Overview
Canadian criminal record search uses the candidate-provided name and birth date to search the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) within the National Repository of Criminal Records for Canadian criminal convictions. Canadian criminal record search also searches the Police Information Portal (PIP database) for entries below:
- Charges
- Judicial orders
- Peace bonds
- Prohibition orders (non-convictions)
- Probation
- Warrants
Because of the Dissemination of Criminal Record Information Policy, Police Services can't disclose results from PIP databases.
When submitting results for a Canadian criminal record search, one of these results populate:
- Clear: Declaration matches results
- Consider: Declaration matches results
- Consider: Declaration doesn't match results
This document has the additional names below:
- Premium Criminal Record Check
- Level 2 Check
- Police Information Check (PIC)
- Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check (CRJMC) (Canada)
- Certified Criminal Record Check with fingerprints (required for Quebec candidates)
The enhanced criminal record check report shows the entries below:
- Criminal convictions from CPIC and local databases
- Summary convictions for five years from the conviction date, when identified
- Findings of Guilt under the Youth Criminal Justice Act within the applicable disclosure period
- Outstanding entries, such as charges and warrants, judicial orders, Peace Bonds, Probation, and Prohibition Orders. As per CPIC policy, information obtained from the Investigative database must be confirmed and authorized for release by the contributing agency.
- Absolute discharges for one year
- Conditional discharges for three years
Canadian criminal record search doesn't show the entry types below:
- Dispositions with the adjudications below:
- Dismissed
- Not Criminally Responsible by Reason of Mental Disorder
- Withdrawn
- Diversions
- Family Court restraining order
- Local police contact
- Mental health contact
- Ministry of Transportation information
- Provincial statute conviction
- Suspended conviction
- Special Interest Police record
- Suspended Vulnerable Sector Query record
- Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) information outside the applicable disclosure period