.ca
Internet country-code top level domain for Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.ca is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Canada. The domain name registry that operates it is the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA).
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Introduced | May 14, 1987; 36 years ago (1987-05-14) |
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TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
Status | Active |
Registry | Canadian Internet Registration Authority |
Sponsor | Government of Canada |
Intended use | Entities connected with Canada |
Actual use | Popular in Canada, where .ca is advantageous when selling to a Canadian audience in Canadian dollars. |
Registered domains | 3,329,987 (2022-12-11)[1] |
Registration restrictions | There are Canadian presence requirements for registrants |
Structure | Provincially registered companies originally had to register at third level under province code, but now anybody may register at second level |
Documents | Official CIRA documents |
Dispute policies | CIRA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (CDRP) |
DNSSEC | Yes[2] |
Registry website | CIRA |
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Registrants can register domains at the second level (e.g., example.ca). Third-level registrations in one of the geographic third-level domains defined by the registry (e.g. example.ab.ca) were discontinued on October 12, 2010,[3] but existing third-level domain names continue to be supported.