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Originally Posted by Bhelliom1980
Health cards can be used as valid ID . However, people are NOT allowed to ask for them. they must ask for and accept anything else first. this is becuase health cards have more private information on the apparently. not to mention that if you're using your health card to say... get into a bar... it probably means that your DL is being used by someone else to get into the same bar.
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I checked as to whether Health Card ID's would be accepted for the purchase of alcohol or tabacco in Ontario, and they are *not*. The regulations list what is acceptable ID, and the health card is not included. I could not find anything saying that Health Cards could not be used, as long as the requirements of the Canadian Privacy Act are followed. And because the address is not on the photo side of the card, it is a better card to use within the context of privacy.