Companies located in Canada, as well as companies or corporations that have business-relations with Canada mainly use this domain name.
Legal requirements
a Canadian citizena permanent resident of Canadaa legally recognized Canadian organizationan Inuit, First Nation, Metis or other people indigenous to Canadaan Indian Band as defined in the Indian Act of Canadaa foreign resident of Canada that holds a registered Canadian trademark
Technical requirements
No special requirements.
Naming conventions
All letters (a-z) and numbers (0-9) are allowed; hyphens (-) are also allowed, however not at the beginning or at the end of the domain name. A domain name should be between 3 and 63 characters long.
.ca domain names transfers to UniNames are possible.
The contact information and name server information does not and can not be changed during the course of the transfer. As well, the admin contact listed for the domain will receive a confirmation email from CIRA with directions on how to approve of the transfer.
The following domain name information can be updated through your UniNames domain control panel.
Processing
Owner contact
Real-time
Admin contact
Real-time
Technical contact
Real-time
Billing contact
Real-time
Name servers
Real-time*
* Changes are processed in real-time but due to the nature of the domain name system it might take 24 to 48 hours before the changes are propagated worldwide.
The .ac WHOIS zone files are updated in real-time.
Updates can be done by any UniNames account having edit permissions on the domain name.
The billing contact of the domain name will automatically receive an invoice to renew the domain name. If the invoice is paid before the domain name expires, the domain name will be renewed.
Note the importance of correct billing information!
If not paid by the end of the month in which the domain name expires.
==> the domain name will be deleted.
If the owner or the billing contact asks us to let the domain name expire:
the domain owner will be notified by e-mail
the domain billing contact will be notified by e-mail
the accounts with permissions on the domain name will be notified by e-mail
Quaratine
Once a domain name expires, there is a 40-day “grace period” within which a renewal is still possible.
Reactivation
After the 40 days grace period has run out however, you will not be able to renew your domain name. The domain will be deleted and made available for the general public to register.