Outdoors Card Information for Residents of Ontario and Canada

How do I get an Outdoors Card if I have never had one before?

A resident of Canada who has never had an Outdoors Card may apply for an Outdoors Card to go fishing in one of several ways. The way you select depends on how soon you want to go fishing.

If you do not intend to go fishing right away , you can submit an Outdoors Card application and payment to the Outdoors Card Centre through the mail. You will receive the card and fishing licence tag you selected in approximately four to six weeks.

You can get an Outdoors Card application by calling 1-800-387-7011 from anywhere in Canada. The application will be mailed to you.

If you want to fish right away, the following temporary paper licences and Outdoors Card Applications are available from more than 2,000 licence issuers across the province:

Resident Sport Fishing Licence

AND

Resident Conservation Fishing Licence

(both licences include an Outdoors Card Application)

These temporary paper licences are effective immediately upon purchase, and are valid for fishing until the end of the calendar year. The fee for either of these licences includes the cost of the three-year Outdoors Card. You will automatically be mailed the plastic three-year Outdoors Card bearing your one-year fishing licence tag by the end of the calendar year.