Canadian Criminal Record Check

Standard Canadian Criminal Record Check (CRC)
A Standard Canadian CRC includes a search of the Canadian Police Information Centre (“CPIC”) database and locally held police information centers for criminal convictions for which a pardon has not been granted.
Enhanced Canadian Criminal Record Check (CRC)
An Enhanced Canadian CRC includes the results of a standard check, plus a search of the Police Information Portal (PIP).
Database
Standard CRC
Enhanced CRC
Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC)
✓
✓
Police Information Portal (PIP)
⨯
✓
Firearms Interest Police (FIP)
⨯
✓
Niche RMS
⨯
✓
Enhanced Canadian CRC PIP Search List
Conditional and absolute discharges which have not been removed from the Canadian Police Information Centre system
Probation information
Wanted person information
Accused person information
Peace bonds
Judicial orders
Warrants
Criminal charges that have been withdrawn
Dismissed or stayed of proceedings
Any negative contact with police
Availability
This check is available in Canada 🇨🇦
 and the US 🇺🇸
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This check is available for a quickscreen ✅
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Canada
US
Industry
Availability
Endpoints
Human Resources
Yes
​Quickscreen ✅
​
​Invite 📩
​
Property Management
No
Quickscreen ❌
​
Invite ❌
​
​
Industry
Availability
Endpoints
Human Resources
Yes
​Quickscreen ✅
 
​Invite 📩
​
Property Management
No
Quickscreen ❌
​
Invite ❌
​
Parameters
Request flag
Include one of these flags in the body of your request:
Standard Check: request_criminal_record_check 
Enhanced Check: request_enhanced_criminal_record_check 
Invite parameters
To invite an applicant to complete a screen, include this parameter in the body of your request:
email
Applicants must go through identity verification to complete a Canadian CRC or an Enhanced Canadian CRC. Make sure to add an Broken link or an Enhanced Identity Verification before sending your request.
See all available Application parameters​
Quickscreen parameters
To complete a quickscreen, include these parameters in the body of your request:
 information 
first_name
last_name
date_of_birth
at least one of:
birth_city
birth_province_state (ISO province or state code)
birth_country (ISO country code)
gender (M, F, or X)
phone_number
​addresses (min 1)
rcmp_consent_given
​position_or_property_location 
You also need your applicant to provide a full conviction history. Share the details through these fields:
​information​
​convictions 
offense
date_of_sentence 
court_location
description 
When requesting a quickscreen for a Canadian CRC or an Enhanced Canadian CRC, you need to provide us with your applicant's proof of identification.
Add an Enhanced Identity Verification to your request to insure its completion.
Make sure to obtain the proof of consent from your applicant before running the quickscreen.
Example request
The following example contains fields for an enhanced criminal record check.
Add an enhanced identity verification to your request before sending it.
{
    "request_enhanced_criminal_record_check": true,
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "information": {
        "first_name": "Andrew",
        "last_name": "McLeod",
        "date_of_birth": "1987-03-04",
        "birth_city": "Victoria",
        "birth_province_state": "BC",
        "birth_country": "CA",
        "gender": "M",
        "phone_number": "250-555-5555",
        "addresses": [{
                "address": "4412 King Alfred Court",
                "city": "Victoria",
                "province_state": "BC",
                "country": "CA",
                "current": true
            }
        ],
        "convictions": [{
                "offense": "332",
                "date_of_sentence": "2000-01-01",
                "court_location": "Victoria, BC, Canada",
                "description": "Robbery; Theft over $200"
            }, {
                "offense": "348",
                "date_of_sentence": "2000-01-01",
                "court_location": "Victoria, BC, Canada",
                "description": "Break, enter, and theft"
            }
        ],
        "rcmp_consent_given": true
    },
    "position_or_property_location": {
        "address": "Tiffany & Co., 97 Greene St",
        "city": "New York City",
        "county": "New York",
        "province_state": "NY",
        "country": "US",
        "postal_code": "10012",
        "location_type": "Position Location"
    }
}
Report
Report field: rcmp_result 
Test data
Send Canadian CRC requests with the following sets of data on our demo environment to retrieve our pre-filled reports.
Clear results
First name
Last name
Andrew
McLeod
Records found
First name
Last name
Will
Nettke
Errors
400 Bad Request
‌You may receive a 400 Bad Request if:‌
You sent a quickscreen request for a Canadian CRC without an Enhanced Identity Verification.
 "request_enhanced_identity_verification":  "This field is required." 
You invited an applicant to complete a Canadian CRC without an Broken link or an Enhanced Identity Verification.
"non_field_errors": "One of identity_verification or request_enhanced_identity_verification is required for criminal record checks."
How to fix this issue
Add the appropriate identity verification method before sending your request.
Error codes

Database	Standard CRC	Enhanced CRC
Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC)	✓	✓
Police Information Portal (PIP)	⨯	✓
Firearms Interest Police (FIP)	⨯	✓
Niche RMS	⨯	✓

Industry	Availability	Endpoints
Human Resources	Yes	Quickscreen ✅ Invite 📩
Property Management	No	Quickscreen ❌ Invite ❌

Industry	Availability	Endpoints
Human Resources	Yes	Quickscreen ✅ Invite 📩
Property Management	No	Quickscreen ❌ Invite ❌

First name	Last name
Andrew	McLeod

First name	Last name
Will	Nettke

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