Domain zone rules for .ca On this page you will find detailed information about the general domain name zone rules and contact requirements.
A listed set of contact fields is expected at the time of domain name registration or transfer.
Registrant Admin Tech Billing
•︎ firstName string (2, 50, latin) | First name
•︎ lastName string (2, 50, latin) | Last name
•︎ countryCode country (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) | Country
Supported: CA
•︎ city string (3, 50, latin) | City
•︎ address1 string (4, 250, latin) | Street, number, block, apartment
•︎ zip zip | Postal code (zip)
•︎ state state (latin) | State (province, region)
•︎ phoneNumber phone (+1.1234567890) | Phone number
•︎ faxphone (+1.1234567890) | Fax number
•︎ idNumber string (2, 30, latin) | Passport number/ID
RegExp: .*
•︎ personType select | Legal type
Values: cct Canadian citizen
res Permanent Resident of Canada
abo Aboriginal Peoples indigenous to Canada
•︎ acceptAgreement accept (1) |
The owner, administrative and technical contact must match the Canadian Presence Requirements (CPR)
Corporation: the legal form must be mentioned in the registrant contact details. (ltd, BV, GMBH)
Approving the confirmation email sent to the registrant from the .ca registry in 7 days.
Failure to accept the terms and conditions will result in the domain name being cancelled without a refund.
•︎ namestoreconstant | Namestore
Must be empty or not present
Namestore is a virtual bucket for a contact; some domain zones accept any Namestore, while others impose specific value to be provided.
