Outdoors Card - How to Get an Outdoors Card

1. Fishing Outdoors Card

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You need an Ontario-issued Outdoors Card and a fishing licence tag to fish in Ontario if:

• you are a resident of Canada*; and
• you are at least 18 years old but have not reached your 65th birthday.

Certain exemptions may apply.

* A resident of Canada is defined as a person whose primary residence is in Canada and who has lived in Canada for a period of at least six consecutive months during the previous 12 months prior to applying for a licence.

For information about how to get a Fishing Outdoors Card and about fishing regulations, please visit our website at: http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/en/Business/LetsFish/

2. Hunting/Fishing Outdoors Card

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To hunt as a resident in Ontario, you must qualify as a resident of Ontario**, and possess the Hunting/Fishing version Outdoors Card and applicable hunting licence(s) . You must provide proof of hunter accreditation when applying for the card for the first time, in the form of one of the following:

• an original Ontario resident's licence to hunt issued to the applicant after January 1, 1968; or
• an original Ontario Hunting Licence Examination Certificate/Report issued to the applicant after January 1, 1968; or
• an Ontario Hunting Licence Verification Certificate showing that the applicant was issued a hunting licence as a resident or passed the Hunting Licence Examination.

** A resident of Ontario is defined as a person whose primary residence is in Ontario and who has lived in Ontario for a period of at least six consecutive months during the previous 12 months prior to applying for a licence.

For more information about how to obtain a Hunting/Fishing Outdoors Card, please call the Outdoors Card Centre at 1-800-387-7011.

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