Yvan Delorme, chiel of the Montreal police department argues that maintaining the firearm registery is "critical," yet his officers hardly use it at all.
Per capita, for every inquiry made by law enforcement in Quebec, BC makes ten!
Here's a list of enquiries per 1,000 population, per Province and Territory.
| Northwest Territories | 345 |
| Yukon | 276 |
| B.C. | 186 |
| New Brunswick | 176 |
| Newfoundland | 130 |
| Ontario | 125 |
| Alberta | 90 |
| Nova Scotia | 82 |
| Manitoba | 78 |
| PEI | 58 |
| Saskatchewan | 47 |
| Quebec | 19 |
| Nunavut | 0.03 |
| Query Count | 2008 Q 1 | 2008 Q 2 | 2008 Q 3 | 2008 Q 4 | Total |
| Ontario | 379,279 | 430,465 | 444,901 | 428,171 | 1,682,816 |
| British Columbia | 182,170 | 210,880 | 224,330 | 208,153 | 825,533 |
| Alberta | 76,911 | 84,380 | 88,691 | 80,381 | 330,363 |
| Quebec | 31,438 | 38,004 | 37,132 | 42,345 | 148,919 |
| New Brunswick | 30,137 | 35,840 | 34,768 | 31,208 | 131,953 |
| Manitoba | 21,727 | 27,424 | 24,446 | 21,717 | 95,314b |
| Nova Scotia | 18,451 | 19,808 | 19,978 | 18,910 | 77,147 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 13,825 | 17,310 | 18,972 | 16,085 | 66,192 |
| Saskatchewan | 23,992 | 18,057 | 3,240 | 3,438 | 48,727 |
| Northwest Territories | 3,416 | 3,436 | 2,655 | 5,027 | 14,534 |
| Yukon | 2,391 | 2,748 | 2,704 | 1,273 | 9,116 |
| Prince Edward Island | 1,865 | 2,118 | 2,038 | 2,093 | 8,114 |
| Nunavut | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| All Locations | 785,602 | 890,470 | 903,856 | 858,801 | 3,438,729 |
Source: MACLEANS
