.ca Domains
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CIRA administers Canada's national extension, and only people and businesses with a real Canadian connection can hold one. That restriction is precisely why customers in Canada trust it the moment they see it. Register from $13.99/yr — searched, priced and switched on inside a single visit.
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The Extension
Why .ca?
Canada's country-code extension is .ca, and the eligibility rule is the brand. CIRA's Canadian Presence Requirements hold it for Canadian citizens, permanent residents, Canadian-incorporated entities and anyone owning registered Canadian trade-marks. So a .ca address makes a claim about Canadian identity that somebody can actually verify, rather than a styling choice.
Serve Canadians and that converts into trust plus search relevance, because Google geotargets .ca towards Canadian queries. Eligible registrants get instant registration, you confirm which presence category applies at checkout, and our anycast DNS starts answering inside the first minute. By default, CIRA also keeps an individual registrant's contact details out of the public WHOIS.
Good Fit
.ca works best for
- Canadian businesses and incorporated entities
- Citizens' and residents' personal or professional sites
- Canadian charities, communities and campaigns
- Canadian-market sites of trade-mark-holding international brands
What You Get
Included with every domain
Verified Canadian identity
Because of the eligibility rules, the extension itself vouches for a real Canadian connection.
Geotargeted to Canadian search
On the queries your Canadian customers really type, it is a genuine relevance signal.
Individual privacy by default
As standard, CIRA withholds the contact details of individual registrants from the public WHOIS record.
Common Questions
Questions about .ca
Who can register a .ca domain?
Anyone who meets CIRA's Canadian Presence Requirements. That covers Canadian citizens and permanent residents, corporations and other entities formed in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Canada, owners of trade-marks registered in Canada, and several further defined categories besides. At registration you declare which one you fall into.
Can a foreign company get a .ca?
Only by way of a qualifying route, and the two common ones are incorporating in Canada or holding a registered Canadian trade-mark on the name. International brands that take the Canadian market seriously normally go the trade-mark way.
For a Canadian business, does .ca beat .com as a choice?
With a Canadian audience, frequently yes. It geotargets Canadian search, and the eligibility rules lend it a trust weight that generic extensions simply do not carry. Plenty of businesses hold the pair anyway: .ca as the storefront for Canada, .com redirected or serving visitors from abroad.
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