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 |
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Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) | ✓ | ✓ |
Police Information Portal (PIP) | ⨯ | ✓ |
Firearms Interest Police (FIP) | ⨯ | ✓ |
Niche RMS | ⨯ | ✓ |
- 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- Criminal charges that have been withdrawn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
This check is available in Canada and the US
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Canada
US
Industry | Availability | Endpoints |
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Human Resources | Yes | |
Property Management | No |
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Industry | Availability | Endpoints |
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Human Resources | Yes | |
Property Management | No |
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Include one of these flags in the body of your request:
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.
To complete a quickscreen, include these parameters in the body of your request:
first_name
last_name
date_of_birth
- at least one of:
birth_city
gender
(M
,F
, orX
)phone_number
rcmp_consent_given
You also need your applicant to provide a full conviction history. Share the details through these fields:
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.
The following example contains fields for an enhanced criminal record check.
{
"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"
}
}
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 |
You may receive a
400 Bad Request
if: "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."
Add the appropriate identity verification method before sending your request.
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