Get Your Criminal Record Check in Saskatchewan, Online

Criminal record check online in Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan employers and landlords ask for a criminal record check before a new job, a contract or a lease, and the province is big enough that a trip to a police counter can cost you half a day. MyCRC gives you a criminal record check online: a name-based search of the RCMP national database using your name and date of birth, with your identity verified on your phone and your consent signed online. The finished report is a PDF in your account, usually within hours, whether you live in Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, Swift Current or on a farm outside Yorkton.

Who handles record checks in Saskatchewan

Where you apply through the police depends on where you live. The two largest cities run their own services, and both limit them to residents: the Regina Police Service checks people who live in Regina, and the Saskatoon Police Service checks people who live in Saskatoon and asks for proof of a Saskatoon address. Most of the rest of the province is policed by the RCMP, so people outside those cities, including rural routes around Saskatoon, apply to the RCMP detachment for their area. Smaller municipal services have their own process, so check with the one that polices your town.

Both city services take applications online, and both add a $9.95 processing fee to an online application on top of their basic fee, which is $45 for a standard check in each city. In-person options exist too: Saskatoon serves people at its counter on weekdays without an appointment, and Regina books appointments.

Government of Saskatchewan contractor work

One rule matters before you order. The Government of Saskatchewan requires a criminal record check from contractors’ employees who need access to government buildings, and it has chosen a single vendor for those checks. It says checks from other sources or online service providers are no longer accepted, so it will not accept a MyCRC check for that purpose. If your check is for work on a provincial government contract, ask your employer how to get the check the province requires. For other jobs, contracts and rentals, the organization asking decides what it accepts, so confirm it takes a name-based criminal record check.

What a name-based check covers

A MyCRC check searches the RCMP national database by name and date of birth for criminal convictions. It is not a vulnerable sector check and not a fingerprint-based check; if the organization asking needs either, apply through the police service or RCMP detachment where you live. Before the search you are asked about any past criminal convictions, and the details you give must match your record, or the report may come back Incomplete.

Who asks for one in Saskatchewan

Potash, uranium and other mining operations, oil and gas work in the southeast and west, agriculture and agri-food processing, construction and trades, trucking and logistics, and retail and hospitality employers all screen new hires. Landlords in Regina and Saskatoon ask rental applicants for one too. When you need the check this week rather than next, doing it online keeps your start date on track.

Nearby

Live in a city? See criminal record checks in Regina and criminal record checks in Saskatoon. Next door, read about criminal record checks across Alberta or in Winnipeg.