Apply for a professional or trade licence without retyping your personal details

Ontario professional and skilled trade licence applications ask for the same name, address, and date of birth you enter on every government form, alongside trade-specific information. This guide is an example of storing the repeating identity fields in hivi.

Official form and source

Start from the official Ontario source and always use current requirements — licensing rules can change:

• Service page: Skilled trades — ontario.ca

What these applications are about

Ontario's skilled trades are regulated through Skilled Trades Ontario, which issues Certificates of Apprenticeship and Certificates of Qualification. Professional bodies (engineers, lawyers, healthcare professionals) have their own regulatory colleges. Each application collects personal identity details alongside trade or professional credentials.

Before you start: what to gather

• Your name, date of birth, and current address.
• Contact details.
• Training and employment records specific to your trade or profession.

Confirm current certification requirements and application processes with Skilled Trades Ontario or your regulatory body.

How hivi makes it faster

1. Store your personal details once. Save your name, date of birth, and address in hivi.
2. Autofill the identity fields. Use the hivi Chrome extension on the licensing portal, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside hivi.
3. Provide trade-specific information yourself — training records and employer details.
4. Submit and pay through the relevant licensing body.

Why do it in hivi

Your personal identity details repeat on every licence application, examination registration, and renewal. Stored once in hivi — in Canada, with no third-party AI — each application starts mostly filled.