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[-] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That works, too. I'm on lemmy.ca. Buying a .ca domain requires confirmation of citizenship or other qualification before you can even use it.

[-] BaconIsAVeg@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Back in the day, like early 90's when they were managed by the university, they also hand reviewed each request. I had a customer with a registered company name something like "Wood Supplies Canada Inc." and they wanted "woodsuppliescanada.ca". They rejected it because "...canada.ca" was superfluous ...

[-] skiguy0123@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

If I remember correctly it's an honor system thing. You need to declare your a citizen or PR or something

[-] TheGayTramp@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

You don’t even need to be a citizen or PR, you just need to have “a Canadian presence”, which can be as simple as owning a trademark registered in Canada

[-] exu@feditown.com 2 points 1 year ago

Other countries have different requirements so it's good to always check in any case.

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