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PART I : NATIONAL DATA

Table 4A. Firearms Acquisition Certificates (FACs), 1979–1999 [terminated series]
Number Issued and Rate (per 100,000 population)
Year	New FACs ef ^[1]	Rate	3FACs Refused ^[2]
1979	251,207	1,038	930
1980	209,757	856	1,057
1981	167,537	675	944
1982	146,353	583	967
1983	133,515	526	910
1984	171,537	670	944
1985	175,979	681	1,117
1986	168,348	645	1,339
1987	165,347	625	1,413
1988	160,351	598	1,454
1989	177,398	650	1,461
1990	187,499	677	1,777
1991	199,589	712	2,072
1992	287,957	1,015	2,614
1993	80,371	280	1,241
1994	49,367	170	743
1995	46,797	159	340
1996 ^[3]	125,956	424	494
1997	64,934	216	749
1998	51,808	171	379
1999	25,875	85	366

SOURCE: RCMP: Annual Firearms Report to the Solicitor General of Canada

NOTE:

[1] The 1995 Firearms Act replaces FACs with Possession and Acquisition Licences. As of December 31, 2000, there were 243,299 FACs still in existence. Because of the new Canadian Firearms Registration System (CFRS), no more FACs have been issued since 2000 and this table will no longer be updated.
[2] "FACs Refused" are those applications that result in refusal without reference to a magistrate.
[3] The large increase in new FACs in 1996 was mostly due to a special program initiated by the provincial government of Ontario which exempted applicants from taking the Canadian Firearms Safety Course in order to obtain an FAC. The lower number in 1997 was simply a reversion to previous levels.