The .quebec domain is a new

GeoTLD A geographic top-level domain (often shortened as geographic TLD or geoTLD) is any of an unofficial group of top-level domains in the Domain Name System of the Internet using the name of or invoking an association with a geographical, geopolitica ...

and Community Priority Application that was proposed to

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's New gTLD Program by PointQuébec, a

non-profit organisation A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

. The organisation aims to improve the businesses, culture, tourism, and online identity of

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen ...

and the Canadians through the .quebec TLD. According to the PointQuébec organisation, .quebec will allow all Quebecers to register their domain names under .quebec. PointQuébec's application for the GeoTLD was approved, and was delegated to the Root Zone on 16 April 2014.Delegated Strings, ICANN.org
Retrieved 30 May 2014 The application was supported by the National Assembly of Quebec and other cultural, technical, and economic institutions in the province. The application received support from all political parties in the legislature. It received "substantial financial support from the

Government of Quebec A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is ...

", including a $185,000 loan, and is a not-for profit organisation. The organisation will verify legitimate registrations via statements of intent through a post-verification registration system. Quebec officially launched on November 18, 2014. Michel Philibert, a spokesman for PointQuebec, stated “We have our own culture, and we have our own way of doing things, and we want to also affirm our presence on the web” Along with TLDs such as .africa, .cat, .paris, .quebec and other new TLDs fall into the new category of

s. The issue of new top level domains in general and .quebec in particular has been discussed at various

-Meetings since 2005.

Signing of contract

On 19 December 2013, PointQuébec received a registry agreement signed by

for .quebec after passing all the required processes needed to become a registry operator for the string.Registry Agreements, ICANN.org
Retrieved 30 Dec 2013

Delegation and availability

.quebec was delegated to the Root Zone of the DNS on 16 April 2014, completing the successful application for the string.

References

External links

Register for .QUEBEC
2014 establishments in Quebec Computer-related introductions in 2014 Mass media in Quebec Internet in Canada Sponsored top-level domains {{compu-domain-stub

Signing of contract

Delegation and availability

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