How to licence an animals-for-research supply facility — and autofill on00489 with my-id.ca
License breeding facilities without retyping operator particulars
Supply facility operators repeat legal name, facility address, contact information, and animal species details on every Application for a Licence to Operate a Supply Facility under the Animals for Research Act. 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: Animals for research — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Application for a Licence to Operate a Supply Facility under s. 4 of the Animals for Research Act — on00489
What this form is about
Form on00489 licences premises used to breed and rear animals for research, teaching, or testing under the Animals for Research Act — confirm annual renewal and facility standards on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Operator legal name and facility address.
- Contact details including phone and email.
- Animal species bred and reared on the premises.
- Premise owner if different from the operator.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your operator name, facility 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
- What is a supply facility?
- Premises that breed and rear animals for contracted research use — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills operator name, facility address, and contact details.
- Must the licence be renewed?
- Licences expire December 31 each year — confirm renewal 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.