Domain name registration over a decade ago was a more specialized business with very few offering you the ability to purchase and register your own domain name. The industry with domain name registration has exploded since those days and currently their is in existence of hundreds to thousands of service providers offering the chance to pick up and register your own domain name. The most popular Top Level Domain (TLD) extension is the .com extension, and almost everyone will pick that extension up if available.
What about country specific TLD domain extensions? They are available too and you can purchase everything from .co.uk for United Kingdom (UK) based companies, to even .us domain names for United States companies. For those living in Canada, you also have available your own domain name extension which is the .ca domain. Anyone who wishes to register their site for a canadian audience and to show they are in the canadian market will register a .ca domain extension.
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is the main controlling company overviewing canadian domain names (.ca). Their responsiblity is to oversee activity related to .ca domain name registration and when you decide to register a domain canada, you will receive an email from them after stating your registration has been processed and everything is complete.
Do you need to register the domain name through a company that is specifically located in Canada or will any cheap domain name registrar work? Any registrar will work for domain name registration as long as you visibly see on their website that they offer the .ca domain extension. Most are offering the capability to register canadian domain names, but their still are companies who do not. Before making the purchase of your domain name, just double check that the price showing on the website is in Canadian Dollars instead of US Dollars. Since the Canadian dollar at the time of this writing, is lower than the US dollar you will be paying more than the posted cost if they are showing it in US dollars.
