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Ontario’s New Licensing Service
What Anglers and Hunters Need to Know
90th OFAH Annual General Meeting and Fish & Wildlife Conference
March 17, 2018
Overview
1. Regulatory Changes
2. New Licensing Service
3. Communications
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Regulatory Changes
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Highlights
Outdoors Card Changes
Licence Summary
Game Tags
Mandatory Hunter Reporting
New Apprentice Hunter Opportunities
Majority of Changes effective JANUARY 1, 2019
Outdoors Card Changes
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• Multiple versions/classes of Outdoors Cards will
be replaced by one Outdoors Card for all anglers
and hunters.
• Your Outdoors Card will no longer identify whether
you are a hunter or angler - hunter accreditation
tracked in system to determine what licences you
can purchase.
• Fishing and Small Game Licences will still be able
to be printed on back of Card.
• You will need to carry proof of firearm
accreditation (e.g. PAL) if hunting with a gun.
• Existing Outdoors Cards will remain valid until
they expire.
Licence Summary
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• Various types and formats of individual
licences will be replaced by a single
Licence Summary.
• Licence Summary will list all of your
valid hunting and fishing products.
• Licence Summary will contain some
validation information.
• Generally required to be carried (either
physically or digitally), unless licence
is printed on the back of your
Outdoors Card.
New Game Tags
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• Game Tags will replace the current game
seals
• Will contain detailed information on what it
is valid for
• Invalidated by notching day/month/time
immediately after and at site of kill
• Only required to attach Tag if you are not
immediately accompanying the animal or
available to produce the Tag for inspection
• Tag must remain with the animal until it has
been transported to the site of processing
and is being processed for long-term
storage
Feedback on New Tag Approach
Fraudulent Activities
Tag equipped with document security features to
discourage and prevent fraudulent activities
System controlled and tracking of Tag printing
Higher set fines for relevant infractions
Durability of Tags
Allow invalidated tag to be carried on person rather than
affixing the tag provided you are accompanying the
animal
Plastic tag holders available to protect tags
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New Mandatory Hunter Reporting
• System will track reporting obligations, send reminders and provide
confirmation of submitted reports.
• System will implement consequences for not completing a mandatory report
(e.g. prevent licence purchase in a subsequent year) – approach phased in
as part of communicating change to the hunting community.
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• New requirements for mandatory hunter reporting.
• Anyone issued a Tag (moose, deer, elk, bear, turkey,
wolf/coyote for select WMUs) will have a mandatory
reporting requirement (whether they hunted or not).
New Apprentice Hunter Opportunities
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• Apprentice hunters will need to purchase an Outdoors Card to participate in
the Hunter Apprenticeship Safety Program.
• Apprentice hunters will have the option to purchase select hunting selects
and tags that are not obtained through a draw.
• Allows apprentice hunters to hunt with
their own bag limit for some species
(e.g. small game, turkey, bear, wolf/coyote,
antlered deer).
• All other apprentice rules remain the
unchanged (e.g. direct supervision of
licensed mentor, share single firearm,
parental/guardian consent)
The Next Fish and Wildlife Licensing
Service
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A New Fishing and Hunting Licensing
Service – in November 2018!
What will I be able purchase when the new licensing service is
launched?
Outdoors Cards
fishing licences
small game licences
2018 hunting licences will not be available for purchase from the date the
new licensing service launches in late November until December 31,
2018.
• Be sure to buy 2018 hunting licences early and keep them in a safe place!
• Starting January 1, 2019, 2019 hunting licences will become available for
purchase during their regular timeframes.
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What’s new?
Outdoors Cards and Licence
Summary:
• The ministry is moving to one
Outdoors Card for both anglers
and hunters.
• The Licence Summary is a
document that will list valid
fishing and hunting licence
products that are purchased by
an individual.
• clients can print their Licence
Summary from home and will
have the option to carry a
Licence Summary in a digital
format (e.g. on a smartphone).
• maintain your most recent
licence summary when you are
hunting or fishing.
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Other Improvements and Changes
• Accessing the new service will require an email address, or Outdoors Card
number with a password that you define.
• After your account is created you will just need your username and
password for future access.
• Ability to update your address, view your past licence purchase history and
reprint or email your licence summary for use on your mobile device without
a fee charged.
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Game Tags
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• Game tags will be available for
the 2019 hunting season. • Tags will be available to be printed
from home or by visiting one of the
900 licence issuers or 66
ServiceOntario centres who
provide MNRF services.
• Tags will be made available after a
big game draw has been run. If
you choose to not immediately
print your tag that is ok, just
remember to print it prior to going
hunting.
• Note: you will only have one
opportunity to print your tag, it is
recommended that your printer is
operational and loaded with paper.
Other Improvements and Changes (2)
• QR code:
• Will be readable only by enforcement officers who will
be able to determine if it has been duplicated.
• Information within the code validates that the tag is the
one that was printed from the system with other
information to link the code back to the licence
summary.
• It is the responsibility of the hunter to maintain the
tag and licence summary in a readable fashion.
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Other Improvements and Changes (3)
• New service will include email notifications for important reminders such as
“Your Tag is Ready”, “Next Year Licences are Available”, “Hunter Activity
Reminders” etc. Notifications will be delivered to you, if you have indicated
you want to receive them.
• Links to important information such as hunting and fishing regulation
summaries, important notices such as hunting and fishing notices and
updates will be available for easy reference of information.
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Service Channels
• The new service will be available:
• Over the Internet, including on a mobile device.
• At one of the 900 licence issuers or 66 ServiceOntario locations across Ontario
who provide MNRF services.
• Over the 1-800 automated telephone line - for Outdoors Card renewal and entry
into a big game draw
• Online services are being developed with a simple online shopping
experience and will offer hunters and anglers additional services that are
presently not available.
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Walkthrough of the Online Service
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Communications
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• The ministry will be making regular updates to Ontario.ca about upcoming
changes.
• We will also be communicating through our twitter channel, our new
Facebook account and through our fishing and hunting regulations
summaries.
• As we continue to move forward to November and beyond, we greatly
appreciate the support that the Ontario Federation of Angers and Hunters
has provided.
Summary
• The new fishing and hunting licensing service will be launched in late
November 2018 – current service continues to be of use until then.
• Fishing regulations come into effect on November 23, 2018.
• Hunting regulations come into effect on January 1, 2019.
2018 hunting licences will not be available for purchase from the date the
new licensing service launches in late November until December 31, 2018,
so buy your licences early and keep them in a safe place.
• Visit the ministry’s website regularly for updates on the service
(ontario.ca/outdoorscard).
• Thank you for the opportunity to share these upcoming changes with you.
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