aid: certn-com name: Certn description: >- Certn is a Canadian background screening platform headquartered in Victoria, British Columbia, providing fast, FCRA / SOC 2 Type II / ISO 27001 compliant background checks for employment, tenant, and partner screening across more than 195 countries. The Certn platform delivers criminal record checks (Canadian Basic and Enhanced, SOQUIJ Quebec, international), identity verification (OneID across 13,500+ document types), employment, education, and credential verification, credit reports, public records and social media screening, reference checks, driver's abstract / MVR, and white-label candidate experiences. Certn exposes a REST API used by 100+ ATS / HRIS partners (Workable, Greenhouse, Lever, Workday and others) to embed screening directly into hiring and leasing workflows, with webhook callbacks for asynchronous result delivery. The legacy v1/v2 API (`api.certn.co`, industry-split HR and Property Management surfaces) was deprecated on 2026-04-13 and will be retired on 2026-08-05; new integrations target the CertnCentric API at `centric-api-docs.certn.co`. type: Index position: Provider access: 3rd-Party image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg tags: - Background Checks - Background Screening - Identity Verification - Criminal Record Checks - Employment Verification - Education Verification - Credential Verification - Credit Checks - Reference Checks - Tenant Screening - Property Management - Human Resources - HR Tech - Compliance - FCRA - SOC 2 - ISO 27001 - Canada url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/certn-com/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2026-05-25' modified: '2026-05-25' specificationVersion: '0.20' apis: - aid: certn-com:certn-hr-api name: Certn HR API (Legacy v1) description: >- Human Resources surface of the legacy Certn API used to invite applicants to a hosted screening application, run instant "quick" screens from a single request body, add package items to existing applicants, and list applications for a team account. Production base URL `https://api.certn.co` with `https://demo-api.certn.co` for testing. Token-authenticated. Deprecated 2026-04-13; sunsets 2026-08-05 — new integrations should use the CertnCentric API. humanURL: https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0/api-reference/hr tags: - Background Checks - Human Resources - Applicants - Applications - Packages - Legacy properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0/api-reference/hr - type: Documentation url: https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0 - type: BaseURL url: https://api.certn.co - type: BaseURL url: https://demo-api.certn.co - type: Deprecation url: https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0 - aid: certn-com:certn-pm-api name: Certn Property Management API (Legacy v2) description: >- Property Management surface of the legacy Certn API for tenant screening — invite an applicant to complete a screen, run an instant quick screen, add packages to an existing applicant, and list applications. Endpoints under `/api/v2/`. Production base URL `https://api.certn.co`. Deprecated 2026-04-13; sunsets 2026-08-05. humanURL: https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0/api-reference/pm tags: - Background Checks - Property Management - Tenant Screening - Applicants - Applications - Legacy properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0/api-reference/pm - type: BaseURL url: https://api.certn.co - type: Deprecation url: https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0 - aid: certn-com:certncentric-api name: CertnCentric API description: >- Next-generation Certn screening API replacing the deprecated v1/v2 industry-split surfaces. Provides a unified RESTful contract for embedding background checks (criminal, identity, employment, education, credit, references, MVR, public records, social media) into ATS, HRIS, and property management workflows with webhook callbacks for asynchronous results. This is the recommended integration path; the legacy HR and PM APIs will be retired on 2026-08-05. humanURL: https://centric-api-docs.certn.co/ tags: - Background Checks - Screening - Identity Verification - Webhooks - REST properties: - type: Documentation url: https://centric-api-docs.certn.co/ - type: Documentation url: https://centric-api-docs.certn.co/#introduction - type: BaseURL url: https://api.certn.co - aid: certn-com:certn-webhooks name: Certn Webhooks description: >- Outbound webhook delivery for asynchronous screening events. Certn posts JSON payloads containing applicant status, result, check_executions, enhanced_identity_verification, rcmp_result, information, and activity_log fields to a customer-configured endpoint configured in team settings. Payloads are signed with an HMAC-SHA256 `Certn-Signature` header carrying a timestamped signature (`t=,v1=`) to prevent replay attacks. humanURL: https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0/guides/use-the-api/webhooks tags: - Webhooks - Events - Signing - HMAC properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0/guides/use-the-api/webhooks - type: Documentation url: https://docs.certn.co/api/guides/use-the-api/webhooks common: - type: Website url: https://certn.co - type: Portal url: https://certn.co/background-screening-api/ - type: Documentation url: https://docs.certn.co/api - type: Documentation url: https://centric-api-docs.certn.co/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0 - type: Pricing url: https://certn.co/pricing/ - type: SignUp url: https://client.certn.co/ca/login - type: Login url: https://client.certn.co/ca/login - type: PersonalProduct url: https://mycrc.ca - type: Blog url: https://certn.co/blog/ - type: PrivacyPolicy url: https://certn.co/privacy-policy/ - type: TermsOfService url: https://vault.pactsafe.io - type: Contact url: https://certn.co/contact/ - type: Careers url: https://certn.co/careers/ - type: TrustCenter url: https://trust.certn.co/ - type: Support url: https://certn.zendesk.com/hc/en-us - type: HelpCenter url: https://certn.zendesk.com/hc/en-us - type: Partners url: https://certn.co/partner-marketplace/ - type: Quote url: https://certn.co/request-a-quote/ - type: CaseStudies url: https://certn.co/resources/case-studies/ - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/certn - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/certn - type: Integration url: https://help.workable.com/hc/en-us/articles/360017580593-Integrating-with-Certn - type: Features data: - Canadian Basic and Enhanced criminal record checks with RCMP-aligned results - Quebec SOQUIJ record checks - International criminal background checks across 200+ countries and territories - OneID identity verification supporting 13,500+ government document types - Employment, education, and professional credential verification - Credit report and public records checks - Social media screening - Phone and digital reference checks - Driver's abstract / motor vehicle records (MVR) checks - Personal background checks via mycrc.ca consumer brand - White-label candidate experience embeddable in customer ATS/HRIS - 100+ pre-built integrations including Workable, Greenhouse, Lever, Workday - REST API with token authentication and demo (`demo-api.certn.co`) environment - Outbound webhooks with HMAC-SHA256 signed payloads (`Certn-Signature`) and replay protection - Rate limits — 120 requests/minute burst, 14,400 requests/24h sustained - FCRA, SOC 2 Type II, and ISO 27001 compliance posture - CertnCentric API replacing the legacy HR (`/hr/v1/`) and PM (`/api/v2/`) surfaces sources: - https://certn.co/background-screening-api/ - https://docs.certn.co/api - https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0 - https://centric-api-docs.certn.co/ - https://certn.co/pricing/ - https://docs.certn.co/api/certn-api-v-1.0/guides/use-the-api/webhooks updated: '2026-05-25' maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com url: https://apievangelist.com