Criminal Record Checks conducted by Canadian Police delivered online within 24 hours.
Whether you are an Individual, an Employer, or represent a Not-For-Profit Organization, BackCheck has a criminal record check solution that will work for you.
Protect your Organization, your People and your Property
12% of Canadians have a criminal record.
Protecting your people, customers, and property from theft and violence is important. In fact, a Criminal Record Check is a key part of pre-employment screening programs for at least half of Canada’s FP 100. Criminal record checks are a key background check component that will help you to select reliable, honest people.
2 Easy Ordering Options
Delivered online within 24 hours.
1. Paper and Pen Consent and Ordering
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- Customized consent forms tailored to your business
- PIPEDA compliant
- Results delivered securely online, accessed via secure username and password
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- 4 hour rush service available
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2. NEW!! Online, paperless Criminal Record Checks, powered by myBackCheck.com.
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- Simply send an electronic invitation to your candidate’s email account.
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- Candidates provide consent online (and optionally can pay as well) from home or any computer with access to the internet.
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- The system provides 2 choices for physical ID verification, which is required to conduct a criminal record check in Canada
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>> Populated consent forms are brought to a representative from your organization who can make copies of ID and submit to BackCheck, or
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>> NEW! – Candidates can visit 1 of 5000 participating CANADA POST retail outlets to have their identity verified. Your candidate will print their consent forms and show them to a CANADA POST retail clerk who will review the consent form, verify ID, and submit them to us electronically – all in about 5 minutes! READ MORE |
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Partner with the Industry Leader
BackCheck has conducted over 2 million Criminal Record Checks for Corporations, Not-For-Profit Organizations, and Individuals across Canada. Provided in partnership with numerous Canadian police departments and based on information maintained by the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC). Our processes are compliant with PIPEDA and with provincial privacy and human rights legislation.
Next Day Results
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- Forgery-proof delivery – Results delivered directly online
- Optional rush service – 4 hour guarantee for a small premium
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BackCheck combines world-class People, quality Processes and bank-calibre Technology to deliver accurate results.
Learn more about our People, Process and Technology.
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BackCheck pilot project leads to fast roll-out for national retailer.
In early 2007 a national retailer piloted with BackCheck. The results proved compelling – BackCheck was revealing a criminal record check red flag rate of nearly 20%. Their competitors who were already using BackCheck were experiencing a red flag rate of around 7%. They clearly were getting a lot of the wrong kind of candidate. The company took immediate action and has since prevented the hiring of thousands of unsuitable candidates. Their red flag rate is now on par with all other retailers. |
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: What is provided in your Criminal Record Check service?
A: BackCheck conducts criminal record checks based on the Name and Date of Birth of an applicant. These searches may provide an indication of the existence of the following types of information:
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- Record of a criminal convictions, as the record exists on the date of search
- Convictions where a pardon has not been granted
- Absolute and conditional discharges where not prohibited by legislation
- Judicial orders (i.e. Probation orders and prohibition orders under the Criminal Code of Canada)
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Please note: Specific details of a criminal record conviction cannot be released without fingerprint verification. Fingerprinting can be conducted by local police or accredited fingerprinting companies, whom BackCheck has partnered with for the convenience of our customers. Please contact BackCheck for further information.
Information provided as a result of this search will not include:
Q: What is BackCheck's typical turnaround time for Criminal Record Checks?
A: BackCheck returns your criminal record check results in 24hrs. Additionally, a 4hr rush service is available for checks.
Q: Is there any other criminal record information that may exist, that BackCheck may not obtain?
A: Local police services may have local police information that is not on CPIC, or that has not yet been entered into CPIC.
Q: Where do you get your information from?
A: The information given to our clients is provided by an authorized Canadian Police Agency. BackCheck works with numerous police departments across Canada to obtain Name-based Criminal Record Verifications from the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC). This is the only national source of criminal records in Canada.
Q: How do you satisfy privacy legislation?
A: BackCheck is committed to staying at the forefront of human rights, privacy, and employment legislation in order to ensure that the services we provide are fully compliant with all relevant legislation. To this end, BackCheck maintains a commitment to the highest level of privacy compliance and our entire process, from the development of consent forms to the secure environment within which we deliver reports to our clients, reflect this commitment.
BackCheck has an on-site Privacy Officer dedicated to ensuring BackCheck’s compliance with all applicable privacy legislation. In addition, BackCheck’s employees are trained at time of hire and refreshed biannually on our privacy policy and procedures. Furthermore, as a Canadian owned and operated business, BackCheck‘s records cannot be accessed under the terms of the USA PATRIOT Act. This is a benefit that assists our clients to be PIPEDA compliant.
Q: What process do you have to obtain information?
A: Typically, when candidates complete their application forms for employment with a BackCheck client, our client also asks the candidate to provide the necessary personal information to perform a Criminal Record Check. Once the candidate has provided the required information and provided signed consent for the check, BackCheck conducts the Criminal Record Check by utilizing the services of one of our police departments. Our contact at the police department will conduct the check, and report back to us in a timely fashion. BackCheck ensures the accuracy of results with numerous quality control measures, and returns the result to our client within one business day of receiving the request.
Q: How long have you been doing this?
A. A division of Checkwell Decision Corporation, Canadian-owned and operated BackCheck has been performing Criminal Record Checks for various clients across North America since 1989. |
