Provincial CFO Contact Information

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On my hunt for the Quebec CFO's direct phone number I came across a lot of people also looking for it and other provincial CFO phone numbers. They removed the phone numbers and only left the fax numbers on the CFP website presumably because they were fed up of being called.

Here's the list I found from an old post on this website. Hope this helps others, cheers.

Alberta
Chief Firearms Officer
Suite 720, 10909 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5J 3L9
Tel: (780) 495-7799
Fax: (780) 495-7970

British Columbia
Chief Firearms Officer
Suite 400, 10470 152 Street
Surrey, BC V3R 0Y3
Tel: (604) 586-2562
Fax: (604) 586-2402

Manitoba
Chief Firearms Officer
Unit 1, 1680 Ellice Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3H 0Z2
Tel: (204) 984-0715
Fax: (204) 984-0670

New Brunswick
Chief Firearms Officer - Department of Public Safety
Law Enforcement Division
P.O. Box 6000
Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1
Tel: (506) 457-7387
Fax: (506) 457-3521


Newfoundland & Labrador
Office of the Chief Firearms Officer
Suite E120, Prince Charles Building
120 Torbay Road
St. John’s, NL A1A 2G8
Tel: (709) 772-2876
Fax: (709) 772-3202

Northwest Territories
Chief Firearms Officer
Suite 720, 10909 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5J 3L9
Tel: (867) 920-8395
Fax: (780) 495-7970


Nova Scotia
Chief Firearms Officer - Policing and Victims Services
Division
Department of Justice
5151 Terminal Road - 1st Floor
P.O. Box 7
Halifax, NS B3J 2L6
Tel: (902) 424-6689
Fax: (902) 424-4308

Nunavut
Chief Firearms Officer
Unit 1, 1680 Ellice Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3H 0Z2
Tel: (780) 495-7789
Fax: (204) 984-0670


Ontario
Chief Firearms Officer
Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services
777 Memorial Avenue
Orillia, ON L3V 7V3
Tel: 705-329-5522
Fax: (705) 329-5623

Prince Edward Island
Department of Community Services and Attorney General
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, PEI C1A 7N8
Tel: (902) 368-5536
Fax: (902) 368-5198
Email: ewgoodwin@gov.pe.ca


Quebec
Sûreté du Québec
Service du contrôle des armes à feu
1701, rue Parthenais, bureau 10-07
Montréal (PQ) H2K 3S7
Tel: (514) 598-4584
Télécopieur : (514) 496-4653
http://www.suretequebec.gouv.qc.ca

Saskatchewan
Chief Firearms Officer
Room 310, 1783 Hamilton Street
Regina, SK S4P 2B6
Tel: (306) 780-5912
Fax: (306) 780-7400

Yukon
Chief Firearms Officer
Suite 400, 10470 152 Street
Surrey, BC V3R 0Y3
Tel: (867) 667-5969
Fax: (604) 586-2402
 
Yes, I see that now. You just need to call the main number (1 800-731-4000) then enter the extension for your province (for example, NB is ext. 6000). If you don't know what extension your province is, ask whomever answers at the main number. That is how I found the ext for NB when I wanted to call the CFO.
 
maple leaf said:
Ontario CFO line is an answering machine :(
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Little more than a year ago Nova Scotia stopped answering directly, switched to taking messages. I think it's likely most CFO offices have done so (who knows a Province that still answers the phone?).

It hasn't delayed service very much; if you call for an ATT just leave your name and number, say you're moving or something and need an Authorization, they will call back the same day and fill in the details. If you have something less important or time sensitive, general inquiries and so on, it's probably the next day. Still would be nice to get direct service from the bureaucracy that is set up specifically to serve our small portion of the population!

The cynic in me says this is set up as a way to extend waiting times and delay, if they so choose. Now they get to assign one person to message duty all day, watching the phone ring but not touching it, then wait a good ten minutes and listen to the message, write down the details, decide who to transfer it to, and then *they* get to sit on it some more. Now they get to justify their budget, ‘Look we're so swamped with calls we had to assign a message secretary just to handle it!’ Then on Tuesdays they choose it's Answer Stupid Questions Day and they call back all the people who want to know if their urban basement gun rooms qualify as S.29 Approved Ranges. And they close early that day just because.

Ah, government…
 
It's sort of hilarious.

I needed to call the BC CFO, I found this number first form 2014. 778-571-3400 It's out of service. Then found the number in this thread (604) 586-2562. Also out of service. Removing the numbers from their web site then changing and eventually getting rid of the local numbers is like they're trying to hide from the public. Getting hold of them is like a game of whack-a-mole.

I should mention that the main number with extension 9530 does work. Also not listed on the web site. It was a 15 minute wait and then spoke to a lovely lady. At least they always seem nice when do finally get through to them.
 
Sharing some info that some may find useful - RE Ontario CFO.

A couple weeks ago, I was waiting for a restricted transfer to be completed on their end. It has been 2 weeks since starting it, so I called (the national number). Spoke with Brenda who is always a sweetie pie (not sarcastic), and basically said, wtf's up, shouldn't this be done by now, I haven't gotten a confirmation email yet.
She said it should definitely be completed by then, then put me on hold to check.
She then confirmed that transfer had been approved, but the Ontario CFO likely forgot to "read the instructions in the notes for them to email me the transfer notification".
So she transferred me on the phone to the Ontario CFO, and I got the robot message that said, "All of our agents are busy, and you can not remain on hold, so please try calling again later".
So I used the phone extension that Brenda told me to keep trying to call the Ontario CFO. I got that bulls#it robot message for the next hour and 15 minutes after repeatedly calling back every 30 seconds trying to get through.

At that point, I found this thread and called the direct number to the Ontario CFO... miraculously, someone answered, but seemed shocked and astonished that her phone actually rang. I said I'm looking for someone to email me a transfer notification, and she very defensively said that she was the front reception desk woman (secretary) and that I wasn't allowed to call her for these things, and that I have to call the other number (that I had been ringing for the last 1.25 hours). I told her nobody was answering that, and she said sorry, and hung up...

I kept ringing the initial number, and after about another 45 minutes, I finally got a robot that said "All of our agents are busy, BUT you can stay on the line and your call will be answered chronologically"... which was HUGE progress.

After about 30 minutes waiting for an agent on hold, someone picked up who sounded like she had lost her voice and was sick with a cold named Tracy, I asked her, "Do you mind if I ask how many people you guys have in the Ontario CFO who process these restricted transfers?". And then she paused for a moment, and quietly said "just a couple".

She ended up emailing it to me, and it took all of 2 minutes while actually on the phone with someone.
But seriously, 2 people in all of Ontario doing this... what BS!! This should all be automated in some way or another. What a toxic and inefficient process.
 
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