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

A resident of Ontario who has never had an Outdoors Card may apply for an Outdoors Card to go fishing in one of two ways, depending 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. You can also pick up an Outdoors Card application at any ServiceOntario office.

If you want to fish right away, the following are available from more than 1,800 licence issuers across the province:

• Ontario Resident Temporary Sport Fishing Licence and Outdoors Card and Application

   AND

• Ontario Resident Temporary Conservation Fishing Licence and Outdoors Card and 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.