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:

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:

A: BackCheck returns your criminal record check results in 24hrs. Additionally, a 4hr rush service is available for checks.

A: Local police services may have local police information that is not on CPIC, or that has not yet been entered into CPIC.

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 Checks from the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC). This is the only national source of criminal records in Canada.

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.

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.

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 1997.