Canadian Domain Registration, Canadian Domain Hosting Registration

Domain names are the trailing parts of website addresses. They refer to the extensions such as “.com", “.net", “.org", and “.gov". They are also referred to as top-level domains. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority divides top-level domains in three types. They are country code top-level domains, generic top-level domains, and infrastructure top-level domains. Country code top-level domains are two-lettered extensions that refer to the websites registered in a particular country. For instance, “.uk" means that the website is registered in the United Kingdom, and “.in" indicates that websites are registered in India. Canadian domain names end with the “.ca" extension.

Canadian Domain Registrations

In order to get a site registered with a ".ca" extension, a person has to be a Canadian citizen or resident, or an organization that has a presence in that country or owns a registered Canadian trademark. CA domains are internationally recognized and are accessible as other domains.

The responsibility for operating domain names, including the registration of second-level domains, is imposed on particular organizations. These organizations are called "registry operators", "delegates", or "sponsors". In many countries, local authorities (NICs) are in charge for this administration that asks for different requirements like certificates of establishment, registration trademark, etc. In Canada, IP addresses used to be distributed out of the University of Toronto. Lately, it has been taken over by InterNIC, Canada’s domain registration center.

There are a lot of Internet service providers who can, on behalf of the interested group or individual, get the Canadian domain registration and act as their local representative by providing international trademark registrations, Canadian-specific domains and trademark registrations. Their other services include providing Domain Name Services, allocating a certain amount of web space and monthly traffic from few MBs to GBs, domain forwarding, and domain administration.