Trust & safety
PrairieTask is a place for neighbours to find each other. It is deliberately quick to join — no forms, no waiting, no app — which means the judgement about who to work with is yours. Here is what we do and don’t check, so you can make it well.
What we don’t do
We do not meet, interview, or vet anyone. We are not a party to the work you agree or the money that changes hands.
PrairieTask is new, and identity and background checks are not available yet — nobody here has passed one. Read the safety advice below before deciding who to let into your home. It matters more here than it would on an established site.
What actually builds trust here
Reputation, and only reputation. Completed tasks, ratings and reviews — and a review can only be written by two people who were actually hired and both confirmed the work happened. That makes it slow to build and hard to fake, which is the point. It cannot be bought, and neither can anything else on this site.
Joining is quick on purpose
There is no application, no background questionnaire, no banking details and no waiting for approval. You can post a task before you make an account, and browse every listing without one. We ask for an email so replies can reach you, and that is the whole of it.
That is a deliberate trade, and worth being straight about: low friction is how a local marketplace gets enough people in it to be useful, and it is also why the checks above do not exist yet. The safety advice below is doing the work those checks would.
Your privacy
- Listings never show a street address, a phone number, or an email address.
- Public location stops at the neighbourhood — “Stonebridge, Saskatoon”. The exact address is something you share privately, once you’ve agreed to work together.
- Mobile numbers are exchanged at one moment and no earlier: when a poster chooses a helper, each of you gets the other’s. Before that, nobody can see it — not other members, and not from the page.
Staying safe
- Keep the conversation on PrairieTask until you've agreed to work together. It's your record of what was said.
- Share your address only once you've decided to go ahead — never in a public listing.
- Have someone else home for a first job if that feels better.
- Agree the price before the work starts, and be specific about what's included.
- Trust your instincts. If something feels off, don't go ahead — and report the conversation.
Money
You arrange payment directly with the other person — cash, e-transfer, whatever suits you both. PrairieTask does not hold or handle payment for tasks, and takes no cut of what you agree.
Reporting
Every conversation has a report and block control. Blocking stops new messages; the conversation stays in your inbox so you keep the record. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911 — we are not an emergency service.