What if two people with the same name live in the same province?

Then you choose between them. The report lists every match alongside their age, location and public profiles, so you can select the right one. Adding a detail such as a username or employer helps too. It never guesses.

What kind of information comes back?

Anything public: LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and X profiles, photos posted publicly, their employer or school, signs of a dating app profile and online mentions. It does not show residential addresses.

Will the person get an alert about my search?

No. They are not contacted and get no notification. StoryCheck is not a consumer reporting agency, and results must not be used to make decisions about credit, employment, insurance or tenancy.

What if I want my own name removed?

Use the form at storycheck.com/opt-out. You give your name and where you live, verify the request with a code emailed to you, and are then excluded from name searches. Existing reports about you are deleted as well.

Can I find someone with just a first name?

You need a first and last name. With a first name alone there are too many people to tell apart. If you have their cell number, email address or a photo instead, start with that: each of those narrows it down to one person far better than a first name can.

How is StoryCheck different from other people-search sites?

Many people-search sites simply list everyone with the name, often pulled from phone directories or US databases, and leave the guessing to you. StoryCheck asks three quick questions first, looks for public profiles, photos and signs of dating profiles, and only shows a person when they clearly fit your answers. It shows the city or region, never an address, and it is not a consumer reporting agency.

Does name search work outside Canada?

Yes. It searches the public web in any country, south of the border included, and the questions ask which country and city the person lives in. How much turns up depends on how public the person is: someone with social media profiles is easy to find, while someone who is barely online returns little.

StoryCheck

Look someone up by name in Canada

Search anyone by name

Is your match really who they say they are?

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How do I look someone up in Canada by name?

Have a name and a rough idea of where they live? Enter it, answer three quick questions, and see the public profiles of the person you mean, not a stranger in another province.

A people search in Canada takes someone's first and last name and looks for the public profiles that belong to them, using details like their province or territory to separate them from namesakes. You enter the name once, then answer three quick questions about their age range, where they live and, optionally, one detail like a username, their employer or school, or a cell number or email you already know. People who do not match are left out of the report, and if more than one person matches, you confirm which one you meant rather than having the report guess. No one is notified of your search, and results are possible matches, never guarantees.

The process

How it works

1Enter a name

First and last name

Search name

25–34@username

2We connect signals

60+ sources

data records analyzed

CarrierPublic recordsSocialBreachesWeb

3Get your private report

Report ready

Possible owner & aliases

Location & carrier

Online profiles

Risk score

Private

Your search stays private. The person is never told.

Fast answers

Most reports are ready in seconds.

Honest

Every result is rated so you know what to trust.

Global coverage

Worldwide Data Coverage

North America

Coverage: 98.4%

What a name reveals

See what you can find from a name

We match the right person first, then search public profiles, the open web and people directories for everything linked to them. Results vary by person.

The right person

Matched on where they live, their age and any detail you add. If more than one person fits, you choose.

Social profiles

Public accounts on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn and more.

Photos

Public pictures of them, so you can see if the photos you were sent are really theirs.

Dating apps

Signs of active accounts on dating apps like Tinder, Bumble and Hinge.

Work and education

Where they say they work or study, and whether it adds up.

Location

The city and area their public profiles point to.

How StoryCheck compares

Phone directories and people-search sites list everyone with the same name. StoryCheck asks first, so the report is about the person you mean.

	StoryCheck	People-search sites and directories	A plain Google search
Common names	3 quick questions rule out namesakes; if several fit, you choose	A long list of namesakes	Results for everyone with the name
Profiles, photos and dating signals	Yes, in one report	Partly	Scattered across many searches
Coverage	Worldwide, in 40 languages	Usually one country	Worldwide, unfiltered
Where they live	City or region only	Often the full address	Sometimes

Comparison by type of service, September 2026.

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