There's a few websites and companies that do that sort of thing.. the info is private, but if you make it part of that application that you have permission to get that info then you can do it.
We've used this one before:
http://www.rentcheckcorp.com/
As a landlord, make sure that you've read and totally understand the landlord tenant act in Alberta, as well as the Personal Information Protection Act (you have to have a privacy officer, probably you).
http://governmentservices.gov.ab.ca/...tion:landlords
http://www.oipc.ab.ca/pipa/index.cfm