Your website’s images, text, videos, code, and other files need to be stored for people to access them on multiple devices. This information needs to be stored on a reliable, high-speed server. That’s where we come in. We run and maintain those servers, so your website is always accessible. Our web hosting plans include varying levels of storage and come with tools to build, manage, and protect your website, its domain, and all that lives within that.  

Our web hosting plans vary in features and storage. If you’re looking to host more than one website, then either our Plus or Pro plan will make sense for you—both come with unmetered web space and unlimited email accounts.

If a single website is what you need, then our Start plan is the right fit. It comes with 10 GB of web space and 25 email accounts. You can upgrade to a faster, more powerful plan at any time, with no service interruptions.

Yes, we’ll move your web hosting account to our servers, from any provider, for free. Once you sign up, our migration experts will manage your move to dotCanada. We can transfer web hosting, WordPress hosting, reseller hosting, and cloud server hosting accounts.

We give our users fantastic tools to build any website. The dotCanada Sitebuilder is included in all three web hosting plans. You’ll be able to get your website online in minutes. We built this very website using our site builder—the same one included free for customers. If you prefer, you can also use WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, or any other site-building software included in our library of 450+ one-click-installation apps.

No. You do not need programming or coding knowledge to build or host a website with dotCanada.

Your website will run on the industry-leading Linux operating system (OS).

cPanel is the industry leader in server and site management. The platform is the ultimate dashboard for all things your website. Through cPanel, you’ll be able to set up email addresses, add or remove files, install apps and software, manage domains, view web traffic, adjust site security, language, and style settings, and more.

After you’ve selected your plan, you’ll receive a welcome email with your login details and information on how to get going. This email will arrive within minutes of signup, and you’ll be able to start using your account immediately. (Note: if you don’t receive this email within ten minutes of confirmation, please check your spam or junk folders. You can also contact us at sales@dotcanada.com.

Yes, you’ll need to have a hosting plan and a domain to create a site with WordPress. We recommend browsing our WordPress hosting plans, all of which come with free WordPress installation and migration, WordPress command-line interface (WP-CLI), secure shell (SSH) access, and automatic WordPress updates. Our Plus and Pro WordPress plans respectively offer enhanced and maximum website performance guarantees, as well as Immunify360 site security, and 2x-6x CPU and MySQL resources.

Yes, we’ll cover your first year of registration fees when you purchase a new domain, or we’ll cover the cost to transfer your existing domain and renew it for an additional year. If you cancel your dotCanada web hosting plan and request a refund, a non-refundable domain fee will apply, although you will be able the keep the domain registration.

Yes, you can upgrade your plan at any time.

We’ve offered a 30-day money-back guarantee since 2002. If for any reason, you’re not satisfied with your web hosting experience, let us know within the first 30 days and we’ll refund your purchase.

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