PAL Test 2026: CFSC & CRFSC

A PAL is the licence you need to buy or own a firearm in Canada, and you get it by passing the Canadian Firearms Safety Course, the CFSC. The restricted course, the CRFSC, sits on top of it and gets you an RPAL. This app gets you ready for both tests: the study material, practice questions in the shape of the real test with the correct answers and an explanation, the handbook, the mock exams and practice by area, in one app. The illustrations are drawn in full colour, from trigger discipline to a cutaway of a cartridge. The material is kept checked against the Firearms Act, the Criminal Code and the storage and transport regulations as they stand in 2026. Who the app is for Anyone sitting the CFSC or the CRFSC test. Also anyone who just wants to learn something new about self defence, firearms and shooting. Quick test Random questions from across every area, for the five minutes you have in a queue. CFSC mock exam The non restricted written test at full length, in the format instructors report, marked at the eighty percent it takes to pass. CRFSC mock exam The restricted test, same shape. Turn the practice clock on in settings if you want a countdown on it. Handbook and guides The whole syllabus in fifteen chapters, plus a step by step guide to turning your course certificate into a PAL or RPAL. Reading without testing. Every chapter names the Act, the regulation or the source it draws on. Practice one area Pick one area and drill it until it sits. Extra practice Two areas go past the syllabus and never turn up in a mock exam. One is the physics of firearms and ammunition, the part that is the same in every country. The other is first aid for shooters: bleeding control and tourniquets, CPR, cold exposure, and getting help when the nearest road is a long way off. Practice your mistakes The app remembers what you got wrong and brings it back, so you study the part you do not know yet. Question of the day One question each day, with a streak. Short regular repetition beats cramming. Statistics A rank, your best and your worst area, and the full breakdown area by area, so you know where to push. On every question The correct answer, an explanation in plain language, and the source it comes from. For course questions that source is the module of the CFSC or CRFSC Student Handbook. Feedback after every question, or held back to the end like the real test. The 2014 handbook and the law today The official RCMP Student Handbook is the 2014 edition, and the law has moved several times since it was printed. Answers here follow the handbook, because that is what the examiner marks. Every question touching law that has changed carries a note saying what changed and when, from the 2022 handgun freeze to the licence now needed to import ammunition and the 2025 rules on suspending a licence. You pass the test, and you also know the law you are living under. Areas - A: Safety Basics - B: Firearms and Parts - C: Ammunition - D: Long Gun Actions - E: Handling, Shooting and Care - F: Law and Responsibility - G: Storage, Display and Transport - H: Restricted Classes and Law - I: Handgun Actions - J: Restricted Ammunition and Muzzleloaders - K: Handgun Shooting and Range - L: Restricted Storage, Display and Transport - M: First Aid for Shooters - N: Firearms and Ammunition In Depth PAL Test Contains practice questions written for the CFSC and the CRFSC in the format designated instructors report for the real written test, the study handbook, colour illustrations and the step by step guide to your licence. Answers follow the 2014 RCMP Student Handbooks, with the Firearms Act, Criminal Code Part III and the storage, display and transport regulations current to 1 August 2026. We value your privacy No account. No ads. No analytics. Works offline and nothing leaves your device. Requirements - iOS 17 or later, iPhone and iPad - Paid once up front. No subscription and no in app purchases. App updates are free forever.