Ontario · Season dates by Wildlife Management Unit

Moose season in Ontario

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Status today

As of October 29, 2026, a moose season is running in 51 of the 150 Ontario Wildlife Management Units North Ground evaluates, under the rules it has certified from the official regulations. In 70 units, whether a season is open to you depends on your hunt — licence, residency, tag or method. By unit: depends on your hunt in 70, not covered here in 80. "Not covered here" is a gap in North Ground's coverage, not a closed season.

Depends on your hunt70
Not covered here80

Status for October 29, 2026 in Ontario · rules last verified Sep 21, 2026 · a running season is not a licence

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Certified season dates

Moose seasons by Wildlife Management Unit

Units are grouped where every certified season — legal animal, methods, dates and material conditions — is identical. Different opportunities are never merged because their dates overlap.

19 Wildlife Management Units

Depends on your hunt

WMU 46, WMU 47, WMU 48, WMU 49, WMU 50, WMU 53A, WMU 53B, WMU 54, WMU 55A, WMU 55B, WMU 56, WMU 57, WMU 58, WMU 59, WMU 60, WMU 61, WMU 62, WMU 63A, WMU 63B

Legal animal	Methods	Dates
Not established	Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Oct 19 – Oct 25, 2026
Not established	Bow, Crossbow	Oct 3 – Oct 9, 2026

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Check WMU 46 in Hunt

17 Wildlife Management Units

Depends on your hunt

WMU 5, WMU 6, WMU 7B, WMU 8, WMU 9A, WMU 9B, WMU 11A, WMU 11B, WMU 12A, WMU 12B, WMU 13, WMU 14, WMU 15A, WMU 15B, WMU 19, WMU 21A, WMU 21B

Legal animal	Methods	Dates
Not established	Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Oct 17 – Dec 15, 2026 Oct 19 – Nov 15, 2026 Running today
Not established	Bow, Crossbow	Sep 26 – Oct 16, 2026

Conditions apply

Turns on which tag you hold
Every moose season requires a validated moose tag allocated through the province's tag draw, and the tag determines both the season and the animal you may take. North Ground does not evaluate draw applications, points or tag validation. — Government of Ontario

Hunt asks: Are you an Ontario resident?

Check WMU 5 in Hunt

16 Wildlife Management Units

Depends on your hunt

WMU 22, WMU 23, WMU 28, WMU 29, WMU 30, WMU 31, WMU 32, WMU 33, WMU 35, WMU 36, WMU 37, WMU 38, WMU 39, WMU 40, WMU 41, WMU 42

Legal animal	Methods	Dates
Not established	Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Oct 17 – Nov 15, 2026 Oct 19 – Nov 15, 2026 Running today
Not established	Bow, Crossbow	Sep 26 – Oct 16, 2026

Conditions apply

Turns on which tag you hold
Every moose season requires a validated moose tag allocated through the province's tag draw, and the tag determines both the season and the animal you may take. North Ground does not evaluate draw applications, points or tag validation. — Government of Ontario

Hunt asks: Are you an Ontario resident?

Check WMU 22 in Hunt

8 Wildlife Management Units

Depends on your hunt

WMU 1A, WMU 1C, WMU 1D, WMU 16A, WMU 16B, WMU 16C, WMU 17, WMU 25

Legal animal	Methods	Dates
Not established	Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Sep 19 – Dec 15, 2026 Sep 21 – Nov 15, 2026 Running today

Conditions apply

Every moose season requires a validated moose tag allocated through the province's tag draw, and the tag determines both the season and the animal you may take. North Ground does not evaluate draw applications, points or tag validation. — Government of Ontario

Hunt asks: Are you an Ontario resident?

Check WMU 1A in Hunt

4 Wildlife Management Units

Depends on your hunt

WMU 2, WMU 3, WMU 4, WMU 18A

Legal animal	Methods	Dates
Not established	Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Oct 10 – Dec 15, 2026 Oct 12 – Nov 15, 2026 Running today
Not established	Bow, Crossbow	Sep 19 – Oct 9, 2026

Conditions apply

Turns on which tag you hold
Every moose season requires a validated moose tag allocated through the province's tag draw, and the tag determines both the season and the animal you may take. North Ground does not evaluate draw applications, points or tag validation. — Government of Ontario

Hunt asks: Are you an Ontario resident?

Check WMU 2 in Hunt

2 Wildlife Management Units

Depends on your hunt

WMU 24, WMU 27

Legal animal	Methods	Dates
Not established	Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Oct 10 – Nov 15, 2026 Oct 12 – Nov 15, 2026 Running today
Not established	Bow, Crossbow	Sep 19 – Oct 9, 2026

Conditions apply

Turns on which tag you hold
Every moose season requires a validated moose tag allocated through the province's tag draw, and the tag determines both the season and the animal you may take. North Ground does not evaluate draw applications, points or tag validation. — Government of Ontario

Hunt asks: Are you an Ontario resident?

Check WMU 24 in Hunt

WMU 7A

Depends on your hunt

WMU 7A

Legal animal	Methods	Dates
Not established	Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Oct 17 – Dec 15, 2026 Oct 19 – Nov 15, 2026 Running today

Conditions apply

Only muzzle-loading guns, bows and crossbows are permitted for the season(s) that apply here. — Government of Ontario
Every moose season requires a validated moose tag allocated through the province's tag draw, and the tag determines both the season and the animal you may take. North Ground does not evaluate draw applications, points or tag validation. — Government of Ontario

Hunt asks: Are you an Ontario resident?

Check WMU 7A in Hunt

WMU 18B

Depends on your hunt

WMU 18B

Legal animal	Methods	Dates
Not established	Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Oct 10 – Dec 15, 2026 Oct 12 – Nov 15, 2026 Running today
Not established	Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Sep 19 – Oct 9, 2026

Conditions apply

Turns on which tag you hold
Every moose season requires a validated moose tag allocated through the province's tag draw, and the tag determines both the season and the animal you may take. North Ground does not evaluate draw applications, points or tag validation. — Government of Ontario

Hunt asks: Are you an Ontario resident?

Check WMU 18B in Hunt

WMU 26

Depends on your hunt

WMU 26

Legal animal	Methods	Dates
Not established	Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Sep 19 – Oct 31, 2026 Sep 21 – Oct 31, 2026 Running today

Conditions apply

Every moose season requires a validated moose tag allocated through the province's tag draw, and the tag determines both the season and the animal you may take. North Ground does not evaluate draw applications, points or tag validation. — Government of Ontario

Hunt asks: Are you an Ontario resident?

Check WMU 26 in Hunt

WMU 34

Depends on your hunt

WMU 34

Legal animal	Methods	Dates
Not established	Rifle, Shotgun, Muzzleloader, Bow, Crossbow	Oct 17 – Nov 15, 2026 Oct 19 – Nov 15, 2026 Running today

Conditions apply

Every moose season requires a validated moose tag allocated through the province's tag draw, and the tag determines both the season and the animal you may take. North Ground does not evaluate draw applications, points or tag validation. — Government of Ontario

Hunt asks: Are you an Ontario resident?

Check WMU 34 in Hunt

The other units

Other Wildlife Management Units

What the certified rules state for each unit on October 29, 2026: the season running that day, if any, and the next certified season after it.

80 Wildlife Management Units

Not covered here

Season running October 29, 2026: None running
Next certified season: Not certified

WMU 1B, WMU 10, WMU 11C, WMU 20, WMU 43A, WMU 43B, WMU 44, WMU 45, WMU 64A, WMU 64B, WMU 65, WMU 66A, WMU 66B, WMU 67, WMU 68A, WMU 68B, WMU 69A-1, WMU 69A-2, WMU 69A-3, WMU 69B, WMU 70, WMU 71, WMU 72A, WMU 72B, WMU 73, WMU 74A, WMU 74B, WMU 75, WMU 76A, WMU 76B, WMU 76C, WMU 76D, WMU 76E, WMU 77A, WMU 77B, WMU 77C, WMU 78A, WMU 78B, WMU 78C, WMU 78D, WMU 78E, WMU 79C, WMU 79D, WMU 80, WMU 81A, WMU 81B, WMU 82A, WMU 82B, WMU 82C, WMU 83A, WMU 83B, WMU 83C, WMU 84, WMU 85A, WMU 85B, WMU 85C, WMU 86A, WMU 86B, WMU 87A, WMU 87B, WMU 87C, WMU 87D, WMU 87E, WMU 88, WMU 89A, WMU 89B, WMU 90A, WMU 90B, WMU 91A, WMU 91B, WMU 92A, WMU 92B, WMU 92C, WMU 92D, WMU 93A, WMU 93B, WMU 93C, WMU 94A, WMU 94B and WMU 95

Questions

Moose season in Ontario: answers

Is moose season open in Ontario right now?

How are moose seasons set in Ontario?

Government of Ontario sets them by Wildlife Management Unit. North Ground evaluates 150 of them (the authority publishes 151). This page lists what the certified rules state for each of them.

Where do these moose season dates come from?

From Moose — Ontario Hunting Regulations Summary, last verified by North Ground on Sep 21, 2026. The authority's own regulations are the law; confirm with them before you hunt.

Before you rely on this

What this page does not decide

Each status is the whole-unit answer for October 29, 2026. A season running in a unit is not a licence, and it does not tell you about restricted areas, municipal by-laws, land access or legal hours at a particular spot — Hunt checks an exact location.
A unit marked "Not covered here" has no certified rule for this species. That is a gap in North Ground's coverage, not a closed season.
This page describes sport hunting seasons. It does not describe harvesting under treaty or Aboriginal rights, which is a separate legal context North Ground does not evaluate.

Provenance

Official sources

Government of Ontario sets these seasons. North Ground reads the regulations, structures each rule and cites it here; the authority's own text is the law.

Moose — Ontario Hunting Regulations Summary · Government of Ontario