{"id":49648,"date":"2021-06-01T15:07:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T15:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/?p=49648"},"modified":"2024-02-28T13:28:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T13:28:17","slug":"ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.awardspace.com\/kb\/ca\/","title":{"rendered":".CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The .CA extension is a country code top-level domain for Canada. The domain is operated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canadian Internet Registration Authority<\/a>. The .CA domain has been introduced in 1987 by Jon Postel, operator of IANA. Since then there are more than 3 million .ca domains registered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements for .CA domain registrations<\/h2>\n<p>To register a .CA domain you must meet the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/policy\/rules-and-procedures\/canadian-presence-requirements-registrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Canadian Presence Requirements<\/a>. In other words, you or your business must be based mainly in Canada in order to register a .ca domain. If you meed the requirements for a .CA domain you can register one <a href=\"\/domains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The .CA extension is a country code top-level domain for Canada. The domain is operated by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority. The .CA domain has been introduced in 1987 by Jon Postel, operator of IANA. 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