Background Checks

The Module de vérification des antécédents provides various services:

Background checks – Memorandums of understanding 

Background checks – Services available for individuals 

Attention: The certified criminal record check service with fingerprints is not available. Please contact accredited fingerprinting companies by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The list of these companies is published online or is available on request sent to the following email address: CCRTIS-SCICTR@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

For services that need to be performed at the service counter for the Module vérification d’antécédents at the SPVM, please call the phone number 514 280-0002, option 3, to schedule an appointment before coming to our offices.

General questions

Can you process my application for a background check urgently?

Unfortunately, no application will be processed urgently out of respect for all our clients.

I am currently abroad and I have been asked to get a vulnerable sector check for a position working with vulnerable persons. What should I do?

For information, please visit the website for the Steps for getting a certified criminal record check | Royal Canadian Mounted Police (rcmp-grc.gc.ca)

What is the validity of the result of a vulnerable sector check and police verification for civil purposes?

With the exception of childcare services (daycare centre, CPE, recognized or non-recognized home childcare service), the business and/or organization requiring the check will decide its validity.

Questions about daycare centres and CPEs

I have been advised to go to the service counter to complete an impediment check application

No, please do come to our service counter. You should complete the consent form with the relevant daycare centre, coordinating office and/or CPE. They are responsible for forwarding the forms to us.

* Please note that all daycare centres with six or more children are required to sign a memorandum of understanding with their local police department for where they are based (Ministère de la Famille directive).

I provide a home childcare service which is not recognized by the Ministère de la Famille. What should I do?

Visit the Background checks - Services available for individuals in the Non-recognized home childcare providers section.

What should I do if I have six or more children in my home childcare service?

You should contact the local coordinating office for your childcare service that will provide you with an impediment check application, which you should complete along with each adult living at the residence where the childcare services are provided.

What should I do to get a copy of a consent, an attestation establishing that no impediment exists or an attestation confirming that no judicial matters exist?

1. If you are the person who underwent a background check, you should come to our service counter, by appointment, to complete the form in our offices, A $16 per copy will be charged.

2. If you have signed a memorandum of understanding with the SPVM, you should complete the Copy request form and send it by mail to this address:
   
   Module Vérification d’antécédents
   
   Service de police de la Ville de Montréal
   1441, rue Saint-Urbain
   Rez-de-chaussée
   Montréal, Québec H2X 2M6
   
   with a cheque for $16 per copy, payable to Ville de Montréal, or you can come to our service counter, by appointment only, by calling 514 280-0002, to complete the form.
   
   The processing time may take up to 30 days after receiving your request.

I want to buy a daycare centre, what should I do?

For this type of information, please contact the Ministère de la Famille.

What is the validity of an attestation establishing that no impediment exists?

An attestation establishing that no impediment exists is valid for three years.

• Background checks – Memorandums of understanding
• Background checks – Services available for individuals
• Case file destruction
• Record suspension application