How to Register a .ca Domain in Canada
How to register a .ca domain in Canada: CIRA's eligibility rules, choosing a certified registrar, the five-day agreement, and what renewal and expiry cost.
Free tool · Canada · .ca prices rechecked daily
First-year prices sell domains. Renewal prices are what you pay every year after. This tracker lists the .ca prices we could verify on each registrar's own pricing page, ordered by the renewal price, with the date each price was checked. A price that could not be verified is shown as unverified, never guessed.
Prices last checked: November 13, 2026 — rechecked daily.
Compare the renewal column first. The first-year price lasts one year; the renewal price repeats every year you keep the name, so it decides what the domain costs you over time. A low first-year price with a high renewal price is the expensive option after year one. Every price cell links to the registrar's pricing page it came from, so you can check it yourself before you pay.
| Registrar | First year | Renewal (per year) | Transfer | Billed in | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Porkbun | US$8.65 | US$9.16 | US$8.98 | USD | Nov 13, 2026 |
| Dynadot | US$9.35 | US$9.35 | US$9.35 | USD | Nov 5, 2026 |
| Web Hosting Canada | C$10.99 | C$14.99 | C$10.99 | CAD | Nov 13, 2026 |
At today's checked prices, three years cost US$26.97 at Porkbun (first year US$8.65 plus two renewals at US$9.16), US$28.05 at Dynadot (US$9.35 a year), and C$40.97 at Web Hosting Canada (first year C$10.99 plus two renewals at C$14.99, matching the three-year figure on Web Hosting Canada's own page). Porkbun's page currently lists its .ca prices as sale prices against higher regular prices (first year US$11.12, renewal US$11.63, transfer US$11.45); the table shows the prices quoted today. Dynadot's prices moved at the last verified check: its own page showed US$8.61 to register and US$9.30 to renew or transfer on October 22, 2026, and US$9.35 for all three when verified in the browser on November 5, 2026.
Web Hosting Canada bills in Canadian dollars. Porkbun and Dynadot bill in US dollars, so the amount on a Canadian card is higher after the exchange rate. Porkbun states its prices include ICANN and other fees. No registrar page checked here states whether tax is included, so treat every figure above as before tax and confirm the total at checkout before you pay.
The .ca domain is run by CIRA, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, and you can only register a .ca name through a CIRA-certified registrar — CIRA sells nothing directly. You must meet one of CIRA's Canadian Presence Requirements and accept the Registrant Agreement. The categories include Canadian citizens and permanent residents ordinarily resident in Canada, Canadian corporations, and registered trademark holders, among others. If you register as an individual, your contact details are kept private automatically at no cost; a business registration shows the organization's details.
A promo code appears in this tracker only when it produces a quoted price on the registrar's own page, with the usual no-code price beside it and the code's limits stated. No code met that test on November 5, 2026: the codes shown on comparison and coupon sites did not appear on any registrar's own pricing page, so none is quoted here. Codes are normally first-year only and limited to one per customer, and the renewal price is the usual rate — a code never lowers what you pay in year two.
Spaceship and NameSilo were re-checked on November 5, 2026, and stay out: Spaceship's promos page lists no .ca offer, and NameSilo's .ca row still could not be read on its pricing page. Hover stays out — no own pricing page was found on November 4, 2026, and its figures conflicted between comparison sites. Dynadot stays in the table on its browser-verified November 5, 2026 figures — US$9.35 to register, renew, and transfer. A text crawl of Dynadot's page dated November 9, 2026 shows US$9.25 instead, which conflicts with the browser-verified figure, and a direct fetch of the page on November 13, 2026 was refused by the site, so the row keeps the November 5 prices and its November 5 checked date until a recheck settles which figure is current. A registrar returns to the table the first day a daily recheck verifies a price on its own page. This page is rechecked daily, and any price change ships as a dated correction, never a silent edit.
Sources: CIRA, "How to register your .ca name" — registration through a certified registrar and the Registrant Agreement; CIRA, "Canadian Presence Requirements for Registrants" — the 18 categories and the ordinarily-resident test; Porkbun, ".ca domain" — first-year price and US-dollar billing; Porkbun, "Domain pricing" — renewal (US$9.16) and transfer (US$8.98) prices from the .ca row (first entry in the C section; the US$8.65 first-year figure matches the .ca page), read November 13, 2026, and prices in US dollars including ICANN fees; Dynadot, ".CA Domains" — US$9.35 to register, renew, and transfer, read live on November 5, 2026 (hero, pricing table, and FAQ all show US$9.35); a later text crawl dated November 9, 2026 shows US$9.25 in the FAQ, which conflicts, and a direct fetch on November 13, 2026 was refused by the site — the browser-verified figure stands until a recheck resolves it; Web Hosting Canada, "How to register a .CA domain" — first-year, renewal, and transfer prices in Canadian dollars, re-verified November 13, 2026 (unchanged). Every figure above was read on the registrar's own page, never copied from a comparison site.
Next step: read the full step-by-step guide: How to Register a .ca Domain in Canada