Transferring Existing Domain Names for .ca

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is a not for profit Canadian corporation responsible for governing the dot.ca internet country code.

Any domain registrations or changes must be approved through the CIRA.

Thus, when transferring an existing domain name for a .ca property, you’ll need to consider the following:

• Unlike regular domain names, .ca domain names can't be locked and no EPP key (transfer authorization code) is required to transfer it.
  

• Upon registration, the .ca domain name is locked in with the registrar for only 30 days, as opposed to 60 days.
  

• When registering for a .ca domain name, you must meet the current criteria for ownership of a .ca domain name

When you register a domain through the CIRA, a verification process is sent to you—the domain buyer.  Upon completion of registration, a user number and password is given to you.  THIS USER NUMBER AND PASSWORD MUST ALWAYS BE KEPT.  If your contact information ever changes (your address, email, etc.), you’ll need your user number and password to make these changes.

If you lose your user number and password, it can be retrieved here.

However, the information will be sent to the administrative email address on file.  If that has changed, there is no way of recovering it, and no way to do any approvals for changes.

At that point, your only recourse is to do a manual change of contact form, which is fax document.

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