Increased cost of housing in populated urban centres in Canada has some Canadians looking to move out of province. Preparing to move out of province means investigating looking for work, housing, medical facilities and more.

In fact, it may be a job opportunity that is the reason you are considering a move.

Background checks have become common place in Canada and both employers and landlords use them as part of their application processes. Two of the most commonly used background checks across industries and professions are criminal background checks and a social media checks.

Many employers and landlords will ask you to provide them, so you should always have obtained them yourself to be ready when asked.

Criminal background checks are used to determine that you are not a public safety risk. Social media background checks look at your behaviour, use and history on social media. This includes what you have liked, posted, shared, commented on, things you follow, things you have been tagged on and more. This will flag violence, hate speech, drugs, illegal activities, and other things that may be an issue for a potential landlord or employer.

When preparing to move out of province, it is a good idea to get these background checks yourself.

  • If they are clean: you can include them as part of a package that highlights why you are the best choice.
  • If they are not: you are positioned to explain why they are not. Perhaps the crime was something petty from many years ago that wouldn’t be a public safety threat? Perhaps the social media flag was because you worked in the cannabis industry?

You may think obtaining your criminal and social media background checks is time consuming, but it’s really not. In fact, you can get these background checks online. You can hit the ground running when the time comes to make your move out of province

Another important consideration is where you get your background checks online. Not all providers are equal, and some don’t provide the most current or accurate data and you won’t find out until your background check isn’t accepted by a landlord or employer.

Triton provides the most accepted background checks in Canada.

You can obtain your background checks quickly, online from Triton Canada. We offer our background checks online 24/7 and criminal record checks are available within 15 minutes. At Triton, we gather our data from local police services and the RCMP, so you can rest assured our criminal background check reports are the most complete and accurate.

For more information about our range of background checks and how they can help you with interprovincial transitions, please visit: www.tritoncanada.ca