How to apply for a shortline railway licence — and autofill on00405 with my-id.ca
License shortline railways without retyping operator particulars
Shortline railway operators repeat legal business name, address, contact information, and corridor particulars on every Shortline Railway Licence Application. 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: Short line railways — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Shortline Railway Licence Application — on00405
What this form is about
Form on00405 applies for a shortline railway licence in Ontario — confirm safety, insurance, and track requirements on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Operator legal name and business address.
- Contact details including phone and email.
- Rail corridor description and municipalities served.
- Safety and insurance documentation — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your operator 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 a shortline licence?
- Operators running qualifying shortline railways — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills operator name, address, and contact details.
- How does this relate to OSRITC forms?
- Tax credit forms on00914 and on00915 are separate — confirm which applies on ontario.ca.
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.