Country extension · Canada
.ca domain name
Register or transfer your .ca with WebOké. Below you can see what it costs, who can register a .ca and what to look out for when transferring.
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Specifications
The key details of .ca
- Country
- Canada
- Registry
- cira.ca
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- immediately
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer lock available
- yes
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 6
- Renewable after expiry date
- 43 days
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .ca?
- .ca is subject to the Canadian Presence Requirements: the registrant and the administrative contact must be able to show a connection with Canada.
- You always register in one of the permitted categories. Examples include Canadian citizen, permanent resident of Canada, legal representative of either, or Aboriginal peoples of Canada.
- Other categories are a Canadian corporation, association, trade union, political party, trust or registered partnership, and a Canadian educational institution, government body, hospital, library, archive or museum.
- Also possible are an Indian Band recognised under the Indian Act, Her Majesty the Queen, an official mark registered in Canada, and a trademark registered in Canada by a non-Canadian owner.
- If you register as a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, the registrant and the administrative contact must be the same person.
- If you register as a Canadian corporation, the organisation name must include an indication of the legal form, such as Inc., Ltd., Limited, Corporation, Corp., Company, Coop, Trust, Bank or Credit Union.
- As a non-Canadian owner, you can only register .ca on the basis of a trademark registered in Canada.
Additional details for registration
- You state which category you fall into, for example citizen, permanent resident, corporation or trademark holder.
- If you register on the basis of a Canadian trademark, add the trademark number after the organisation name, for example 'Company BV - TMA123456'.
- You state whether the domain name is a registered trademark.
- If a contact lives or is based in Canada or the United States, the province or state is required.
Transfer
Transferring a .ca
- To transfer a domain to another registrar, you need the domain name's transfer code.
The transfer code
- The transfer code for a .ca domain name is 6 to 16 characters long.
- The code may only contain lowercase letters, uppercase letters and numbers.
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Owner
Change of registrant
- You can't change the registrant's name or organisation name through a regular change of contact details. This requires an official change of registrant.
- The new registrant must also meet the Canadian Presence Requirements.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website cira.ca
- Registry whois whois.cira.ca
- Dispute resolution policy cira.ca
- Registry terms and conditions cira.ca
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