How to apply to collect fish for scientific purposes — and autofill 018-fw1031 with my-id.ca
Apply for a scientific fish collection licence without retyping your contact details
Researchers repeat legal name, institution address, contact information, and project particulars on every Application For a License to Collect Fish for Scientific Purposes. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Fishing — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Application For a License to Collect Fish for Scientific Purposes — 018-fw1031
What this form is about
Form 018-fw1031 authorizes collecting fish for scientific research — confirm project requirements and submission on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Principal investigator or institution name and address.
- Contact details including phone and email.
- Study location and sampling plan.
- Species and methods — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your name, address, and contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Who needs form 018-fw1031?
- Researchers and institutions collecting fish for scientific study — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills name, address, and contact details.
- How does this relate to fw1030?
- fw1030 is wildlife scientific collectors authorization; 018-fw1031 is for fish — confirm which applies.
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.