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title: "Upcoming .CA Registry Transition [maintenance window 05 February] [COMPLETED]"
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On **Tuesday 05 February 2019**, the .CA registry, CIRA, will be transitioning from it’s current backend to a new system. In order to facilitate this, they will need a large maintenance time.

Between the hours of **6am and 4pm** Eastern \[11:00-21:00 UTC\], the .CA registry will be unavailable – with the possibility of this extending if CIRA requires more time.

**During this window, domain owners will be *unable* to create new domains, update existing domain properties or contacts, renew domains or even perform a whois lookup.**

**If you need to make a nameserver or whois change, you will need to co-ordinate that prior to OR after the maintenance window.**

If CIRA requires more time, we will be updating this status post as information is available.

For domains in **Redemption Grace Period that are at the end of the 30 days \[meaning the last possible day of renewing is 05 February\]**, you will need to renew the domain **prior** to 05 February. CIRA will not be extending the date by one day due to the maintenance so the domain will be deleted and not renewable.

During the maintenance window, certain [www.cira.ca](http://www.cira.ca) website functions (such as Name Search, WHOIS, TBR Listings, Agreement Landing Page and Message Delivery Form) will be **offline**.

All active .CA domains will continue to resolve during this maintenance window.

**\*\*Update – it has been confirmed by CIRA that the maintenance window is complete and everything is operational again.**