Applicant screening across Ontario

Background Checks in Ontario for Hiring and Tenant Decisions

In a busy province, a slow screening process can cost you good applicants and create extra work. Background checks in Ontario help employers, landlords, and property managers review people before hiring or rental decisions.

Fastkey brings screening, consent, identity confirmation, and document review into one digital workflow so your team does not have to chase files through email.

When Screening Becomes a Bottleneck

Ontario teams often handle high applicant volume. Businesses may hire across several roles while landlords and property managers review ID, income, credit details, and references for many rental applicants.

Fastkey gives your team one place to begin and track requests, reducing delays, unclear consent, repeated follow-up, weak identity checks, and inconsistent review steps.

Delayed hiring and missed applicants

Unclear applicant consent

Files stored in too many places

Repeated follow-up emails

Inconsistent review steps

Background Check Services

Choose the checks that match your hiring, rental, or professional process instead of using a one-size-fits-all approach.

Criminal Background Checks

Support decisions involving trust, safety, property access, or sensitive information.

Businesses and landlords can request checks through a clear workflow, while individuals can request their own check for work, volunteering, licensing, or personal needs.

Explore criminal record checks

Employment Screening

Match checks to roles involving cash, private records, keys, customer trust, or other responsibilities.

Request appropriate checks and keep applicant steps organized through a documented, consent-based hiring process.

Explore business screening

Identity Verification

Confirm that the person completing an online application is connected to the applicant file.

Reduce fake applications, document mismatches, and manual review errors, with AML and PEP screening available for higher-risk files.

Explore identity verification

Credit and Financial Screening

Review payment history for rental applications or relevant employment roles involving financial trust.

Use credit score reports within an approved process and add CRA document retrieval when income or tax support is needed.

Explore credit reports

Compliance and Risk Screening

Add review for mortgage, legal, financial, rental, or other higher-trust workflows.

Combine identity checks, AML and PEP screening, and CRA document collection in one easier-to-follow process.

Explore AML and PEP screening

Tenant Screening

Review identity, credit details, income documents, rental history, and references before approving an applicant.

Give independent landlords and property managers one place to collect and review rental screening steps.

Explore landlord screening

Run Background Checks in 3 Simple Steps

Choose Your Checks

Pick criminal record checks, identity verification, credit reports, CRA documents, or AML and PEP screening that match the decision.

Send to Your Candidate

Fastkey sends a secure request and the applicant completes consent and identity steps online.

Get Clear Results Quickly

Completed results appear in your dashboard so your team can review the information in one place.

Fastkey integrations can also connect screening with the tools your team already uses.

Common Ontario Screening Scenarios

Match the screening process to the applicant, role, and decision in front of your team.

A Small Business Hiring Staff

Criminal check and identity verification for roles involving cash, customers, or private information.

A Landlord Reviewing an Application

Identity verification, credit report, and income documents.

A Property Manager Handling Many Files

A repeatable process that keeps staff from tracking every application by hand.

A Mortgage Team Reviewing Documents

Identity verification, CRA documents, and AML and PEP checks.

A Legal Team Reviewing a Client

Identity, document, and risk checks before moving a professional file forward.

A Cleaner Way to Review Applicants

Move common screening problems out of email and into one organized workflow.

Faster Hiring

Keep strong candidates moving while the required checks are completed.

Clearer Rental Decisions

Review ID, credit, income, history, and references without mixing up files.

Stronger Identity Checks

Confirm that the person completing the request matches the applicant file.

Consistent Review Steps

Give staff one repeatable process across roles, units, and locations.

Less Manual Follow-Up

Track applicant consent, outstanding steps, and completed results from a dashboard.

Local Ontario Resources from Fastkey

Explore more Ontario and Toronto screening resources for employers, landlords, and property teams.

Employee criminal record checks in Ontario

Tenant screening in Ontario

Identity verification in Ontario

Tenant criminal record checks in Ontario

Criminal background checks in Toronto

Tenant screening in Toronto

Employee criminal record checks in Toronto

Hamilton background checks

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Fastkey help Ontario teams do?

Fastkey helps employers, landlords, and property managers request checks, collect consent, verify identity, and review results online.

Can employers use Fastkey for hiring?

Yes. Employers can use criminal record checks, identity verification, and other screening steps when they fit the role.

Can landlords use Fastkey for rental applications?

Yes. Fastkey supports applicant review, identity checks, credit reports, and document collection.

What is identity verification used for?

It helps confirm that the person completing the request is the person connected to the file.

Can I combine more than one check?

Yes. Teams can combine criminal checks, identity verification, credit reports, and CRA documents when relevant.

Is this only for large companies?

No. Fastkey supports small businesses, independent landlords, property managers, and larger teams.

Can Fastkey connect with other tools?

Yes. Fastkey offers integrations for teams that want a more connected process.

How do I start?

Send your request through the Fastkey service request page.

Move Applicant Screening Into One Workflow

Replace scattered emails and manual tracking with a cleaner way to request checks, confirm identity, collect documents, and review completed results.

Share the type of screening you need and who you review so Fastkey can help you choose the right next step.