General Question On Driving Records And A Question For Anybody Who Lives/lived In Ontario, Canada.

So I'm currently in a private Illinois CDL school and getting my ducks in a row for employment. I just moved back to Chicago in June from Toronto where I lived for 8 years. First of all, when applying for employment, do I need to supply driving records or does the employer have a system where they themselves check these things? I had to supply them myself for driving school, but they were interested in only the last three years. My Illinois was easy peasy as they pretty much have ONE driver record. Ontario, on the other hand, offers NINE different versions. NINE!!! (I have pasted below the different versions directly from Service Ontario's website). I already have the 3 year version. The one called "Complete Driver's Record" sounds like the more accurate one, but I have my doubts because it takes 4-6 weeks to get and I cannot see Canadian employers dealing with that long of window for doing all of their hiring.

Sorry this is so lengthy, I just don't want to get blindsided when I'm all ready to go. Any Ontarians know which one is generally used for employment purposes? Cheers!

-----------------Service Ontario's Driver Records----------------------- - 3-year uncertified driver’s record or 3-year certified driver’s record e.g. employer requesting the record of a potential employee who will be driving a company vehicle - Driver’s licence history e.g. your insurance company requests it to see that you’ve completed a driving-education course to lower insurance rates also ordered to confirm a driver’s address in court - 5-year uncertified driver’s record e.g. your insurance company may requests it to verify longer-term driving experience - 5-year certified driver’s record e.g. you are asked for this if you are applying to drive in a province/territory or country outside Ontario - Extended driver’s record search e.g. you use this as a supporting document when in court for driving infraction - Complete driver’s record e.g. your insurance company asks for this record as it shows more than moving violations - Accident report e.g. you are in court because of an injury suffered in an accident and require this as evidence - Driver’s licence check e.g. you want to confirm that your licence is valid - Driver confirmation letter e.g. you are applying to drive in a province/country outside Ontario

Ask the RECRUITER what they require.

Companies usually get whatever they need from the company they use to do their BG checks. Canada - wherever (don't know about EU actually), they will get whatever their insurance carrier requires them to get.

Rick

Let me get in touch with my buddy who is a driver who lives in Ontario. I'll get him on here to answer your question.

Just so I'm clear as mud your in Illinois but you have a Ontario drivers G license correct?

It says he moved to Illinois, I think he just needs his driving record from Ontario.

Private schools will ask you to get a copy of your MVR - because it's easier and less expensive for YOU to do so. Most private schools DON'T RUN background checks either - they just need to make sure THEIR INSURANCE will cover you.

COMPANIES on the other hand, do run full BG's and their insurance companies are going to pull nationwide (or Canadian) MVR's.

So again - if you're going with COMPANY TRAINING, I'd ask the recruiter, but I really wouldn't worry about it - the company will get whatever MVR's it needs.

Rick

Thanks all for chiming in. Sounds like companies tend to do their OWN checks on each applicant, which makes sense. I guess I'll let them tell me what's necessary when the time comes. And ChickieMonster and Canukan, if you see this, I had (have) a current valid Ontario Driver's License (G). I also have my Illinois regular driver's license and my CLP while I'm still in school. Basically, it's which version of the Driver's Abstract that would be needed. I never even owned a car the entire 8 years I was there so it BETTER come up clean! ;) Sounds like it's a moot point anyway if it's employers that do the checking and not the applicants that are required to supply them.