We're just about to submit all our documents, and I was wondering if we need to provide a police check for while we've been in Canada?
It says every country we've lived for 6 months or more, and we've been here 12 months, but then on the CIC website it says only in rare cases do they ask for a Canadian check?

Seems like an obvious answer I know, but would just like to double check.

Ta

Not sure.

However they cost around $20 and you can get them at your local Police HQ, possibly while you wait. I would say for the cost/time factor its worth getting one done.

I'm at present back in your sunny hometown and got one from my local ex-nick in Ontario for a job in the UK which required security clearance.

I did not submit a canadian police certificate with my PR application (common-law sponsorship - in-canada class) because the the information on pages 7 and 8 of this PDF.

To quote:

Police certificates
You and your family members who are 18 years of age and older and are not permanent residents or
Canadian citizens have to provide:
• a valid police certificate, or
• police clearance, or
• record of no information.

These documents are to be provided for each country other than Canada, in which you have lived for six consecutive months or longer since reaching the age of 18.



The key portion being the last paragraph. In other words, you don't need to do it for Canada, presumably as if you have lived here they can access Canadian records and see if you have a criminal record or not.