Important Web Links
Listed below are the important web links to the federal, provincial and municipal websites that are usually required for reference by security guards, private investigators and security service agencies:
Security Guard License Application
- Instructions for a Security Guard Licence Application
- Getting Criminal Record and Judicial Matters Check (CRJMC) – Level 2 Check
- Passport Quality Photo Requirements
- Identity and Eligibility to Work Documents
- Apply Online (Recommended) – License Application Guide
- Apply by Mail
Approved Training Providers
- List of Security Guard and Private Investigator Training Providers
- List of WSIB approved First Aid & CPR Training Providers
Important Weblinks for Security Guards
- Ontario Security Testing
Phone: 1-866-248-2555\, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Contact form: https://ontariosecuritytesting.com/TRV/Home/ContactUs - Book your Security Guard Test/Exam – on-line or on-site
- Security Guard Test Schedule /Calendar
- Security Guard On-site Test locations
- My Red Cross (For First Aid and CPR Training and Certificates)
Phone: 1-877-356-3226\, 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Email: myrcsupport@redcross.ca - My Ontario Account (ServiceOntario)
Phone: 1-800-267-8097 / 416-326-1234, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Apply for a New Security Guard Licence / Renew a Security Guard Licence
- Private Security and Investigative Services
Phone: 1-866-767-7454 / 416-212-1650, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Email: PrivateSecurity@ontario.ca - Security Guard Training Syllabus
- Security Guard Study Guide
- Requirements for Security Guards
Ontario Security Act and Regulations
- ο,Code of Conduct
- Eligibility to hold a licence — clean criminal record
- Equipment
- Exemptions from the act
- Information to be provided to the registrar
- Insurance
- Recordkeeping requirements for licensed business entities
- Registration requirements for business entities
- Term of licences
- Training and Testing
- Uniforms
- Use of animals
- Vehicles
Federal Legislations
- Canadian Criminal Code
- Charter of Rights And Freedoms
- Firearms Act
- Canada Evidence Act
- Youth Criminal Justice Act
- Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (P.I.P.E.D.A)
- The Privacy Act
- Access To Information Act
- Controlled Drugs and Substance Act
- Copyright Act
- Patent Act
- Anti-terrorism Act
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- Income Tax Act
- Canada Elections Act
- Statutes and Regulations of Canada (Federal)
- Canadian Constitutional Documents ( A Legal History)
- Emergencies Act
- Canada Health Act
- Official Languages Act
Ontario Legislations
- Bailiffs act
- Collection agency act
- Trespass to property act
- Private Security and Investigative Services Act\, 2005
- Liquor Licence Act


