Application for Record Suspension
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A record suspension allows people who were convicted of a criminal offence, but have completed their sentence and demonstrated they are law-abiding citizens for a prescribed number of years and met applicable criteria, to have their criminal record kept separate and apart from other criminal records. (Record Suspension Decisions/Clemency Recommendations, Parole Board of Canada.)