Results · 2023-05-17

Who caught what for the 2023-05-17 drop: registrar breakdown, top-brand catches, and the post-drop curated column.

Released

10,452

Top catcher (this drop)

BareMetal

78 caught

Lifetime drops

1,090

Lifetime catches

206,599

.ca registry size

3,632,123

as of 2026-08-28

since last drop

+7,587

from 3,624,536 on 2026-08-21

last 30 days

+23,674

from 3,608,449 on 2026-07-29

since 1987-06

+3,627,123

from 5,000 on 1987-06-01

Registrars — this drop

#	Registrar	Caught	Share
1	BareMetal	78	33.6%
2	Burmac	54	23.3%
3	WHC/Sibername	38	16.4%
4	Catchdrop	31	13.4%
5	MyID	18	7.8%
6	dynadot	5	2.2%
7	PlanetHoster	3	1.3%
8	Webnames.ca Inc.	3	1.3%
9	WEBSITESCA INC.	1	0.4%
10	CanSpace Solutions Inc.	1	0.4%

Highest-value domains that got picked up this drop. SEO columns hint at why a registrar bid — TF/CF/DA + the top topical link cluster.

Domain	Len	TF	CF	DA	Refs	Top topic	Caught by	When
paramountfurniture.ca	18	20	10	15	19	Shopping20	BareMetal	18:00:25 UTC
kroehler.ca	8	—	—	—	—	—	BareMetal	18:00:20 UTC
digitalmarket.ca	13	—	—	—	—	—	Catchdrop	18:00:10 UTC
cityofkelowna.ca	13	—	—	—	—	—	BareMetal	18:00:15 UTC
purchaseorder.ca	13	—	—	—	—	—	Catchdrop	18:00:15 UTC
bestbank.ca	8	—	—	—	—	—	Catchdrop	18:00:10 UTC
findcondos.ca	10	—	—	—	—	—	Catchdrop	18:00:18 UTC
witnesses.ca	9	—	—	—	—	—	WHC/Sibername	18:00:05 UTC
autoloan123.ca	11	—	—	—	—	—	WHC/Sibername	18:00:05 UTC
prismwindows.ca	12	—	—	—	—	—	Burmac	18:01:52 UTC
duocom.ca	6	—	—	—	—	—	BareMetal	18:00:10 UTC
globaldiversityexchange.ca	23	—	—	—	—	—	Burmac	18:00:25 UTC
haltonfood.ca	10	—	—	—	—	—	Burmac	18:02:32 UTC
lucci.ca	5	—	—	—	—	—	MyID	18:00:06 UTC
ratemart.ca	8	—	—	—	—	—	BareMetal	18:00:25 UTC
surfshop.ca	8	—	—	—	—	—	MyID	18:00:00 UTC
biopublisher.ca	12	—	—	—	—	—	Burmac	18:00:00 UTC
blackbeard.ca	10	—	—	—	—	—	Catchdrop	18:00:11 UTC
yumbox.ca	6	—	—	—	—	—	BareMetal	18:00:27 UTC
halcom.ca	6	22	12	36	31	Business/Telecommunications22	BareMetal	18:00:20 UTC

The 24 most recent completed drops. Browse the full archive → to jump to any year (1,071 total).

Running totals across every tracked drop.

#	Registrar	Lifetime	Share
1	WHC Online Solutions Inc.	18,255	8.8%
2	BareMetal.com inc	7,786	3.8%
3	dot-ca-registry.ca (Burmac Business Systems Ltd)	6,761	3.3%
4	Webnames.ca Inc.	4,478	2.2%
5	MyID.ca INC.	3,160	1.5%
6	rapidregister.ca (David A McFadden)	2,265	1.1%
7	CatchDrop.ca / RegisterDomain.ca by ElieNovation	1,896	0.9%
8	Namespro Solutions Inc.	1,345	0.7%
9	MyReg.ca (Tom Brown)	1,309	0.6%
10	0756868 B.C. LTD.	1,199	0.6%
11	CA Registry (Ed Hew)	1,192	0.6%
12	0756870 B.C. LTD.	1,158	0.6%
13	0756822 B.C. LTD.	1,114	0.5%
14	8648255 CANADA LTD. O/A Dynadot LLC	735	0.4%
15	WHC/Sibername	731	0.4%
16	MyID.ca (Creative Pixels Inc.)	462	0.2%
17	BareMetal	403	0.2%
18	WEBSITESCA INC.	321	0.2%
19	Koallo Inc	289	0.1%
20	PlanetHoster	279	0.1%
21	SIBERNAME INTERNET AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES INC.	262	0.1%
22	Web Hosting Canada (7081936 Canada Inc.)	238	0.1%
23	Catchdrop	233	0.1%
24	Creative Pixels Inc.	215	0.1%
25	Sibername.com (1716639 Ontario Inc.)	215	0.1%
26	Register.ca Inc.	211	0.1%
27	Sibername.com (1770819 Ontario Corp. o/a DomainNameRegistration.ca)	209	0.1%
28	Canadian Domain Name Services Inc.	206	0.1%
29	Sibername.com (1716641 Ontario Inc.)	202	0.1%
30	Sibername.com (1770820 Ontario Corp. o/a domainnameca.ca)	202	0.1%