ontario regulation 120/26

made under the

Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997

Made: April 30, 2026
Filed: April 30, 2026
Published on e-Laws: April 30, 2026
Published in The Ontario Gazette: May 16, 2026

Amending O. Reg. 664/98

(FISH LICENSING)

1. The definition of “outdoors card” in section 1 of Ontario Regulation 664/98 is amended by adding “and includes a card that is identified on the licence summary” at the end.

2. (1) The English version of subsection 2 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “he or she holds” and substituting “they hold”.

(2) Paragraph 1 of subsection 2 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “or 15 or subsection 17 (1)” at the end and substituting “15 or 17”.

(3) Paragraph 3 of subsection 2 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “subsection 17 (2) or”.

3. Subsection 3 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.

4. (1) The English version of subsection 5 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “his or her” and substituting “their”.

(2) Subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation is revoked.

5. (1) Subsections 10 (1) and (2) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(1) Subject to subsection (4) and sections 13 to 17 and 18.1, a sport fishing licence shall consist of a licence summary that identifies the sport fishing licence.

(2) Despite subsection (1), the Minister may list a person’s sport fishing licence directly on the physical version of the person’s outdoors card if the person applies for the sport fishing licence at the same time as the person applies for the physical version of an outdoors card and, in such a case, the outdoors card shall constitute the sport fishing licence.

(2) Subsection 10 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “lists” and substituting “identifies”.

(3) Subsection 10 (6) of the Regulation is revoked.

6. (1) Subsection 11 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) A licence summary is a document that identifies various sport fishing licences, including a conservation fishing licence, that a person holds at any given time together with,

(a)  various hunting licences that the person may hold under Ontario Regulation 665/98 (Hunting) made under the Act;

(b)  any falconry licences that the person may hold under the Act; or

(c)  an outdoors card.

(2) Subsection 11 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “sport fishing licence or hunting licence” and substituting “sport fishing licence, hunting licence, falconry licence or outdoors card”.

7. The English version of subsection 13 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “his or her” and substituting “their”.

8. (1) The English version of subsection 14 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “he or she carries on his or her” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “they carry on their”.

(2) The English version of subsection 14 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “he or she carries the card on his or her” and substituting “they carry the card on their”.

(3) The English version of clause 14 (3) (a) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “he or she carries on his or her” at the beginning and substituting “they carry on their”.

(4) The English version of clause 14 (3) (b) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “he or she is” at the beginning and substituting “they are”.

9. Subsections 14.1 (1) and (2) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:

(1) A resident who is an active member of the armed forces of Canada and who has been issued a Canadian Forces Identification Card (NDI 20) or a Temporary Identification Card (NDI 10) by the Department of National Defence (Canada) may engage in sport fishing if they carry the card on their person while fishing.

(2) A resident who is a veteran of the armed forces of Canada and who has been issued a Canadian Armed Forces Veteran’s Service Card (NDI 75) by the Department of National Defence (Canada) may engage in sport fishing if they carry the card on their person while fishing.

10. The English version of subsection 15 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) A non-Canadian resident under the age of 18 years who is attending an organized camp in Ontario is authorized to engage in sport fishing if they have a government issued photo identification, or a photocopy of that identification, accompanied by a camp identification card issued by the camp and they carry it on their person while sport fishing.

11. The English version of subsection 16 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “his or her” and substituting “their”.

12. Section 17 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

17. (1) An angling licence issued to a resident of Manitoba in accordance with the laws of that province is deemed to be a sport fishing licence for the purposes of this Regulation but only when sport fishing in the waters described in subsection (2).

(2) A resident of Manitoba may engage in sport fishing in the following Ontario waters if they carry the angling licence described in subsection (1) on their person while sport fishing:

1.  Garner Lake (50° 49' 03"N., 95° 09' 06"W.).

2.  Davidson Lake (50° 27' 11"N., 95° 09' 09"W.).

3.  Ryerson Lake (50° 23' 04"N., 95° 09' 05"W.).

4.  Mantario Lake (49° 59' 25"N., 95° 09' 12"W.).

5.  Frances Lake (51° 44' 12"N., 95° 08' 33"W.).

6.  Moar Lake (51° 59' 25"N., 95° 06' 48"W.).

7.  High Lake (49° 42' 08"N., 95° 08' 04"W.).

(3) The following documents issued to a resident of Quebec are deemed to be sport fishing licences for the purposes of this Regulation but only when sport fishing in the waters described in subsection (4):

1.  A sport fishing licence issued under the Quebec Fishery Regulations, 1990 made under the Fisheries Act (Canada).

2.  In the case of a person described in subsection 5 (3) of the Quebec Fishery Regulations, 1990 made under the Fisheries Act (Canada) and who fishes in accordance with that provision, the licence under which the person is fishing and,

i.  any licence, permit, certificate or identification card that is issued by the Government of Canada or a provincial or territorial government of Canada that indicates the person’s name and date of birth, or

ii.  in the case of persons between 18 and 24 years of age, a valid student card.

(4) A resident of Quebec who holds a document deemed to be a sport fishing licence under subsection (3) may engage in sport fishing in the following Ontario waters if they carry the documents on their person while sport fishing:

1.  The Ottawa River (46° 17' 39"N., 78° 27' 27"W.) lying south of the dam situated in Temiscamingue, Quebec.

2.  Lake St. Francis (45° 08' 21"N., 74° 26' 30"W.) and the waters of the St. Lawrence River lying between the easterly side of the dam at the site of the Robert H. Saunders Generating Station (45° 00' 27"N., 74° 47' 33"W.) and the interprovincial boundary between Ontario and Quebec.

3.  Lake Timiskaming (47° 19' 23"N., 79° 30' 27"W.).

4.  Clarice Lake (48° 20' 22"N., 79° 32' 03"W.).

5.  Labyrinth Lake (48° 13' 46"N., 79° 31' 18"W.).

6.  Raven Lake (48° 03' 07"N., 79° 33' 08"W.).

13. The English version of subsection 18.2 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “his or her” and substituting “their”.

14. (1) Subsection 18.4 (1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(1) A sport fishing licence is not valid for catching and retaining lake trout taken by angling from any of the following waters of Lake of the Woods, unless the licence holder has been issued a tag authorizing it:

1.  Echo Bay (49° 39' 00"N., 94° 53' 58"W.).

2.  Clearwater Bay (49° 42' 23"N., 94° 45' 13"W.), including Deception Bay (49° 42' 20"N., 94° 48' 00"W.), Woodchuck Bay (49° 41' 22"N., 94° 51' 51"W.) and Kendal Inlet (49° 43' 27"N., 94° 39' 01"W.).

3.  Cul de Sac Lake (49° 37' 54"N., 94° 49' 47"W.).

(2) The English version of subsection 18.4 (2) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

(2) The tag shall not be issued to a licence holder unless they file an application with the Minister and their name is selected in a draw conducted by the Minister.

(3) The English version of subsection 18.4 (4) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “his or her” and substituting “their”.

15. The English version of paragraph 2 of section 18.6 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “his or her” and substituting “their”.

16. Subsection 32.2 (1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “fish that do not exist in Ontario waters” in the portion before paragraph 1 and substituting “invasive species”.

17. The English version of subsection 34.2 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “his or her” and substituting “their”.

Commencement

18. This Regulation comes into force on the later of July 1, 2026 and the day this Regulation is filed.