History of the Canadian Domain Name System

CIRA is the Canadian Internet Registration Authority. The Canadian Domain Name System was officially transferred to CIRA on Dec 1, 2000 from the UBC (University of British Columbia)

It was at this time that Canadian ca Domain Names became much easier to register, and you no longer needed to be a Canadian Federally Incorporated Business to register a TLD (Top Level Domain - ie .ca rather than .ab.ca). .

.CA Registry Milestones

-The .ca registry was created in 1987 by volunteers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver
-The registry was officially transferred to CIRA (Canadian Internet Registration Authority) on December 1, 2000
-Since 2000 .ca domain name usage has grown by over 20% per year.
-In April 2008 the one millionth .ca domain name was registered.
-In January 2011 there is over 1.5 million .ca domains registered.

View the entire history of the .ca domain registry on the CIRA website at http://cira.ca/cira-history/ or read the CIRA PDF document History of the CA Domain Name System to learn more about how CIRA began.

Register your .ca identity today at DOMAINScanada.ca before its gone.

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