Ontario Transfer Wait Times?

[carsmovies]

I cannot verify the legitimacy of this, but the guy at Cabela's told me the RCMP once had 14 people processing transfers and doing the background checks, and now they have one. One person. That said, when I called the RCMP initially, the transfer was still waiting with the CFO, so....who knows.

He even said, "It's almost like the RCMP doesn't want people having handguns." ...well, who knew...

It's not the rcmp that actually does the transfer. It's the cfo within the province of the buyer. In Ontario the cfo is in Orillia and its the opp that handles it there. It's the rcmp at the CFC that you call and they initiate the transfer and electronically send it off to the cfo to complete. Read the certificate letter that you receive in the mail. It's from the cfo in Orillia.

 

[Maritimer67]

On related note, are provincial CFOs RCMP officers?

 

[carsmovies]

On related note, are provincial CFOs RCMP officers?

Not in the case of Ontario. As mentioned above they are OPP officers. Some provinces don't have a separate police force like the OPP so it's the rcmp that handles policing there.

 

[Maritimer67]

Thanks! I had not read up far enough I guess. Good to know.

 

[toronto416]

Dealer to Toronto resident. Initiated transfer Dec 28, 2017. Transfer got approved today Jan 18, 2018.

 

[olbar70]

Started the transfer on December 21/2017. Ontario private to Ontario private. Still hanging.
Received email notification on January 22

 

[carsmovies]

I've just now put in a complaint to the Ombudsman of Ontario. Let's see what comes of it.

 

[Ghostriderxt]

Did three on the 15 Dec. Received them 18 Jan. Called CFO Ontario direct to get things moving,

 

[3turretsarmoury]

transfer initiated Nov 16 , no word yet

 

[Hrsplit]

I initiated a private to private on January 10 , was told that it would most likely be a month

 

[Paul_1982]

I caĺled last week and was told they are 2500 transfers behind. There has been a 25% increase in licence applications and a 15% increase in transfer requests. He said 3 weeks for dealer transfers and a month or more for private should be expected.

 

[MAD_MAX333]

its the "more" part that is vague...it could mean 14 million years! lol I guess its good news that more people are getting their licenses and buying and selling guns.

 

[Maniram]

Sounds like the 3 week wait is true(ish). I just got my shipping notification today. Maybe see it by Friday....

 

[Innavedaw]

I caĺled last week and was told they are 2500 transfers behind. There has been a 25% increase in licence applications and a 15% increase in transfer requests. He said 3 weeks for dealer transfers and a month or more for private should be expected.

3 weeks would be nice. Dealer transfer started Dec 12...6 weeks later nada...emailed the dealer for the transfer number today and will call in tomorrow to nudge it along.

 

[Paul_1982]

Maybe bug our MPP?

 

[Kosmonument]

It's the Christmas rush. Be patient.

 

[SIG FAN]

Mine took 36 days in total.

The transfer was initiated the first week of December, and the transfer was completed in the second week of January.

Not quick!!

 

[MetisWolf]

My new purchases since October of last year, have all taken about a month in total each..so i expect that.

 

[Innavedaw]

3 weeks would be nice. Dealer transfer started Dec 12...6 weeks later nada...emailed the dealer for the transfer number today and will call in tomorrow to nudge it along.

Follow up...called today and transfer was approved Jan 4...haven’t heard what happened at the retailers end yet...So, just a tip...call in and follow up.

 

[bogozzo]

So pardon my ignorance here, but are transfers / license approvals etc. handled by different offices (and perhaps in different locations), and those organizations funded by different provinces? I always presumed it was a single office with staff working in say different groups for each province, but under one RCMP department. I understand that each province has its own CFO, but do we have 10 differing beurocracies?

I'm asking because my purchase today (Alberta buyer, internet dealer) was assigned a transfer number within 6 hours. (and maybe they are busier, because that's 3 times as long as my preceding purchase late last year at 2 hours). I'm not gloating over a difference between provinces, I just don't understand how it can be so different if we are all supposedly following the same rules.

Just my random thought ..