Disclaimer: A valid fishing licence is mandatory for recreational fishing in Canada — canada.anglerpermit.com is an independent licence-assistance service, not affiliated with the Government of Canada or any provincial or territorial agency. Disclaimer: independent licence-assistance service — not affiliated with any government agency.
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Canada's fishing season is open
Answer one guided form. Our team reviews it, purchases your licence from your province's official licensing portal, and delivers it to your inbox — so you're legal before your next cast.
Full transparency
Fishing licences are issued only by provincial governments, and every province sells them directly through its official portal. Going direct is always available and costs only the government fee. If you're comfortable navigating regulations, residency categories, and portal accounts, it's a fine choice.
One plain-English form. We check your answers for the errors that get applications rejected, match you to the correct licence for your residency and season, purchase it on your behalf from the official provincial portal, and email you everything — with a real human answering your questions. One bundled total covers the government fee and our service. Fully refundable until we purchase your licence.
Start My ApplicationHow it works
Choose your province and residency. Pricing differs for provincial residents, other Canadian residents, and visitors — we sort that out for you.
Plain-English questions with built-in validation. No portal accounts, no regulation jargon, no guesswork.
A specialist reviews your application within 1 business day, purchases your licence from the official provincial portal, and emails your licence and documents.
Coverage
16 licence options
from CA $68
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Start application →9 licence options
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Start application →Bundled totals include the government licence fee and our assistance service. You always see one clear total before paying.
Licence essentials
Every province prices licences by residency. We apply the correct category automatically, so you never overpay or hold the wrong licence.
Ontario offers a Sport licence with full catch-and-keep limits and a lower-cost Conservation licence with reduced limits — ideal for catch-and-release anglers. Ontario annual licences also require an Outdoors Card, which we handle in your application.
From 1-day licences for a spontaneous trip to Ontario's 3-season licences, plus specialty Atlantic salmon licences in Quebec and New Brunswick.
Most provinces exempt children, Ontario residents under 18 and 65+ fish licence-free with ID, and provinces run licence-free family fishing weekends each year (Ontario alone offers four windows annually). If an exemption applies to you, that information is always free on official provincial sites.
Official rules, decoded
British Columbia's freshwater licence comes from the provincial system — and it does not apply in tidal (salt) waters. Fishing the coast requires a separate B.C. Tidal Waters Sport Fishing Licence issued federally by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). One licence never covers the other.
We price these rules into your application →Most provinces set aside licence-free family fishing days each year. Ontario gives Canadian residents four windows in 2026 — Family Day weekend (February 14–16), Mother's Day and Father's Day weekends, and Family Fishing Week (June 27 – July 5) — and B.C.'s Family Fishing Weekend runs over Father's Day weekend, June 19–21, 2026. Conservation catch limits apply during Ontario's windows, and every other rule stays in force.
We price these rules into your application →Ontario residents under 18 and 65 or older fish licence-free year-round — they just carry government-issued ID showing name and date of birth. Youth thresholds differ by province: in B.C., resident kids under 16 need no freshwater licence and keep their own quota, while visiting under-16s can fish under a licensed adult's limits. If an exemption covers you, you may not need to buy anything at all.
We price these rules into your application →Sources: Government of Ontario, Province of British Columbia, Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
Context
Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Survey of Recreational Fishing in Canada.
Twelve months of water
Canada fishes twelve months a year — from Prairie walleye openers to Rocky Mountain trout streams to ice-fishing villages on Lake Simcoe. Whenever you go, go licensed.
Where Canada fishes
Three waters worth planning a trip around — and the licence details we sort out before you get there.
Walleye is Canada's most-caught fish, and the big Prairie waters of Saskatchewan and Manitoba — Lake Winnipeg's famous "greenbacks" among them — are where many anglers chase theirs. Next door, Alberta manages walleye harvest on many lakes through Special Harvest Licences; select one and our Alberta applications include it.
Start your Saskatchewan or Manitoba application → Photo: Jim Crowley / Unsplash
Five species of Pacific salmon — chinook, coho, sockeye, pink and chum — return to B.C. waters, and salmon season shapes the province's fishing calendar. Planning to keep a salmon means a Salmon Conservation Stamp on top of the base licence — select it and our B.C. applications add it automatically.
Start your British Columbia application → Photo: Drew Farwell / Unsplash
Brook trout are native to Eastern Canada, filling the streams and still waters of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia — with Newfoundland's wild brookies just across the gulf. The region is also Atlantic salmon country, home to storied rivers like New Brunswick's Miramichi, where a specialty salmon licence applies.
Start your New Brunswick or Nova Scotia application → Photo: Clayton Chase / UnsplashQuestions
No. We are a private licence-assistance service and are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Government of Canada or any provincial or territorial agency. Licences are issued only by provincial governments, and you can always buy directly from official portals for the government fee alone.
Eight: Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick — 81 licence options across annual, short-term, multi-season, and Atlantic salmon licences.
One bundled total: the government licence fee plus our application review, error checking, purchase handling, email delivery, and customer support. No hidden fees — you see the full total before you pay.
Applications are reviewed within 1 business day. Once purchased from the provincial portal, your licence is delivered to your email.
You're fully refundable until we purchase your licence from the provincial portal. See our Refund Policy for details.
Your data travels over encrypted connections and is used only to prepare and purchase your licence. We never sell your information. See our Privacy Policy.
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One form. One clear total. Reviewed by a real person within 1 business day.
