Commissionaires

About Commissionaires

Commissionaires is a consulting and security business located on Dearness Dr in the Westminster neighbourhood of London, Ontario. It serves federal and provincial governments, municipalities, police services, air and seaports, and private sector organizations such as utilities, commercial buildings, and hospitals. The company provides security and security-related services to residential and commercial properties across the country. The organization offers security guard services, mobile patrols, alarm monitoring and response, and 24-hour real-time video surveillance. It provides pre-employment background screening, criminal record checks (CPIC), and fingerprinting. Other services include bylaw enforcement, traffic control, non-core policing, investigations, specialized security for hospitals, schools, construction sites, and mines, threat risk assessments, ID card services, and passport photos. The business also provides Security Guard Training, Customer Service Training, administrative support, and record suspension assistance. Commissionaires describes itself as Canada’s only national not-for-profit security company and the country’s largest employer of veterans. Captain Edward Walter founded the organization in England in 1859 to help veterans transition into civilian employment. The Canadian branch was established in 1925 to provide jobs for Canadian veterans of the First World War. The company maintains a social mandate to provide employment for veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces and the RCMP, as well as their families. It employs over 22,000 people and operates in 1,200 communities.