Get your own Canadian criminal record check
Ordered online, completed from your phone, no appointment and no line-up. Searched against the RCMP National Repository through an accredited police partner, with identity verification included.
Level 2 available at $49
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Is this the right check for you?
Ninety seconds and you will know. Most people need a Level 1 and can order straight away.
Yes, if
- Someone has asked you for one.An employer, agency, school, club, or landlord.
- You are applying for something.A job, a placement, a volunteer role, a licence, or a membership.
- They asked for a Canadian criminal record check.At Level 1 or Level 2. If they did not say which, Level 1 is the usual one.
- You want a current copy for yourself.Your own record, dated, for your files.
No, if
- You need a vulnerable sector check.Those come only from your local police service, or the BC Criminal Records Review Program.
- You need it for immigration, a visa, or citizenship.The check does not include convictions recorded by the Canada Border Services Agency or US Customs.
- You need a check from outside Canada.This search covers Canadian records. Overseas records are a separate check.
- You are trying to clear an old conviction.That is a record suspension, and it is a separate government process.
What you receive is a police-issued record check. Your certificate names the police service that issued it, the date it was issued, and the issuing officer's ID, and states that the search was run against the RCMP National Repository of Criminal Records. It is the same document an employer receives when they order a check through Credibled. If you are not sure whether the role needs a Level 1 or a Level 2, ask whoever requested it.
How it works
Five steps, and your part is the first three.
Start and accept the terms
Have three things to hand: your most recent Canadian address, an original unexpired government-issued ID such as a passport, driver's licence, ID card, or residence permit, and a debit or credit card. Read the terms and confirm you agree.
Choose your level and pay
Enter your email address and pick Level 1 at $39 or Level 2 at $49. Payment is by card. If an employer or agency gave you a promo code, enter it at checkout under Add promotion code.
Complete your check from the email
A link arrives in your inbox. Photograph your ID and take a short live capture so your identity can be verified, then complete your declaration. Your phone camera is enough, and identity verification is included in the price rather than billed on top.
A police service runs the search
Your details are passed to an accredited police partner, who searches the RCMP National Repository of Criminal Records through the Canadian Police Information Centre and reviews the result.
Your certificate arrives
Most checks complete in minutes, and the rest are usually back within 4 hours. The certificate lands straight in your inbox, issued by a police service and ready to send on.
A police-issued certificate, in your inbox
Your result is a dated certificate in three parts. It goes to you, not to an employer, and you decide who sees it.
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Applicant informationThe legal name, date of birth, and address the search was run against, and the type of ID used to verify you.
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Criminal record checklistThe result, stated against the RCMP National Repository of Criminal Records. A Level 1 with nothing found reads Negative here, and Cleared as the overall result.
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Issuing agency informationThe police service that issued it, the date issued, the serial number, and the issuing officer's ID.
A criminal record check is a point-in-time search. It reflects the record on the day it was run and does not update afterwards.
How to read your result
Based solely on the name and date of birth provided, and the criminal record information declared by the applicant, a search of the RCMP National Repository of Criminal Records did not identify any records.
Issuing serviceLevel 1 or Level 2, and how to tell which you need
If the organisation asking has specified a level, order that one. If they have not, Level 1 is what most job applications ask for. Level 1 answers whether you have a conviction. Level 2 also answers whether anything is currently outstanding.
| Level 1$39 | Level 2$49 | |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal convictions with no record suspension | Included | Included |
| Outstanding charges and warrants to arrest | Not included | Included |
| Absolute and conditional discharges within their disclosure windows | Not included | Included |
| Youth Criminal Justice Act findings of guilt within disclosure windows | Not included | Included |
| Court orders against you | Not included | Included |
| Identity verification | Included in the price | Included in the price |
| Usually asked for by | Most employers, agencies, and volunteer roles | Roles carrying responsibility, unsupervised access, or a licensing requirement |
Neither level is a vulnerable sector check, and neither can be substituted for one. More on Level 1 versus Level 2
Understanding your result
A result is not a pass or a fail. It is a comparison between what you declared and what the search returned. Negative sounds like bad news and means the opposite. Here is every result you can get, in plain language.
Nothing was found
This is the clean result, and it is the one most people get. Read it the way you would a medical test: negative means nothing turned up.
Two things are true. You declared no criminal convictions, and the search returned none. The declaration and the record agree, so there is nothing for anyone to look into.
Your declaration and the record line up
You declared 1 or more convictions during the process, and the search confirmed them. The offence details sit further down the report.
This result is about accuracy, not character. It says you were upfront and that what you declared is correct. Whether the record matters to a particular role is not decided here, and there are limits in law on what an organisation can act on. You get the certificate first, so nothing on it can catch you out.
The two sides do not line up
Incomplete is not a criminal record. It means the declaration and the search disagree, or the search could not be closed out on a name and date of birth alone.
Common names, a name change, a marriage, a middle name entered on one form and not the other, a date typed wrong: all of them produce it. The comments field on your certificate says which.
The usual causes
- The search could not be resolved on name and date of birth, so fingerprints are the next step.
- You declared nothing and the search returned something, or the other way round.
- A name, a date or a court location does not match what the search found.
A Level 2 covers more ground than a Level 1, so the certificate carries a second section. Read it the same way: the label first, then the comments underneath it.
The check closed clean
Negative, with nothing outstanding. There is nothing on the certificate that needs explaining, and it is ready to send on.
There is something on it to read
Review is not a rejection, and nobody has made a decision about you. It means the check did not close clean, so the certificate carries something that has to be read rather than filed. It comes to you, so you are the one reading it.
Every result, explained in full
The long version covers both searches, how the results combine, what an employer is allowed to do with a record, and the questions candidates actually ask.
Nothing is sent to an employer or an agency unless you send it. If something on your certificate does not look right, email [email protected] before you pass it on.
Straight from the source
Your check is run by an accredited police partner against the RCMP National Repository of Criminal Records, through the Canadian Police Information Centre. That is the national record itself, held by the RCMP, queried by police.
Your certificate says so on its face, and names the police service that issued it. That is what makes it stand up when someone asks where it came from. It is also why identity verification comes first: a record search is only as good as the identity it was run against.
Most searches complete on your name and date of birth alone. In a small number of cases the search cannot be resolved that way and fingerprint confirmation is advised, which is done in person and takes considerably longer. That is rare, and we would rather you knew about it now than discovered it midway through.
Most people ordering a check were asked for one
Job applicants and new hires, students starting a placement, volunteers at charities and sports clubs, drivers and couriers, performers and entertainers, tradespeople, real estate professionals, people applying for a licence or a membership, and anyone who simply wants a current copy of their own record.
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