Government, Licensing and Education Screening Solutions

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Partner with Canada’s Leading Screening Provider

When you partner with Sterling Backcheck, you get a partner that understands your needs and takes compliance as seriously as you do. Our regional expertise and international capabilities will help you meet evolving compliance requirements on a global scale.

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Sterling Backcheck offers complete end-to-end services including:

  • The highest degree of quality and accuracy, with data physically stored in Canada
  • A fast, convenient and cost-effective process with applicant-payment capabilities
  • Robust, remote ID verification solutions, fully-compliant with RCMP requirements

Government

Sterling Backcheck is the first choice for Canadian government agencies at the municipal, provincial and federal levels, as well as various crown corporations, political parties, and other entities. We have decades of experience providing customized solutions and delivering consistent results, driven by a broad team of knowledgeable personnel to support you and your candidates.

Our best-in-class employment screening and identity verification services are tailored specifically to your industry.

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Licensing and Regulatory Bodies

Sterling Backcheck supports a multitude of Canadian Licensing and Regulatory Bodies across various industries and disciplines. We have the technology, experience, and resources to provide the most secure, convenient, and cost-effective remote solution for your members. Sterling Backcheck also provides you with robust and convenient procedures for program administrators, along with consistent, fast delivery of quality results.

Our best-in-class employment screening and identity verification services are tailored specifically to your industry.

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Education

Public and private Canadian schools of all levels rely on Sterling Backcheck to help maintain safety and public confidence. Educational institutions can deliver a consistently fast, simple and secure process accommodating staff, students and volunteers to best mitigate risk. We provide trusted advice and unparalleled expertise to assist organizations when establishing their programs.

Our best-in-class employment screening and identity verification services are tailored specifically to your industry.

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Government

Sterling Backcheck is the first choice for Canadian government agencies at the municipal, provincial and federal levels, as well as various crown corporations, political parties, and other entities. We have decades of experience providing customized solutions and delivering consistent results, driven by a broad team of knowledgeable personnel to support you and your candidates.

Our best-in-class employment screening and identity verification services are tailored specifically to your industry.

Contact us
Licensing and Regulatory Bodies

Sterling Backcheck supports a multitude of Canadian Licensing and Regulatory Bodies across various industries and disciplines. We have the technology, experience, and resources to provide the most secure, convenient, and cost-effective remote solution for your members. Sterling Backcheck also provides you with robust and convenient procedures for program administrators, along with consistent, fast delivery of quality results.

Our best-in-class employment screening and identity verification services are tailored specifically to your industry.

Contact us
Education

Public and private Canadian schools of all levels rely on Sterling Backcheck to help maintain safety and public confidence. Educational institutions can deliver a consistently fast, simple and secure process accommodating staff, students and volunteers to best mitigate risk. We provide trusted advice and unparalleled expertise to assist organizations when establishing their programs.

Our best-in-class employment screening and identity verification services are tailored specifically to your industry.

Contact us

Keep Your Organization Moving Forward

Sterling Backcheck has dedicated in-house Privacy and Compliance teams who monitor the entire life cycle of the background screening process. This end-to-end solution provides robust coverage from design and development to service fulfillment and delivery.

Our Senior Advisor of Public Safety Information Management, joined Sterling after completing a 32-year career as a Regular Member with the RCMP. The Senior Advisor works closely with the team on aspects of the company’s products and services concerned with criminal records and police information.

Our Global VP of Privacy supports Government Relations as part of the Canada Council Committee Leadership team within the Professional Background Screening Association. The Association represents over 880 member companies engaged in background screening across the globe.

Go beyond standard police screening. Sterling Backcheck’s team of experts stands behind its commitment of quality, unmatched in the industry.

All processes rooted in our relationships with Police Partner Agencies (PPAs) are exclusive, providing a span of control over standard operating procedures. Our multi-PPA framework enables consistency of coverage, regardless of potential temporary outages with any individual PPA.

Canadian Criminal Record Check results are reviewed using three distinct levels of quality assurance to give you an accurate picture of your candidates, while providing the fastest turnaround times possible.

Sterling Backcheck’s proactive focus on evolving best practices is further evidenced by our membership with the Digital Identification and Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC ), a non-profit coalition of public and private sector leaders developing Canada’s system for digital identification and authentication. This enables Canadians full and secure participation in the global digital economy. Sterling Backcheck sits on all three committees: the Trust Framework Committee, the Executive Outreach Committee, and the Innovation Committee. Our identity solutions have been developed alongside this framework, meeting process and compliance guidelines set out by the organization.

The Benefits of Partnering with Sterling Backcheck

We help handle compliance obligations so you can focus on what really matters.
Quality and Accuracy
Robust processes attain the highest possible degrees of quality and accuracy – we never sacrifice quality for speed.
Full Client and Applicant Support
Comprehensive bilingual support over extended business hours to fully support you and your candidates.
Fast Turnaround Times
Consistent delivery of the fastest results possible without compromising on the highest degree of quality and accuracy.
Flexible Identity Verification Options
Take advantage of the most secure, robust, and convenient Canadian identity verification options. Our solutions are fully compliant with RCMP requirements to accommodate in-person and remote hiring needs.

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