Police Record Checks
Welcome to the Halton Regional Police Service's new online process for persons needing a police record check for volunteer or employment purposes. This system allows you to apply for a police record check 24 hours a day without having to attend our facility. All aspects of the process - including verification of your identification, and fee payment - are handled electronically.
Please note: you must be a resident of the Region of Halton (including Oakville Burlington, Milton, or the Town of Halton Hills) in order to apply through this Police Service.
You cannot apply on behalf of another person. Authentication questions will be based on the applicant's personal credit file, and the questions are timed to ensure a prompt response and to further enhance security and privacy.
This process is intended for persons living and working in Canada. If you are living/working outside Canada, you should obtain a police record check from the RCMP through the submission of fingerprints. Click here for details.
There are three levels of police record checks. The type of position you are applying for will determine which type of police record check you will require. In all cases you should consult with the agency, organization or employer that requires you to obtain a police record check to determine which one is needed.
Persons requiring police record checks for the purposes of Adoption, Kinship Care (where children are placed in the care of family members) or Non-Parental Custody (through court order) can use this online screening process to request a Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check ONLY. The process of non-parental custody requires an additional step of having your fingerprints taken. For more information, visit https://www.haltonpolice.ca/about/courtsrecords/fingerprintscheduling.php.
A police record check is current as of the date it is completed. It is your employer/prospective employer or organization's function to determine if the police record check is current enough to be accepted for the position applied for. The Halton Police Services Board, its officers, agents and employees, shall have no responsibility or obligation to make such a determination.
Incomplete applications (i.e. no identification provided, authentication aborted / failed / not completed or further information requested) and applications requiring in-person attendance will remain in the processing queue for no more than ninety (90) days from the time of initial application. Fees are non-refundable and incomplete applications will be considered 'abandoned', and removed from the processing queue after ninety (90) days.
The Halton Regional Police Service will return the results of the police record check to the applicant only. We will not mail the results to a third-party organization or employer under any circumstances.