We check each person on your list against the official Ontario register and keep a dated record you can hand to an inspector, a funder or a client.
Get a free check of your list Reply within a day. First 60 days free, no card, stop any time by email. Or write to josh@licencecheck.ca from any email.Until January 31, 2027, Ministry of Labour inspectors are checking that people doing electrical, plumbing, sheet metal and motive power work hold the right certificate. Details on ontario.ca.
Each one has a public register, a legal duty not to let unlicensed people work, and no easy way to keep checking after someone is hired.
Compulsory trades need a valid Certificate of Qualification or a registered apprenticeship. We check the Skilled Trades Ontario register. STO told us in writing on October 27, 2026 that these lookups are permitted (that is permission, not an endorsement). Available now.
Funding and licensing depend on RECEs staying in good standing. The College's own employer bulletin says to check its register regularly and that it does not notify employers of changes. Your renewal spreadsheet catches renewals; this catches the rest, with a date on it. Checks against the register are built and in testing. Join the November pilot.
The agency is on the hook when a guard works on an expired or suspended licence. The 60-day warning is built for exactly that. Checks against the Ontario private security licence registry are next. Email to join the list and you hear first.
Send a list once. From then on it just happens.
Names, plus ID or registration numbers where you have them. A spreadsheet is fine.
Each person is looked up on the official register, one at a time, the same way you would by hand.
A dated record and a short list of anything to look at: expired, suspended, not found, or expiring within 60 days. Here is one.
Anything that changed since last time is called out. Nothing to remember.
Less than an hour of admin time a month. Change or cancel by email.
Up to 25 people. $99 up to 100, $199 up to 300.
Minimum $50, never more than $500 however many sites.
No card. Keep the records either way. Stop any time by replying to an email.
It catches most things. It doesn't catch a suspension, a revocation or new terms placed on someone partway through the year, and "we would probably hear about it" isn't something you can show an inspector or a funder. A dated monthly check is.
The registers are public and exist so employers can verify credentials. Skilled Trades Ontario confirmed in writing that these checks may run. We look up only your own people, one at a time, and never copy or republish a register.
By email on the first of each month: a PDF you can file and a spreadsheet you can sort. Add or remove people by replying to any email; additions are checked at the next run, or sooner if you ask.
It holds names, trades and licence numbers only. It lives in a private, access-controlled store that only the person running the checks can open. It is never sold, shared or pooled with other customers, and it is deleted within 30 days of you asking. Privacy notice.
You keep every record already sent, you get 60 days notice, and the registers stay public, so you can carry on by hand.
We record what the register said on the day. Registers can be late or wrong, so confirm with the regulator before acting on a result that matters. Deciding who may work stays with you.
Joshua Panko, in Ontario. One person, building it with the people who use it. Reply to any email and you get him.
No account to set up and nothing to install. The first two months are free so you can see if it earns its keep. Or write to josh@licencecheck.ca from any email.
Email josh@licencecheck.ca