**No. A photo of your Ontario Outdoors Card (or a version stored in Google Wallet) is not enough to prove membership while hunting or fishing.** You are required to carry the actual plastic card.

Official Ontario government guidance states that an Outdoors Card is a plastic, wallet-sized identification card, and **“You are required to carry this card with you at all times while hunting or fishing.”** Regulations under the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act reinforce this: you must carry the outdoors card on your person and produce/show it to a conservation officer on request.

### What *is* accepted digitally
- The **licence summary** (the document listing your valid fishing/hunting licences) **can** be carried in digital format on a smartphone.
- It must be the official **PDF** provided by the Fish and Wildlife Licensing Service. A photograph or screenshot of the summary is **not** valid.
- You remain responsible for battery power and being able to display it when asked.

### Temporary exception
While waiting for a newly purchased or replaced plastic card to arrive in the mail (up to about 20 days), you may use the licence summary (paper or official digital PDF) as temporary proof. This does **not** apply once you have the physical card.

### Practical notes
- Adding a photo of the card to Google Wallet (via the “photo” or “Everything else” feature) creates a convenient digital copy for your own reference, but it does not replace the legal requirement to carry the physical plastic card.
- Ontario is developing a new digital licensing system (FishHuntON / related app) expected around early 2027 that will support digital storage of licences and tags. Until that is fully rolled out and officially accepted, the physical Outdoors Card remains mandatory.

**Bottom line:** Keep the plastic Outdoors Card with you when hunting or fishing. A Google Wallet photo + card ID number will not satisfy a conservation officer. For the most current rules, check ontario.ca (Outdoors Card page) or contact the Natural Resources Information and Support Centre at 1-800-387-7011.