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General discussion

.ca domain registration

Oct 29, 2009 6:33PM PDT

can .ca domain be registered by a person not from Canada?

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Yes
Oct 30, 2009 12:12PM PDT

You can.

~Sovereign

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Yes....but
Nov 1, 2009 11:47PM PST

Must be a Canadian citizen or resident or a business operating in Canada.

Unlike the .us domain which is available to business that conduct some business in the US, the .ca registrar requires a physical address in Canada. Selling services into Canada is not sufficient.

.ca domains are not to be used by non-residents without operational links to Canada. I.E. You can't register a .ca just because you can't get the .com, or because you want to prevent a Canadian person or company with the same name as you from registering the .ca.

This pdf has the full policy http://cira.ca/assets/Documents/Legal/Registrants/CPR.pdf

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domain
Jan 27, 2010 12:00PM PST
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domain
Sep 3, 2010 5:23PM PDT

thanks mate

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must be canadian
Mar 2, 2010 3:02AM PST
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is this true for .au also ?
Apr 13, 2010 9:34PM PDT

Australian domain?

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.ca domain registration
Jan 31, 2012 4:08PM PST

Register or transfer your domain to Canada's leading Canadian domain name registrar!