How to apply for an Ontario professional or trade licence — and autofill your details with my-id.ca
Apply for a professional or trade licence without retyping your personal details
Ontario professional and skilled trade licence applications ask for the same name, address, and date of birth you enter on every government form, alongside trade-specific information. This guide is an example of storing the repeating identity fields in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official Ontario source and always use current requirements — licensing rules can change:
- Service page: Skilled trades — ontario.ca
What these applications are about
Ontario's skilled trades are regulated through Skilled Trades Ontario, which issues Certificates of Apprenticeship and Certificates of Qualification. Professional bodies (engineers, lawyers, healthcare professionals) have their own regulatory colleges. Each application collects personal identity details alongside trade or professional credentials.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your name, date of birth, and current address.
- Contact details.
- Training and employment records specific to your trade or profession.
Confirm current certification requirements and application processes with Skilled Trades Ontario or your regulatory body.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Store your personal details once. Save your name, date of birth, and address in my-id.ca.
- Autofill the identity fields. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on the licensing portal, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Provide trade-specific information yourself — training records and employer details.
- Submit and pay through the relevant licensing body.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Your personal identity details repeat on every licence application, examination registration, and renewal. Stored once in my-id.ca — in Canada, with no third-party AI — each application starts mostly filled.
Frequently asked questions
- What types of licences are covered by Ontario's skilled trades system?
- Over 140 skilled trades are regulated in Ontario — including electricians, plumbers, gas fitters, and carpenters. Licences and certificates are managed by Skilled Trades Ontario. Confirm your trade's requirements on ontario.ca.
- What does a professional or trade licence application ask for?
- Your name, address, date of birth, contact details, and trade-specific information such as training records and employer details. my-id.ca stores your personal identity details for autofill.
- Does my-id.ca apply for my licence for me?
- No. my-id.ca autofills your personal identity details; you complete the application through Skilled Trades Ontario or the relevant regulatory body.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.