Recommendation? Canadian looking for his First quality knife for EDC/Self-Defense...

Knives are for cutting things, firearms are for defense.

As OP lives in Canuckistan and not freedomland, however, I'd recommend whatever Canuckistani law allows instead (e.g. pepper spray/a rape whistle/a stout writing instrument as @GIRLYmann suggested above).
 
Rob72 said:
Apologies, I should have said, "Where self-defense is allowed, disparity of force..."
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Well, self defense is allowed in Canada, it just has particular legal rules. There are all sorts of different judgments where the courts interpret the “reasonable force” you’re allowed to use. I don’t know them all, and they’re not intuitive, but you can use force in self defense. It’s tricky enough here that I wouldn’t want to give advice to people.
 
Dangerously said:
Well, self defense is allowed in Canada, it just has particular legal rules. There are all sorts of different judgments where the courts interpret the “reasonable force” you’re allowed to use. I don’t know them all, and they’re not intuitive, but you can use force in self defense. It’s tricky enough here that I wouldn’t want to give advice to people.
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Over here the key would be proving that you had reasonable cause to be in fear of your life - not as straightforward as it may sound!
 
Pilsner said:
Over here the key would be proving that you had reasonable cause to be in fear of your life - not as straightforward as it may sound!
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Agreed. Here, if you catch a guy halfway through your window on the way in your house, it’s one thing. If he’s already in your house stripping out the tv, hears you come down the stairs, and makes for the door, it is completely different.

Anyway, I’m out of this thread. I’m not able to help with the OP’s knife choice, just talking about how you’re not supposed to choose a pocket knife in Canada on its self defense characteristics.
 
Here's a worse-case scenario for you, regarding THIS thread.

You're detained by Canadian constabulary -- something to the effect of "assault with a deadly weapon" . . . For the sake of argument here let's say that the "weapon" in question is a tire-iron. It's not a firearm, and it's not "bladed." Let's say prosecuting counsel decides to subpoena your computer records. Prosecutors do this sort of thing as a matter of SOP.

So, the authorities search files for "blades, weapons, self-defense, knives, etc . . . " and they come up with THIS thread. Prosecution is going to submit in discovery that you're discussing knives and self-defense law in Canada -- for the purpose of finding an EDC knife.

Prosecution is going to argue this thread "goes to state of mind." That you discussed knives for self-defense, EDC, and there's even a post (this one) that considers what the Prosecution might do if you're arrested on a "weapons charge" for using a tire-iron to inflict injury.

My point here being that you can tip-toe around the wording of a statute, but you cannot tip-toe around "state of mind." The prosecution will contend that you demonstrated the "state of mind" to procure a knife for defense -- despite statements later in the thread that you're not shopping for a "self-defense" knife.

Prosecuting attorneys are nasty bastards, like a dog on a bone.

I'm not an attorney, but I used to teach attorneys how to argue in written briefs.

Stay safe out there!
 
SunnyHours said:
Where do you get all this imagination from? I guess the next thing you mention is a joke about a Moose, "eh"?

Seriously though, don't laugh or bash a well sharpened Ice Skating Shoes...How do you think I got rid of the last American who made a "Canadian" Joke LOL

At first I was gonna say something like "How do you think I caught my First Moose?" but I thought this version was funnier hehe
Hope you guys don't take it the wrong way, just having fun with it all...
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I was born and raised in Alaska, there isn't a moose joke alive that hasn't passed my way. But man, skate blades are punishing, a kid at my school had one go through his cheek at recess, left a lot of blood on the ice.
 
What are Canadian laws regarding fixed blade? I own a couple 9" blade French Chef knives, which make a nasty knife for stabbing and slicing -- Vegetables and whatever . . .

So, it's lawful to possess a knife as a "tool" but unlawful to intend its use as a "weapon" ??? How does that work? The US Army base where I get medical care has a large sign on the door of the dispensary: "No knives or weapons" -- and I point out often that the Army trained me to be a weapon. Basically I can kill you with whatever there is at hand, short of slapping you to death with a rolled up newspaper.
 
Xero Xero said:
What are Canadian laws regarding fixed blade? I own a couple 9" blade French Chef knives, which make a nasty knife for stabbing and slicing -- Vegetables and whatever . . .

So, it's lawful to possess a knife as a "tool" but unlawful to intend its use as a "weapon" ??? How does that work? The US Army base where I get medical care has a large sign on the door of the dispensary: "No knives or weapons" -- and I point out often that the Army trained me to be a weapon. Basically I can kill you with whatever there is at hand, short of slapping you to death with a rolled up newspaper.
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Wow and they still let you in the building?

In Canada you can carry a fixed blade, a sword, a claymore, a hammer or even a rock. If you chose to stab, chop, bludgeon or otherwise injure another person with that item it becomes assault with a weapon.

In some cities you will run afoul of municipal bylaws regarding the carry of visible blades. Those laws are generally in place because local mayors or councils felt they needed to make a visible show of force to prove to their constituents that they were doing something useful. It's good to be aware of those bylaws and it's why a few previous posters have tried to find out where the OP lives.
 
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