International Fingerprinting Services Canada

What is International Fingerprinting Services Canada?

International Fingerprinting Services Canada (IFSC) Ltd., is a federally registered agency of retired police personnel from across Canada which is commercially based at the following locations:

Halifax	Scarborough
Charlottetown	Etobicoke
Montreal	Mississauga
Ottawa	Winnipeg
Niagara Falls	Calgary
Windsor	Edmonton
London	Vancouver
US Locations

Electronic Fingerprinting is now available at all IFSC locations

International Fingerprinting Services provides fast, convenient professional electronic fingerprinting services to individuals, private organizations and government agencies across Canada. Fingerprinting of people for non-criminal purposes, such as employment applications, background checks, police clearance certificates and Immigration and Citizenship applications has never been as convenient and secure as it is today. more information

Background on fingerprinting for the purposes of obtaining "Police Clearance Certificate"

The fingerprinting of persons for non-criminal purposes has always been the responsibility of police departments. Due to the budget cutting and increased demand on our police departments to provide services more related to crime and crime prevention, the area of fingerprinting for non-criminal purposes has been, for the most part, turned over to a private agency which will maintain the integrity of the fingerprint process. IFS Canada, which has initiated the most secure fingerprinting process in the world has been endorsed by police forces and government departments as well as the FBI who have also recognized IFS Canada and process fingerprints taken by this agency on a regular basis.

Concept

IFS Canada offers a secure fingerprinting service through a process unique only to our agency. The process, combined with our experienced staff, provide the best possible security against fraud and attempts to falsify our fingerprint documents.

Objectives

To provide effective fingerprinting services to individuals wishing, for various reasons, to have fingerprints taken for the purpose of obtaining a "police clearance/certificate of no convictions" or otherwise.

To initiate a universal fingerprinting process which will ensure the integrity is maintained and all fraudulent activity is removed from the process.

To provide employment opportunity for retired policemen/policewomen who wish to remain active, while at the same time providing a secure environment for the taking of such fingerprints.

Management

Our management team consists of men and women whose backgrounds consist of many years of policing experience. We have had considerable consultation with forensic police experts from around the world in the design of our fingerprint form.

Additionally, our outside management advisors which include police officers with years of identification fingerprinting experience provide tremendous support for management decisions and creativity.