How to apply for a public appointment in Ontario — and autofill 002-02-5181 with my-id.ca
Apply to Ontario agencies, boards, and commissions without retyping your details
Ontario residents applying for public appointments repeat legal name, home address, contact information, employment history, and volunteer particulars on every agencies, boards, and commissions application. 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: Public appointments — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Application for Appointment to Agencies, Boards and Commissions — 002-02-5181
What this form is about
Form 002-02-5181 is the Application for Appointment to Agencies, Boards and Commissions — apply online or by mail through the Public Appointments Secretariat.
Before you start: what to gather
- Your legal name and home address.
- Contact phone and email.
- Education and employment history for the application.
- Agency or board you are applying to — 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
- Can I apply online instead of form 002-02-5181?
- Yes — ontario.ca recommends creating a public appointments account; the mailed form remains available.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills name, address, and contact details.
- Should I attach a resume?
- The Public Appointments Secretariat considers only the application form — 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.