.ca – Openprovider

This article describes the procedures and requirements of .ca domain names.
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Registration

Successful domain registration via RCP or API requires:

Registrant contact containing:
- a local presence (address) in Canada (no trustee service available)
- The "state" field in all handles is mandatory
  or
- a valid trademark in Canada
  - Private individual: the owner, admin and tech handle must be the same.
  - Corporation: the legal form must be mentioned in the ownerhandle. (ltd, BV, GMBH). Note: Without the legal form present in the name, the 'Corporation' legal type can't be selected.
Legal Type (selected in RCP or API)
Two or more nameservers or a nameserver group
Approving the confirmation email sent to the registrant from the .ca registry in 7 days.

The owner, administrative and technical contact must match the Canadian Presence Requirements (CPR)

After registering, the Registry (CIRA) will send a mail informing the registrant to read and agree to the terms and conditions of the .ca domain name.
Make sure to accept these terms within seven days of registering.
Failure to accept the terms and conditions will result in the domain name being cancelled without a refund.

NOTE :
If in "additional data" (*.ca), legal type is set to >TRADEMARK< then the owner contact must also contain the trademark number (TMAXXXXXX) within the company name field (e.g. company name: Company Name - TMA123456)

Transfer

A transfer can be started by our support team.

The following details are required:

Authorisation code

Trademark (yes/no)

Type owner (Citizen/organisation/government)

- Handle owner
  - a local presence (address) in Canada (no trustee service available)
    or
  - a valid trademark in Canada
    - Private individual: the owner, admin, and tech handle must be the same.
    - Corporation: the legal form must be mentioned in the owner handle. (ltd, BV, GMBH). Note: Without the legal form present in the name, the 'Corporation' legal type can't be selected.

Handle administrative contact

Handle technical contact

Handle billing contact

Nameservers

Once the transfer has been started the domain name will automatically transfer after 7 days.

Authorization code required	yes
Method of confirmation	authcode
Registration period after transfer	extends
Average transfer time	max 7 days
Advanced and simple transfers available	Contact our Sales department to check if easy transfer of 100 or more .ca domains is available.

Update

Owner change (trade)

A change of ownership can be done by replacing the owner contact in the control panel. After saving the changes the change is processed realtime. It may take up to five minutes for the whois to update.

Other update

A change of contactdetails can be done by updating the associated handles in the control panel. After saving the changes the domainname will be updated realtime. It may take up to five minutes for the whois to update.

Deletion / Restore

Delete

To cancel a .ca you will have to disable the autorenew. It is not possible to explicitly delete a .ca domainname during the current active period.

Restore / reactivate

restore / reactivation supported (manually via support department)
quarantine periods can be found under
Detailed extension information > Technical information > Quarantine period

Detailed extension information

Registry	Registry: Canadian Internet Registration Authority Registry whois: whois.cira.ca Registry web based whois: https://cira.ca/ca-domains/whois Registry zonefile updates: Several times a day
Technical information	DNSSEC support: yes Minimum length: 2 characters Maximum length: 50 characters Allowed characters: a-z 0-9 - IDN characters: n/a Registration period: 1 Renewal date offset: 0 days The number of days before the registry's expiration date, that Openprovider requires the domain to be renewed or expired. More info. Note that the dates as shown in your Openprovider account are always leading, even if they do not match the renewal date offset mentioned here. Soft quarantine period: 40 days During this period, following after an expiration, the domain can be restored for free. This period does not apply if the domain is deleted explicitly. More info. Quarantine period: 28 days During this period, an expired or deleted domain name can be reactivated at an additional fee.
Restrictions	Local presence required? yes Does Openprovider provide local presence services? no Local activity required? no Correct nameserver configuration required? no Local address of the domain owner is required. Local address of the domain administrator is required. Company number (companies) or Identity Card number (individuals) is required.
Policies	http://cira.ca/my-ca/registrant-policies/
Registration agreement	The registry requires that a registration agreement is in place between the provider and the domain holder. The text of this registration agreement and any required supplements is the following: General registration agreement

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