Criminal record check in Halifax, online
Halifax employers, from the shipyard and the universities’ offices to tech firms downtown and stores in Bayers Lake, routinely ask for a criminal record check. MyCRC is the online alternative to the police counter: you enter your name and date of birth for a search of the RCMP’s national database, snap your ID and a selfie to prove it’s you, and pick up the report as a PDF from your account in as little as 15 minutes. Clayton Park, Spryfield, Cole Harbour, Sackville or Fall River, it works the same.
Proving you live in the municipality
Halifax Regional Police only works with ID that shows your current address inside the Halifax Regional Municipality. For an in-person application it accepts a Nova Scotia driver’s licence or Nova Scotia ID card, plus one of a health card, birth certificate, passport or social insurance number card. If you’ve just moved to the area and your ID still shows your old address, you also bring proof of residence, such as a tenant agreement.
Applying online with Halifax police
Halifax Regional Police’s online applications are run with Triton. A guided entry helps you work out whether you need a criminal record check or a vulnerable sector check, and your identity is confirmed by answering questions about your credit history. After a few days, you view the result in your account. The police ask you to make sure the organization requesting the check will accept an electronic copy before you apply online.
Vulnerable sector checks in Halifax
Halifax police describe a vulnerable sector check as a name-based search of the national repository of criminal convictions, a search of convictions held locally by Halifax Regional Police, and a query of the pardoned sex-offender database. You need a letter from your employer or organization asking for it, and the police allow a week, or two if fingerprints are needed. Fingerprints are taken at headquarters, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., by appointment at 902.490.2466, for applicants whose name, or gender and date of birth, potentially matches a pardoned record.
Faster than the queue
Halifax police say standard checks usually take 14 days. Instead of a 14-day wait or a trip to Gottingen Street, a MyCRC name-based check is $68.23 with tax included and can be ready the same evening, from Dartmouth, Bedford or Sackville.
Questions about criminal record checks in Halifax
Can I get a refund?
You can get your money back if you did not finish every step. The steps are:
- Take a photo of your ID
- Take a selfie
- Check that your information is right
- Agree to send your information to the police
If you stopped before the last step, email support@mycrc.ca and ask for a refund. You get all of your money back.
After you finish every step, there are no refunds. Your report is then ready to download as a PDF. It is not refundable for any reason, no matter what your report says.
How long does a criminal record check take?
Reports can be ready in as little as 15 minutes. The average is about 4 hours. Some take longer, usually because identity verification wasn’t finished, or because confirming your ID takes extra time in our system. To compare, see how long police checks take, city by city.
What exactly am I buying?
A name-based Canadian criminal record check. It searches the RCMP’s national database, the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC), using your name and date of birth to confirm criminal convictions (what a CPIC check is). You get a PDF report online, with no trip to a police station and no appointment.
Before the search, you are asked about any past criminal convictions. If you have any, you must list them, and the details must match your record. If they don’t match, your report may come back Incomplete.
How much does it cost?
$68.23, tax included. You pay once by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, with no monthly fees and no hidden costs. See pricing.
How do I get my report?
Your report is in your account. When it’s ready we email you to sign in (the email doesn’t contain the report). On the finished check, Download report saves the PDF to your device. Log in to your account.
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28