Is .ca trustee/proxy service actually allowed? (10.Viewing)

I got approached by someone overseas asking if I could hold a .ca domain for them as a "trustee", so it works in a way that they'd pay me to be listed as the WHOIS registrant while they run the show.

I turned it down, but curious if anyone here has looked into this closely.

From what I can tell, CIRA explicitly bans this under Section 4.1(g) of the Registrant Agreement; you can't register or hold a domain on behalf of a third party, for money or otherwise, unless they independently qualify under the Canadian Presence Requirements or are an actual affiliate of yours (think parent/subsidiary, not just a paid contract). A pure payment-for-service arrangement with no real ownership or governance relationship doesn't cut it.

https://www.cira.ca/uploads/2025/08/Registrant-Agreement-Version-2.3-August-1-2025.pdf



And the consequences may be domain cancellation, up to a 3-year ban on new .ca registrations, and potential termination of your registrant agreement altogether. A shell company existing only to hold a domain on their behalf probably won't survive an RIV audit either.

Anyone dealt with similar requests? Am I reading the policy right?

Sorry @MapleDots ! I should have posted it under the "CIRA & Legal" gategory!