web site: Gun should never have been fired at Algonquin college, Ottawa police chief Charles Bordeleau says. 9 August 2013. Ottawasun.com. 1 August 2018.
  18. Web site: Peel cop charged after duty belt, gun stolen from her trunk. Louie. Rosella. 2 July 2015. Mississauga.com. 1 August 2018.
  19. Web site: Just another tool? Police getting set to roll out use of semi-automatic carbine rifles. 20 August 2016. Leaderpost.com. 1 August 2018.
  20. Kasler, 79
  21. Web site: Young male officer hiding with gun drawn | Stock Video | Pond5.
  22. Web site: Supply and Delivery of Police Duty Glock Pistols and Related Accessories | City of Surrey . April 2021 .
  23. Web site: Police officer's gun, ammunition stolen in Thunder Bay - CBC News. Cbc.ca. 1 August 2018.
  24. Web site: On patrol with Toronto's bike police - Canadian Cycling Magazine. 16 May 2014. Cyclingmagazine.ca. 1 August 2018.
  25. Web site: Vancouver police recover gun lost in DTES. 25 May 2012. Bc.ctvnews.ca. 1 August 2018.
  26. Web site: Jan 2022 . WVPD BC Provincial Policing Standards Compliance Evaluation .
  27. Web site: Assault rifles and an armoured vehicle: 'We are a use of force'. 17 October 2014. Windsorter.com. 1 August 2018.
  28. Web site: What you need to know about the handguns Canadian police carry - CBC News. Cbc.ca. 1 August 2018.
  29. Web site: Index - York Regional Police. Yrp.ca. 1 August 2018.
  30. Web site: THE GUNS THAT WON THE WEST: THE FIREARMS OF THE N.W.M.P. . Calibremag.ca. 1 January 2014. 1 August 2018.