Hunters Guide
Free · original questions · written to the official curriculum
Canadian hunter education practice exams
940 original practice questions over 15 courses. Every answer comes with an explanation of why it's right. Pick an exam and start.
Reload a page and the questions and answers come up in a new order, so a second pass is a real test too. There are licensing guides for all 13 provinces and territories.
Practice exams by province
- British Columbia100 questions · Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Education
- Alberta60 questions · Alberta Hunter Education Course
- Ontario60 questions · Ontario Hunter Education Program
- Canada60 questions · Canadian Firearms Safety Course
- Manitoba60 questions · Manitoba Hunter Education Program
- Nova Scotia60 questions · Atlantic Provinces Hunter Education Course (Part B)
- New Brunswick60 questions · New Brunswick Hunter Education Course
- Quebec60 questions · Programme d'éducation en sécurité et en conservation de la faune (PESCOF)
- Newfoundland and Labrador60 questions · Newfoundland and Labrador Hunter Education Course (Part B)
- Northwest Territories60 questions · Northwest Territories Hunter Education
- Saskatchewan60 questions · Saskatchewan Firearm Safety and Hunter Education Program
- Yukon60 questions · Yukon Hunter Education and Ethics Development (HEED) course
- Prince Edward Island60 questions · Wildlife Conservation Act and its hunting and trapping regulations
- Quebec (bowhunting)60 questions · Initiation à la chasse avec arc ou arbalète (ICAA)
- New Brunswick (bowhunting)60 questions · New Brunswick Bowhunter Education Course
Want to drill a single topic? Every exam allows it. Open one, choose a topic above the questions, and stay on whichever one keeps costing you marks.
How to get a hunting licence where you live
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in CanadaCanada
- Hunting Licence Cost by ProvinceCanada
- Hunting Tag Fees by Province and SpeciesCanada
- How Long It Takes to Get a Hunting LicenceCanada
- How to Get a PAL in CanadaCanada
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in British ColumbiaBritish Columbia
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in AlbertaAlberta
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in OntarioOntario
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in ManitobaManitoba
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in SaskatchewanSaskatchewan
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in Nova ScotiaNova Scotia
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in New BrunswickNew Brunswick
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in QuebecQuebec
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in NewfoundlandNewfoundland and Labrador
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in YukonYukon
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in the NWTNorthwest Territories
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward Island
- How to Get a Hunting Licence in NunavutNunavut
Which hunter education course you need
- CORE vs CFSC in British ColumbiaOne is provincial and one is federal, and most firearm hunters need both.
- PAL vs POLThe POL closed to new applicants, then picked up acquisition powers in 2015.
- What Happens If You Fail the CORE ExamRewrites are normal. The BCWF's only timing rule: not on the same day you failed.
- Hunter Education Transfer Between ProvincesThirteen official sources checked, one per province and territory. Where one is silent, we say so.
Getting and renewing a PAL
- How to Renew Your PALOnline through Individual Web Services, or on paper form RCMP 5614. The notice arrives three months out.
- How Long a PAL Takes and How to Check Its StatusAt least 28 days for a first PAL, and the RCMP publishes no end-to-end figure.
- PAL Photo Requirements45 mm by 57 mm on paper. Online, a JPG of 200 KB to 6 MB.
- The CFSC Student ManualThe 5th edition, dated 2014, is free from the Government of Canada Publications catalogue.
For more depth on the paperwork, province by province, see the licensing guides.
Study notes for the exam material
Licensing is the paperwork. The exam asks about other things: firearm actions and ammunition, telling a black bear from a grizzly, hypothermia. Shot placement too. Each gets its own page in the study guides, written against the published curriculum for the course it belongs to.
These practice questions are written from published curriculum. They aren't copies of any official exam. Score well and you're ready to book the real one, but a good score is not a credential. How we write them.