Calm Air International LP

Firearms accepted only as checked baggage; the tariff limits acceptance to firearms "for hunting and sporting purposes" (non-hunting/sporting firearms are prohibited baggage). The website uses the term "restricted firearms" explicitly, in the context of its trigger-lock requirement, meaning restricted firearms as a class are contemplated as acceptable (otherwise a trigger-lock condition for them would be meaningless). No specific type list (rifles, shotguns, handguns) is published, unlike Air North, Canadian North, Porter or Flair.

Calm Air is the only Tier 2 carrier found so far to use the Criminal Code term "restricted firearms" directly on its public website, which resolves the question for restricted firearms the way Porter's and WestJet's Tier 1 pages do: accepted, with a stricter locking condition than for non-restricted firearms.

Yes - accepted, with trigger lock required in addition to the locked hard-sided non-see-through gun case (implying non-restricted firearms need only the locked case, without a separate trigger lock).

Matches Porter's and WestJet's Tier 1 pattern (restricted firearms accepted with a cable/trigger lock), and directly contradicts Flair's "restricted and prohibited firearms are strictly prohibited" policy. The tariff does not use the word "restricted" at all and states no trigger-lock requirement for any firearm - see conflicts.

Up to 5 kg (11 lb) per passenger; only shells and cartridges accepted; gunpowder and gunpowder pellets not permitted. The tariff states no specific weight limit, deferring entirely to "ICAO and IATA regulations".

Matches the 5 kg figure published by Air Canada, WestJet, Porter, Air Transat and Air North. Same pattern as Canadian North: the tariff defers to ICAO/IATA without stating a figure, while the website publishes the specific 5 kg number.

Packaged in the manufacturer's original container and securely packed SEPARATELY from the firearm (i.e. a different piece of checked baggage, not merely a separate container in the same bag).

"Separately from the firearm" reads as requiring a different piece of baggage, matching Air Canada's and Air Transat's stricter rule rather than WestJet's/Porter's same-bag allowance. The tariff is silent on this point beyond the ICAO/IATA cross-reference, so no independent confirmation exists in the tariff. No conflict recorded since the tariff does not address packaging specifics at all.

All firearms must be declared upon check-in and the declaration signed by the passenger (tariff: "declared to the air carrier at check-in"). Ammunition must also be separately declared upon check-in with its own signed declaration.

The website is the only source found so far to require a SEPARATE signed declaration for ammunition as distinct from the firearm declaration; other carriers treat firearm and ammunition declaration as one combined step.

No stated maximum number of firearms per passenger, but the gun case itself is capped at 2 rifles ("Each gun case will be counted as part of your checked baggage allowance and may contain no more than 2 rifles"). A passenger could check multiple gun cases subject only to ordinary checked-baggage-allowance and excess-baggage rules, so the per-case cap is not the same as a per-passenger maximum.

Recorded as the stated per-case limit rather than not_stated, since it is the closest analogue to Air Canada's per-case limits (one rifle case <=2 rifles; one pistol case <=3 pistols) among Tier 2 carriers checked so far, but no overall per-passenger cap like Air Canada's "max 3 firearms" is published.

Weapons such as antique firearms, swords, knives and other similar items may be accepted as checked baggage at the carrier's discretion, provided they are suitably packed (tariff). Items not packaged as specified (for sporting equipment generally, including by implication firearms/gun cases) will only be accepted with a Limited Release Form signed at check-in, releasing Calm Air of all liability. Canadian Peace Officers who require access to their firearm immediately before, during, or after the flight may carry an UNLOADED firearm onboard the aircraft (not in checked baggage) with at least 2 hours' advance notice, official identification, and a completed declaration form - a narrow, duty-specific exception separate from the ordinary hunting/sporting firearm rule and not available to civilian passengers.

The Peace Officer onboard-carriage provision is a cabin exception for a sidearm carried on the person, distinct from and not to be confused with the hunting/sporting firearms rule covering checked baggage. Included here as context, not as a rule applicable to ordinary civilian travellers.