Canada's gun buy program is a complete bust: Federal government confirms 25 guns collected from 16 participants in 'buyback' [confiscation] pilot – Crime Prevention Research Center

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation reviews the federal authorities “agreed to present a minimum of $149,760” to the Cape Breton Regional Municipality to hold out the confiscation. As well as, $26,535 was paid to the 16 people whose weapons had been bought. These prices complete $176,295. The publicly accessible reporting doesn’t present a full, audited complete that provides up all federal employees time, journey, contracting, overhead, IT/portal work, communications, and so on., attributable particularly to the 2025 pilot (as distinct from the broader nationwide program).

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The entire prices of the Canadian gun confiscation program past the pilot program could possibly be substantial.

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The [Canadian] Parliamentary Finances Officer mentioned it can price as much as $756 million to compensate homeowners for his or her firearms. Different specialists put the ultimate price ticket at about $6 billion.

Gage Haubrich, “Failed pilot undertaking exhibits gun confiscation have to be scrapped,” Canadian Taxpayers Federation, January 8, 2026.

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The Canadian Nationwide Publish describes the failure of the pilot program. There isn’t any info on whether or not the weapons that had been turned in had been operational.

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With time ticking down till the Liberals launch their long-awaited “buyback” program for government-banned firearms, the federal authorities has confirmed that solely 25 weapons had been turned over as a part of a check run. 

Late Wednesday, Public Security Canada introduced the outcomes of a six-week pilot program that ran in components of Cape Breton final fall, which was designed to check the system earlier than it rolled out nationally. . . .

In an announcement outlining the “classes realized” from the pilot, the Public Security division recognized how a clearer registration course of would assist increase participation and {that a} “considerably longer declaration interval” can be in place when the nationwide program launches, as in comparison with the a number of weeks gun homeowners got throughout the check interval.

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It additionally recognized “gaps” within the portal gun homeowners used to register, which it says could have created confusion.

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“The pilot demonstrated that clearer and extra well timed directions are required to facilitate participation,” the assertion learn. . . .

Stephanie Taylor, “Federal authorities confirms 25 weapons collected in ‘buyback’ pilot, as Quebec pledges assist,” Nationwide Publish (Canada), January 7, 2025.