New Customer Identification Requirements

Primary Identification* is government issued with a photo, for example:

• a valid provincial or state Driver's License,
• a valid Canadian Passport, Canadian Citizenship Card, Military Identification, or Official Government Identification,
• an Age of Majority Card,
• an Old Age Security card issued by the Government of Canada,
• a Certificate of Indian Status issued by the Government of Canada,
• a Firearms Acquisition Certificate.

* All Primary Identification must have a picture and signature attached.


Secondary Identification is, for example:

• a credit card with signature or bankcard with signature,
• student identification with photo and signature,
• a birth or marriage certificate issued in Canada,
• a Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) client card bearing the individual's photograph and signature,
• an Employee Identity Card, issued by an employer that is well known in the community and bears the individual's photograph,
• an Outdoors Card issued by the Ontario Government,
• a valid foreign passport.

OTHER Identification:
S.I.N. and Health Card numbers may be used for visually verifying personal identification only - these numbers shall and will not be recorded.

If you are faxing in forms to initiate a new account, please provide a clear and legible photocopy of two pieces of identification with your package.

This page last updated 2012-02-06.