How to request a Great Lakes target or initiative — and autofill 012-2158 with my-id.ca

Ask the Minister for a Great Lakes target without retyping your contact details

Anyone exercising the public request right under section 30 of the Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 repeats their name, contact information, and mailing address on every Public Request to Minister form when asking for a target or geographically-focused initiative. 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: Protecting the Great Lakes — ontario.ca
• Form (Central Forms Repository): Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 – Public Request to Minister — 012-2158

What this form is about

Form 012-2158 implements section 30 public requests under the Great Lakes Protection Act, 2015 — include your rationale and any information the Minister requests on ontario.ca.

Before you start: what to gather

• Your full legal name and mailing address.
• Phone and email for follow-up about your request.
• Rationale for the proposed target or geographically-focused initiative.
• Additional information the Minister may request to assess your request — confirm on ontario.ca.

Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.

How my-id.ca makes it faster

1. Save it once. Store your name, address, and contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
2. Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
3. 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.
4. 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.