Published: October 2026

You apply to the Parole Board of Canada for a record suspension, which is what a pardon has been called since 2012. To qualify, you must have finished every part of every sentence, including fines, probation and restitution, and then waited five years for a summary conviction offence or ten years for an indictable offence. The application fee is $50. A record suspension does not erase the conviction. It removes it from the main Canadian Police Information Centre database so that it does not show up on a standard criminal record check.

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