No you can't freeze your credit report in Canada, only the US has enacted legislation to protect individuals. Freezing works (see krebsonsecurity.com article) because it means you have to provide specific action before any company can request your credit info. In effect, it means the door is locked, unless you unlock it. Right now, Equifax & Transunion own your information, not you. And they want it that way, so they can sell you $240/yr protection in case they screw up with your information. It's the first thing you see on their web site...sign up now, $19.95/mo. Kind of like the kid offering to watch out for your car in a bad neightbourhood..except E&T  do even less..they'll just alert you if someone steels your car (info). The way it should work is that you own the info and only allow specific companies that you preauthorize to look at your credit history. Of course E&T would fight this like caged squirrels as you would have little need for their...ahem..."protection".