.ca

.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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".ca" is the web address ending that represents Canada on the Internet, similar to how ".uk" represents the United Kingdom or ".au" represents Australia. It's managed by a Canadian organization called CIRA, which handles registering and maintaining all .ca domain names.

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Key facts

Top level domain.name: .ca
Top level domain.image: Logo_of_.ca_domains_by_CIRA.png
Top level domain.image_size: 240px
Top level domain.alt: CIRA — Canadian Internet Registration Authority
Top level domain.type: Country code top-level domain
Top level domain.status: Active
Top level domain.registry: Canadian Internet Registration Authority
Top level domain.sponsor: Government of Canada
Top level domain.intendeduse: Entities connected with Canada
Top level domain.actualuse: Popular in Canada, where .ca is advantageous when selling to a Canadian audience in Canadian dollars.
Top level domain.registereddomains: 3,383,905
Top level domain.dateregistereddomains: 4 September 2024
Top level domain.restrictions: There are Canadian presence requirements for registrants
Top level domain.structure: Provincially registered companies originally had to register at third level under province code, but now anybody may register at second level
Top level domain.document: Official CIRA documents
Top level domain.disputepolicy: CIRA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (CDRP)
Top level domain.website: CIRA
Top level domain.dnssec: Yes

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.cira.ca
Image: Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg

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Commons category: .ca
inception: 1987-00-00

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Contents

Canadian Presence Requirements
History
Third-level (provincial) and fourth-level (municipal) domains
Naming restrictions
Expired domains
See also
References
External links

.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).

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, but existing third-level domain names continue to be supported.