I'll give this very tricky area a sta
In the Canadian Criminal Code a weapon is defined as being:
weapon means any thing used, designed to be used or intended for use
- (a) in causing death or injury to any person, or
- (b) for the purpose of threatening or intimidating any person
and, without restricting the generality of the foregoing,
includes a firearm and, for the purposes of sections 88, 267 and 272, any thing used, designed to be used or intended for use in binding or tying up a person against their will; (
arme)
A firearm is defined as being
firearm means a barrelled weapon from which any shot, bullet or other projectile can be discharged and that is capable of causing serious bodily injury or death to a person, and includes any frame or receiver of such a barrelled weapon and anything that can be adapted for use as a firearm; (
arme à feu)
Antique Firearm is defined as being:
antique firearm means
- (a) any firearm manufactured before 1898 that was not designed to discharge rim-fire or centre-fire ammunition and that has not been redesigned to discharge such ammunition, or
- (b) any firearm that is prescribed to be an antique firearm; (arme à feu historique)
So with these definitions in mind:
a modern manufactured flintlock (Pedersoli, Euroarms, Uberti etc.) is a firearm and would require a PAL.
A modern manufactured flintlock or percussion handgun (again Pedersoli, Uberti etc) would be a firearm that falls within the restricted firearm catagory.
For antique status you will require documentation (provenance) that the particular forearm was manufactured before 1898.
Many will point out that the Criminal Code, Firearms Act and the Firearms Act Regulations contain many contradictions, some have said it's like neighbours who hate each other came up with these conflicting rules. Don't get me started on replica firearms. If you stick to the above you should be good.
