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    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2011-03-06</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2011-03-14</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001087022</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ALR TECHNOLOGIES INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ALRT</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001308120</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Chan Sidney</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>23H BLOCK III RIVIERA GARDEN</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>TSUEN WAN, NEW TERRITORIES</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>K3</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode></rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>HONG KONG</rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CEO</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Options</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>0.07</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2012-06-27</value>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>15725000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.07</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2012-06-25</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2012-03-06</value>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Shares</value>
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                    <value>15725000</value>
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                    <value>75725000</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On June 27, 2012, the options granted March 6, 2011 to acquire 20,000,000 common shares at $0.125 per share was modified to acquire 35,000,000 common shares at $0.07 per share. Furthermore, the remaining un-vested options from the March 6, 2011 option grant were vested immediately.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Eight (8) stock options will be bst for each one dollar ($1) ALR Technologies, Inc. borrows from me under a Line of Credit Agreement dated March 6, 2011.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">35,725,000 stock options for me &amp; 40,000,000 stock options for Christine Kan, my wife.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>SIDNEY CHAN</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-08-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
