Police Vulnerable Sector Check (PVSC)
This is a name-based check for criminal convictions and includes outstanding charges, warrants and judicial orders stored in the RCMP database and/or available from a local police agency’s records management system or other systems/records where authorized; PLUS a query of the Pardoned Sex Offender Registry which is a check for sexual offence convictions for which the individual has received a Records Suspension (Pardon) where authorized by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
NOTE: This check is restricted to applicants seeking employment and/or volunteering in a position of authority or trust relative to vulnerable persons in Canada only.
This check will include the following information as it exists on the date of the search:
- Any criminal convictions from CPIC and/or local databases
- Summary convictions for 5 years, when identified
- Local Findings of Guilt under the Youth Criminal Justice Act within the applicable disclosure period
- Outstanding entries such as charges, warrants and current judicial orders
- Absolute and Conditional Discharges within the applicable disclosure period
- In exceptional cases, non-conviction information when it meets the Public Safety Assessment
- Not Criminally Responsible by Reason of Mental Disorder
- All Record Suspensions only as authorized for release by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
This check DOES NOT include:
- Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) information beyond the applicable disclosure period
- Diversions
- 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
- Any reference to incidents involving mental health contact