Personal Property Security Act, a statute used in many provinces, regulating the taking and enforcement of security.

PPSACanada provides the following services:

For more details, please check out our list of services

Signing up with PPSACanada.com is FREE – no catches and no hidden fees. There is also no contract to be signed.

Please contact us at 1-800-836-5436 for pricing information. 

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PPSACanada.com employs 128-bit encryption (using Secured Sockets Layer, or SSL technology) to secure the website from intruders, which is the most advanced security available on the Internet.

Once you sign up with PPSACanada.com, we will send you a username and password within one business day, and you may begin using the website.

No, you do not need to be a *high-volume* user. However we do require that clients use their accounts on a regular basis and maintain a certain level of activity.

Clients who anticipate very infrequent use of our services should visit our sister site www.ppsa.ca instead. PPSA.ca allows you to pay as you go by credit card.

If you wish to speak to us instead of sending an email, call 416-225-5511, and press '2'.

At the end of each month, an invoice will be sent to you detailing each service and the applicable charges.

Currently, payment must be in the form of a cheque, and mailed to the return address on the invoice

Click on Display Results button. You will be presented with a list of searches that are either in progress or completed. If a search is completed, you may click on its ID number. If a search is in progress, click the 'Refresh' button in your browser periodically (ie. every 30-60 seconds) to update the status of the search.

You may submit a search at any time. Ontario searches are processed between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, and between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. For further information, check our hours of operation.

Most motor vehicle VINs conform to a standard format. Our system automatically validates your VIN to make sure it conforms to this format. This helps screen out data entry errors. In the event that you are SURE that you have entered your VIN correctly then you may select "Validate VIN - No" and our system will by-pass the the validation check.

Either is acceptable. When a search is submitted, all text entered is converted to uppercase

You may specify a date in the "Record Since" field if you want to view results after a particular date.

This message appears under one of the following two circumstances:

Personal Property Security Registration and Enquiry Guide - online version click here

A '1C' registration is a new registration in Ontario. A '2C' registration refers to any of a number of amendments to a '1C' - for example a discharge, amendment, or assignment. A '3C' refers to the verification statement that is sent to the registering agent after any '1C' or '2C' is completed.

Yes. Click the 'Other Provinces' tab, and choose the appropriate province for your PPSA registration.

You will receive a verification within approximately one week of submitting the registration. Times largely depend on the province that is sending the verification.

Click on the link labelled '1C Registrations: All' to view previous Ontario registrations.

See Personal Property Security Registration and Enquiry Guide page 11, bottom of page. Online version click here.

A Post-Search is a PPSA search conducted immediately after a PPSA registration. It is used to show proof of priority in a family of registrations against a specific debtor or piece of collateral. It is also used to be sure that two liens have not been registered by two different secured parties on the same serial collateral.