How to apply for a trade activity card — and autofill 022-12-1537 with my-id.ca
Apply for a trade activity card without retyping your personal details
Tradespeople applying for an Ontario trade activity card repeat legal name, mailing address, contact information, and trade identifiers on every application package. 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: Skilled trades — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Application for Trade Activity Card — 022-12-1537
What this form is about
Form 022-12-1537 is the Application for Trade Activity Card — confirm eligibility and filing through Skilled Trades Ontario on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Full legal name and mailing address.
- Contact phone and email.
- Trade and registration identifiers.
- Training or certification records — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your name, 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 trade activity card?
- A card authorizing certain trade activities in Ontario — confirm requirements with Skilled Trades Ontario on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills name, address, and contact details.
- How does this relate to a Certificate of Qualification?
- A CoQ certifies trade competency; a trade activity card may authorize specific work — confirm 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.