Changes

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>

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 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>

Over the next decade, the .ca ccTLD was operated by Demco and a committee of volunteers across Canada. In 1997, at the Canadian Internet community's annual conference, discussions about the growth of the Internet and electronic commerce led to the formation of the Canadian Domain Names Consultation Committee to investigate transitioning the current management of the .ca ccTLD to a means of operation more appropriate to the requirements caused by the evolving character of the Internet. Following a public consultation, the Committee recommended that a private-sector, not-for-profit corporation be set up to take over the administration of .ca. On 30 December 1998, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation with the intention of managing the .ca ccTLD in the public interest.

Over the next decade, the .ca ccTLD was operated by Demco and a committee of volunteers across Canada. In 1997, at the Canadian Internet community's annual conference, discussions about the growth of the Internet and electronic commerce led to the formation of the Canadian Domain Names Consultation Committee to investigate transitioning the current management of the .ca ccTLD to a means of operation more appropriate to the requirements caused by the evolving character of the Internet. Following a public consultation, the Committee recommended that a private-sector, not-for-profit corporation be set up to take over the administration of .ca. On 30 December 1998, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) was incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation with the intention of managing the .ca ccTLD in the public interest.