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==Delegation and Availability==
==Delegation and Availability==
.quebec was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] of the [[DNS]] on 16 April, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.<ref name="delegation"></ref>
.quebec was delegated to the [[Root Zone]] of the [[DNS]] on 16 April, 2014, completing the successful application for the string.<ref name="delegation"></ref>
== CIRA(.ca domain) ==
.ca is also the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Canada. The domain name registry that operates it is the Canadian Internet Registration Authority ([[CIRA]]). The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is a non-profit Canadian corporation that is responsible for operating the .ca Internet country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) today. It assumed operation of the .ca ccTLD on December 1, 2000, from UBC. On April 15, 2008, CIRA registered its one millionth .ca Internet domain name.
Any .ca registration has to be ordered via a certified registrar. UBC's registry operations once favoured fourth-level names (such as city.toronto.on.ca) for purely local entities or third-level names for entities operating solely within one province. Nationally incorporated companies could have a .ca domain, while provincially incorporated companies required the letters of their province, like .mb.ca. Only an entity with presence in two or more provinces was typically registered directly under .ca; this complex structure (and the long delays in getting .ca registration) caused many Canadian entities to favour the .com, .org and .net registrations, despite the then-higher cost.
The second-level domain name '.gc.ca' (Government of Canada) is commonly mistaken as one of the regional domains under which CIRA will allow Government of Canada registrations. gc.ca is actually a standard domain like all other .ca domain names. CIRA does not register domain names under .gc.ca directly.
The .mil.ca second-level domain name is also a standard domain and is registered to the Department of National Defence (DND). The .mil.ca suffix is used internally by DND on its intranet, the Defence Information Network (DIN) or Defence Wide Area Network (DWAN), to distinguish intranet-only websites. Since Ontario, PEI and Quebec already use "gouv" on their provincial second-level domains for the French-language versions of their government websites, this domain is unavailable through the normal registration process.
==References==
==References==
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==External Links==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.quebec wikipedia.org .quebec]
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/quebec.html iana.org]
* [https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/quebec.html iana.org]
[[Category:TLD]]
[[Category:TLD]]
[[Category:TLDs with Registry Agreements|quebec]]
[[Category:TLDs with Registry Agreements|quebec]]