Our real-time system directly connects to the CIRA central registry to register.ca domains. Note that registrants must have a Canadian Presence and must comply with CIRA's registrant agreement before they activate a domain. Activated domains usually take 24 hours to become visible on the Internet. After you register your domain, you must find a web hosting company or Internet Service Provider to host your web site for you. Some good areas to start are your local ISP, or choose one of the many free web hosting sites available.
Some people wish to only reserve their domain name for future use.
In that case you need not find an ISP or hosting company. If you already have a web site hosted by an ISP, you can easily set your domain to point to your ISP's DNS so that your existing web site will appear when visitors go to your new domain name. If you already have a FREE web site somewhere, chances are that your provider will not allow you to point your DNS setting to their server. It can also be used by those who prefer to use the various free webspace services on the Internet. URL forwarding allows you to keep control of where your website goes via our Domain Admin Panel.