Canadian Internet Registration Authority

CIRA

Canadian Internet Registration Authority
Abbreviation	CIRA
Predecessor	University of British Columbia
Formation	1998-12-30
Type	Non-Soliciting
Registration no.	357494-6
Legal status	Active
Purpose	Authority for ccTLD .CA
Headquarters	979 Bank Street, Suite 400
Location	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Services	Management of .CA domain, Cybersecurity services, Registry services
Official language	English, French
Key people	Byron Holland (President and CEO)
Website	cira.ca

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA; French: Autorité canadienne pour les enregistrements internet, ACEI) is the organization that manages the .ca country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Canada. Its offices are located at 979 Bank Street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. CIRA sets the policies and agendas that support Canada's internet community and Canada's involvement in international internet governance. It is a member-driven organization with membership open to all that hold a .ca domain. As of March 2023, there were more than 3.3 million active .ca domains.^[1]