Changes

== History ==

== History ==

Registrants of .ca domains must meet Canadian Presence Requirements as defined by the registry.<ref>https://cira.ca/canadian-presence-requirements-registrants</ref>

Registrants of .ca domains must meet Canadian Presence Requirements as defined by the registry.<ref>[https://cira.ca/canadian-presence-requirements-registrants CIRA: Requirements]</ref>

[[IANA]] operator [[Jon Postel]] allocated the [[ccTLD]] originally to [[John Demco]] of the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1988.<ref name="eurodns">[http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Canada/Ca EuroDNS]</ref> At the time, the internet was used mostly for research.<ref name="eurodns"></ref> The administration of the .ca domain was carried out by [[John Demco]] with the assistance of a .ca committee of volunteers. The names from the .ca domain were assigned without charge to the applicants. The first .ca domain name was upei.ca, registered in 1988 by the University of Prince Edward Island.<ref>[http://opensrs.com/blog/2009/10/the-registries-ca/ OpenSRS]</ref>

[[IANA]] operator [[Jon Postel]] allocated the [[ccTLD]] originally to [[John Demco]] of the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 1988.<ref name="eurodns">[http://www.eurodns.com/top-level-domain/Canada/Ca EuroDNS]</ref> At the time, the internet was used mostly for research.<ref name="eurodns"></ref> The administration of the .ca domain was carried out by [[John Demco]] with the assistance of a .ca committee of volunteers. The names from the .ca domain were assigned without charge to the applicants. The first .ca domain name was upei.ca, registered in 1988 by the University of Prince Edward Island.<ref>[http://opensrs.com/blog/2009/10/the-registries-ca/ OpenSRS]</ref>