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| .ca - One million strong and growing |
July 10, 2008 |
By Peter Wolchak
 April 15 was one big day: the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced that Canadian Internet users had registered one million dot-ca (.ca) Internet domain names. Brent Krause of Calgary registered the one-millionth dot-ca domain name, krauslaw.ca, for a site that promotes his private law practice. “I’ve recommended dot-ca domains in the past and dot-ca was my first choice for my own legal practice,” Krause said.
In 1988, the first dot-ca domain name, upei.ca, was registered by the University of Prince Edward Island. Since then, dot-ca domain name usage has grown more than 20 per cent per year.
“Dot-ca represents Canada on the Internet. A dot-ca domain name, Web site or e-mail address means you can be confident that you are dealing with a Canadian or Canadian business online,” said Byron Holland, president and CEO of CIRA. Dot-ca now ranks as the seventeenth largest Internet domain name registry compared to generic domain names like dot-com and country-specific domain names like dot-uk (United Kingdom). CIRA launched a celebration site at www.onemilliondomains.ca.
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