What are you about to say yes to?
Before you accept, sign or pay: the official places to check each kind of offer, what each one shows, and the date we read it. Homes are where OfferDue's reports start.
- HomesBuying, selling or renting out a home
- RentalsA lease or a deposit, before you move in
- Contractors and home servicesQuotes, door-to-door offers, movers
- VehiclesA used car, a dealer, a boat
- MoneyInvestments, loans, mortgages, debt help
- Work and studyJob offers, recruiters, schools, immigration help
- BusinessBuying a business, franchises, suppliers
- Care and lifeCare homes, child care, funerals, charities, travel
Homes
Buying, selling or renting out a home
- An offer on a home
- Listing your home
- A home to rent out
Rentals
A lease or a deposit, before you move in
- A lease
- A deposit
- A room or a basement unit
- Student housing
- The home's parcel registerOntario's land registry (OnLand)
Who is on title, bought by you for $37.10, so you can see the owner before you pay a deposit.
- Renting in Ontario: your rightsGovernment of Ontario
What a landlord may ask for before you move in, and the standard lease.
- Deposits and feesGovernment of British Columbia
The limits on the deposits a landlord may ask for in BC.
- Starting a tenancyGovernment of Alberta
Alberta's rules on security deposits.
Each page read 6 November 2026. Free to check yourself; the link opens the official page.
Contractors and home services
Quotes, door-to-door offers, movers
- A renovation quote
- A roof or a furnace
- An offer at the door
- A moving quote
- Public registerSkilled Trades Ontario
Whether a tradesperson holds a certificate in a trade such as electrician or plumber.
- Clearance certificatesWSIB
Whether a business is registered with the WSIB and in good standing.
- Hiring a licensed electrical contractorElectrical Safety Authority
Whether an electrical contractor holds an ESA licence.
- Fuels contractorsTSSA
Whether a contractor is registered to work on fuel appliances such as furnaces.
- Door-to-door sales and home service contractsGovernment of Ontario
What can't be sold at your door, the 10-day cooling-off period and what a contract must say.
- Moving adviceOffice of Consumer Affairs, Government of Canada
What to ask a mover, and the default liability of $0.60 a pound per item.
- Prepaid contracting licenceGovernment of Alberta
Alberta's licence for contractors who take money before the work is done.
Each page read 6 November 2026. Free to check yourself; the link opens the official page.
Vehicles
A used car, a dealer, a boat
- A used car
- A dealer's price
- A private sale
- A boat or a trailer
- Used Vehicle Information PackageGovernment of Ontario
A vehicle's Ontario registration history and any liens, for $20.
- Buy or sell a used vehicleGovernment of Ontario
What a private seller and a buyer each have to do in Ontario.
- Dealer searchOMVIC
Whether an Ontario dealer is registered.
- CurbsidersOMVIC
The signs of an unregistered dealer posing as a private seller.
- Stolen vehicle searchCanadian Police Information Centre (RCMP)
Whether a vehicle, by its VIN, is reported stolen.
- Vehicle history reportsICBC
A BC vehicle's claims history.
- Vehicle information reportGovernment of Alberta
An Alberta vehicle's registration history and how many liens are registered.
Each page read 6 November 2026. Free to check yourself; the link opens the official page.
Money
Investments, loans, mortgages, debt help
- An investment
- A loan or a mortgage
- Debt help
- A crypto platform
- Checking registrationBritish Columbia Securities Commission
How to check that a person or firm selling investments is registered.
- AdvisorReportCIRO
An investment advisor's registration and discipline history.
- Registered crypto asset trading platformsOntario Securities Commission
The crypto platforms registered to operate in Ontario.
- Mortgage brokeringFSRA
How Ontario licenses mortgage brokerages, brokers and agents.
- Payday loans: your rightsGovernment of Ontario
The cap of $14 per $100 borrowed and your right to cancel.
- Search for a business licence or registrationGovernment of Ontario
Whether a lender, loan broker or collection agency holds an Ontario licence.
- Need help with your debt?Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy
Only Licensed Insolvency Trustees can file a bankruptcy or a consumer proposal.
Each page read 6 November 2026. Free to check yourself; the link opens the official page.
Work and study
Job offers, recruiters, schools, immigration help
- A job offer
- A recruiter
- A school or a course
- Immigration help
- Authorized representativesImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Who may be paid to help with an immigration or citizenship application.
- Public registerCollege of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants
Whether an immigration consultant is licensed, with any discipline.
- Employers who were non-compliantImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Employers found breaking the rules of the foreign worker programs.
- Licensing of temporary help agencies and recruitersGovernment of Ontario
Recruiters and temporary help agencies need an Ontario licence since 1 July 2024.
- Designated learning institutions listImmigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
The schools approved to host international students.
- Career college compliance noticesGovernment of Ontario
Enforcement actions against private career colleges.
Each page read 6 November 2026. Free to check yourself; the link opens the official page.
Business
Buying a business, franchises, suppliers
- Buying a business
- A franchise
- A supplier or a partner
- A grant offer
- Federal corporation searchCorporations Canada
A federal corporation's status and filings.
- Ontario Business RegistryGovernment of Ontario
An Ontario business's registration; a profile report costs $8.
- Bankruptcy and insolvency records searchOffice of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy
Bankruptcies and proposals on record by name, $8 for each 10 results.
- Arthur Wishart Act (Franchise Disclosure), 2000Government of Ontario
A franchisor must give you its disclosure document at least 14 days before you sign or pay.
- Multi-level marketing and pyramid sellingCompetition Bureau
What makes a plan an illegal pyramid, and the rule on earnings claims.
- Companies that promise government grants and loansCompetition Bureau
The Bureau's warning about paying a company to get government funding.
Each page read 6 November 2026. Free to check yourself; the link opens the official page.
Care and life
Care homes, child care, funerals, charities, travel
- A care home
- Child care
- A funeral plan
- A charity
- A trip
- Retirement home databaseRetirement Homes Regulatory Authority
An Ontario retirement home's licence and its inspection history.
- Long-term care home reportsGovernment of Ontario
Each Ontario long-term care home's inspection reports, the last three years online.
- Find and pay for child careGovernment of Ontario
Licensed child care near you.
- Consumer rightsBereavement Authority of Ontario
30 days to cancel a funeral contract for a full refund, and a price list before anything is signed.
- Information about a charityCanada Revenue Agency
Whether a charity is registered, with its filed returns.
- Doctor searchCollege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
A doctor's registration in Ontario.
- For consumersTICO
Whether an Ontario travel agency or website is registered, and the travel compensation fund.
Each page read 6 November 2026. Free to check yourself; the link opens the official page.
Public-record information, not legal, financial, insurance, immigration or investment advice. Each line says what the official page shows and links it; rules change, so the official page is the one to rely on. About OfferDue.