New Fishing & Hunting Outdoors Card for Non-Residents of Canada

Effective Jan. 1/09 anyone wishing to hunt or fish in Ontario will be required to have an Outdoors Card. The card will cost $9.00 and be valid for 3 years. These new requirements are part of the implementation of a new licensing automation system that takes effect 2010. When fully implemented, the new approach to selling licenses will provide many benefits to non-resident fishermen and hunters, including: 1) The ability to purchase fishing and some hunting licenses from home using the ministry's website or the toll-free automated telephone service, 2) Easier replacement of lost hunting or fishing licenses, 3) Hunters will only have to present their hunter accreditation once to obtain their initial hunting Outdoors Card, which will then act as their proof of accreditation, and 4) The option to purchase three-year fishing and small game hunting licenses. Once the paper application has been completed, the Outdoors Card will be mailed to the purchaser's home address. The non-resident Outdoors Card will be similar toOntario fishing or hunting license, except for one-day fishing licenses.

If you have any questions about the program, you can contact Burton McClelland, Manager of Licensing Improvement Project, Ministry of Natural Resources at 705-755-1802.