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Is .ca safe? The state of .ca domain security — Canada
.ca is safer than the internet average. Across 3,016,490 graded .ca domains, 74.1% score an F — cleaner than the 78.3% global average — better company than most of the web. 1.9% earn a B or better. Most .ca domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
In the .ca zone — covering Canada — 70.5% of 2,548,990 graded domains earn an F, below the 73.8% internet-wide average. Only 0.1% reach an A or A+ — the highest protection tier in the census.
Note: .ca is used as a proxy for Canada based on the domain's TLD, not where the company is registered.
How do .ca domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .ca domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 666 | 0% |
| A | 3,521 | 0.1% |
| B | 53,389 | 1.8% |
| C | 235,489 | 7.8% |
| D | 487,967 | 16.2% |
| F | 2,235,458 | 74.1% |
Does .ca make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .ca doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .ca domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .ca safe?
On average, .ca is safer than the internet average: 74.1% of its 3,016,490 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .ca domains?
25.9% of .ca domains score above an F and 1.9% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .ca make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .ca too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .ca domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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