Police Information Check (PIC)
Intended for applicants who are seeking volunteer and/or employment with agencies who require a police record check.This check is NOT intended for applicants who are seeking volunteer, student placement or employment with vulnerable persons. (i.e. children, elderly)
Police Information Checks will include:
- Criminal convictions from CPIC and/or local databases and Summary convictions, for 5 years, when identified.
- Findings of Guilt under the Youth Criminal Justice Act within the applicable disclosure period.
- Outstanding entries, such as charges, judicial orders, Peace Bonds, Probation and Prohibition Orders.
- Absolute and conditional discharges for 1 or 3 years respectively.
Police Information Checks will NOT include:
- Convictions where a record suspension has been granted.
- Convictions under provincial statutes.
- Local police contact.
- Ministry of Transportation information (PARIS).
- Special Interest Police (SIP) category of CPIC.
- Family Court restraining orders.
- Foreign information.
- A Vulnerable Sector (VS) Query to ascertain if the applicant has been convicted of and granted a record suspension for any of the sexual offences that are listed in the schedule to the Criminal Records Act (CRA).
- Any reference to incidents involving mental health contact.
- Diversions will not be released as police contact and no reference to the occurrence is permitted (CC S. 717.4).
- Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) information beyond applicable disclosure period.
- Any reference to contagious diseases.
- Dispositions including, but not limited to, Withdrawn, Dismissed, and cases of Not Criminally Responsible by Reason of Mental Disorder.
Self-Declaration
Self-declaration of a criminal record is a process where you may declare your adult criminal record convictions to the police service.A self-declaration must be filled out if you have an adult criminal record, in order for the Police Service to complete and release the record check.
Do NOT declare:
- A conviction for which you have received a pardon.
- A conviction where you were a “young person”.
- Absolute or Conditional Discharges.
- Any offences where you were not convicted.
- Provincial or municipal offences.
- Any charges dealt with outside of Canada.