Canada - National High Risk Child Sex Offender Database goes live

[Jim Burton]

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OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 15, 2026 /CNW/ - The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) launched the High Risk Child Sex Offender Database, a national publicly accessible tool. This is the first of its kind in Canada. The Database contains centralized information about people who have been found guilty of a sexual offence against children and who pose a high risk of committing crimes of a sexual nature.

The Database contains information that has previously been made public by a police service or public authority. Only the offenders deemed as high risk of committing a crime of a sexual nature are included in the Database.

The RCMP relies on provincial, territorial and municipal authorities to recommend the inclusion of individuals in the Database as they have established and robust practices for determining high risk offenders in their respective jurisdictions.

Administered by the RCMP, the Database is another tool that law enforcement can use to help investigate and prevent crimes against children of a sexual nature. It also helps the public get informed and make decisions when it comes to protecting children and vulnerable individuals.