TheGunBlog.ca — Smith & Wesson is the most-popular handgun brand among Canada’s roughly 300,000 government-licensed owners of pistols and revolvers, followed by Ruger and Glock.
Following are the country’s top-10 handgun brands and actions as of November 2022, based on the number of personally owned models registered with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- Canadians with a firearm licence own about 1.2 million handguns.
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made it a crime to buy, sell, or give away any handgun as of October 2022, and police confiscate handguns from the heirs of government-licensed owners after they die.
Source
- Robin Percival, a spokeswoman for the Ottawa-based RCMP, e-mailed the handgun data to TheGunBlog.ca today in response to our request for the information.
Canada’s Top-10 Handgun Brands
Source: RCMP
| Brand | Registrations | |
| 1 | Smith & Wesson | 184,846 |
| 2 | Ruger | 126,470 |
| 3 | Glock | 99,068 |
| 4 | SIG Sauer | 71,708 |
| 5 | CZ | 65,628 |
| 6 | Beretta | 52,637 |
| 7 | Colt | 52,138 |
| 8 | Norinco | 38,392 |
| 9 | Browning | 35,980 |
| 10 | Walther | 30,387 |
Canada’s Handguns By Action
Source: RCMP
| Action | Registrations | |
| 1 | Semi-Automatic | 864,024 |
| 2 | Revolver | 351,925 |
| 3 | Single Shot | 15,807 |
| 4 | Multi-Barrel | 5,519 |
| 5 | Other/No Data | 981 |
| 6 | Bolt Action | 211 |
| 7 | Full Automatic | 197 |
| 8 | Air, Spring, or Gas | 152 |
| 9 | Lever Action | 84 |