A business, organization or person wishing to register a .CA domain name must meet the Canadian Presence Requirements and select a Legal Type. A Legal Type is a category that a Registrant must fall into in order to meet the Canadian Presence Requirements. Below are the Legal Types for a Registrant that has a business or organization account and for a Registrant that has an individual account. Registrants with a business or organization account may not select from the categories listed for an individual account and visa versa. For a detailed description with examples please refer to Understanding legal types for Registrants.
For business or organization account:
Canadian Corporation
A corporation under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada.
Trust Established in Canada
A trust established and subsisting under the laws of a province or territory of Canada, more than sixty-six and two thirds percent (66 2/3%) of whose trustees meet the requirements for one of the following: Canadian citizen, Canadian permanent resident, legal representative of a Canadian citizen or Canadian permanent resident, or Canadian corporation.
Partnership Registered in Canada
A partnership, more than sixty-six and two thirds percent (66 2/3%)of whose partners meet the requirements for one of the following: Canadian citizen, Canadian permanent resident, legal representative of a Canadian citizen or Canadian permanent resident, Canadian corporation, or trust established in Canada, which is registered as a partnership under the laws of any province or territory of Canada.
Canadian Association
An unincorporated organization, association or club:
- at least eighty percent (80%) of whose members: (A) are ordinarily resident in Canada (if such members are individuals); or (B) meet the requirements for one of the following: Canadian citizen, Canadian permanent resident, legal representative of a Canadian citizen or Canadian permanent resident, Canadian corporation, trust established in Canada, or partnership registered in Canada, (if such members are not individuals); and
- at least eighty percent (80%) of whose directors, officers, employees, managers, administrators or other representatives are ordinarily resident in Canada.
Canadian Trade Union
A trade union which is recognized by a labor board under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada and which has its head office in Canada.
Canadian Political Party
A political party registered under a relevant electoral law of Canada or any province or territory of Canada.
Canadian Educational Institution
Any of the following:
- a university or college which is located in Canada and which is authorized or recognized as a university or college under an Act of the legislature of a province or territory of Canada; or
- a college, post-secondary school, vocational school, secondary school, pre-school or other school or educational institution which is located in Canada and which is recognized by the educational authorities of a province or territory of Canada or licensed under or maintained by an Act of Parliament of Canada or of the legislature of a province or territory of Canada.
Canadian Library, Archive or Museum
An institution, whether or not incorporated, that is located in Canada; and is not established or conducted for profit or does not form part of, or is not administered or directly or indirectly controlled by, a body that is established or conducted for profit, in which is held and maintained a collection of documents and other materials that is open to the public or to researchers.
Canadian Hospital
A hospital which is located in Canada and which is licensed, authorized or approved to operate as a hospital under an Act of the legislature of a province or territory of Canada.
Indian Band Recognized by the Indian Act of Canada
Any Indian band as defined in the Indian Act (Canada), R.S.C. 1985, c. I-5, as amended from time to time, and any group of Indian bands.
Canadian Government Entity
Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, a province or a territory; an agent of Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, of a province or of a territory; a federal, provincial or territorial Crown corporation, government agency or government entity; or a regional, municipal or local area government.
Holder of a Trademark Registered in Canada
A Person which does not meet any of the foregoing conditions, but which is the owner of a trade-mark which is the subject of a registration under the Trade-Marks Act (Canada) R.S.C. 1985, c.T-13, as amended from time to time, but in this case such permission is limited to an application to register a .ca domain name consisting of or including the exact word component of that registered trade-mark.
Holder of an Official Mark Registered in Canada
A Person which does not meet any of the foregoing conditions, but which is a Person intended to be protected by Subsection 9(1) of the Trade-Marks Act (Canada) at whose request the Registrar of Trade-marks has published notice of adoption of any badge, crest, emblem, official mark or other mark pursuant to Subsection 9(1), but in this case such permission is limited to an application to register a .ca domain name consisting of or including the exact word component of such badge, crest, emblem, official mark or other mark in respect of which such Person requested publications.
For individual account:
Canadian Citizen
A Canadian citizen of the age of majority under the laws of the province or territory in Canada in which he or she resides or last resided.
Canadian Permanent Resident
A permanent resident as defined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, (Canada) S.C. 2001, c. 27, as amended from time to time, who is ordinarily resident in Canada (as defined below) and of the age of majority under the laws of the province or territory in Canada in which he or she resides or last resided.
Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous to Canada
Any Inuit, First Nation, Metis or other people indigenous to Canada, any individual belonging to any Inuit, First Nation, Metis or other people indigenous to Canada and any collectivity of such Aboriginal peoples.
Legal Representative of a Canadian Citizen or Canadian Permanent Resident
An executor, administrator or other legal representative of a Canadian citizen or Canadian permanent resident.
Her Majesty the Queen
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second and her successors.