.ca Domain Names
.ca domain names, held the Canadian way
Administered by CIRA and reserved for those with a real Canadian connection — which is exactly why Canadian customers extend it a trust an open ending has to earn. Register from $13.99/yr, with the renewal figure shown before you pay.
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Why .ca?
.ca is Canada's country code, run by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA), and its defining feature is the Canadian Presence Requirement: registrants must qualify through a genuine connection to Canada — citizenship or permanent residency, a Canadian corporation or partnership, or a trademark registered in Canada, among the recognised categories. The gate keeps the namespace meaningfully Canadian, and Canadian buyers know it, which is why the ending converts trust at home in a way .com does not.
CIRA also runs one of the more privacy-respecting registries in the world: for individuals, personal details are withheld from the public record by the registry's own default rather than by a paid add-on. As our only non-UK-headquartered brand consideration aside, the practical advice is unchanged everywhere: register in your own details, keep the contact mailbox monitored, and let us show you the renewal beside the registration before anything is paid.
Good Fit
.ca works best for
- Canadian businesses and professional practices
- Canadian arms of international brands
- Organisations and causes rooted in Canada
- Trademark holders protecting their marks in the Canadian namespace
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Presence rules explained first
The CIRA qualification categories in plain English before you register — including the trademark route open to non-Canadian brand owners.
Registry-level privacy for individuals
CIRA withholds individuals' personal details from the public record by default — privacy as registry policy, not a purchased extra.
The national trust signal
Canadian buyers read .ca as local and accountable — a conversion asset for anyone selling into Canada from within it.
Common Questions
Questions about .ca
Who qualifies to register a .ca?
The Canadian Presence Requirement recognises a defined set of categories — Canadian citizens and permanent residents, corporations and partnerships formed in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Canada, and holders of trademarks registered in Canada, among others. You assert your category at registration and CIRA can require evidence; a name registered outside the categories can be challenged and lost.
My company is British but sells into Canada. Can we get the .ca?
The most-used route for foreign businesses is a trademark registered in Canada, which qualifies the mark's owner to register the matching name. Incorporation of a Canadian subsidiary is the other common path. Speculative registration without a qualifying connection is not an option the rules leave open — and a namespace that enforces its gate is precisely why the ending carries trust.
Do .ca transfers work like .com transfers?
The shape is familiar — an authorisation code from the current registrar, confirmation, completion — under CIRA's own policies rather than the gTLD rulebook. The presence requirement follows the name: the receiving registrant must qualify too. As with every ending, start moves well before expiry and keep the registrant mailbox working while the confirmation emails flow.
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