CRJMC, CPIC, and Level 2: Ontario Police Check Terms

Ontario recognizes the Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check as one of its three named police record check types. It has a different scope from a criminal record check and from a vulnerable sector check.

The full name matters because it communicates what kind of screening the requester is asking for. It is safer to match that wording than to choose a check based only on an informal description.

CPIC stands for Canadian Police Information Centre. The RCMP describes it as a national police information system; police services use national and relevant local information when processing applicable checks.

Calling something a “CPIC check” can be imprecise. It does not, by itself, identify whether the requester needs a criminal record check, a CRJMC, fingerprints, or another process.

Some Ontario police services use Level 2 or Level II as shorthand for a CRJMC. Local labels can help explain a request, but the organization receiving the result should confirm what it means in its own process.

Do not assume that a Level 2 result satisfies a request that specifically names a vulnerable sector check, an RCMP fingerprint-based result, or a proprietary platform screening process.