Foundational Canadian Network Infrastructure Sovereign Seven namespace map
Sovereign Seven

Foundational Canadian
Network Infrastructure

The Sovereign Seven is a privately held Canadian namespace architecture built around ns1.ca through ns7.ca, supported by R1.ca, dns0.ca, edns0.ca, dnssec0.ca and the internet exchange series ix1.ca through ix7.ca. By utilizing the exact industry-standard naming convention, the Sovereign Seven provides the optionality of a pure internet experience not otherwise possible through branded infrastructure naming. The result is a namespace that is precise, intuitive, vendor-neutral with unmatched authority.

Authoritative

dns0.ca provides the authoritative naming identity at the centre of the architecture.

Recursive

R1.ca represents the first-hop recursive resolver layer for the Sovereign Seven.

Signing

dnssec0.ca anchors the trust and signing layer for secure DNS deployment.

The namespace

The best names possible
for Canadian name servers.

A DNS record pointing to ns1.ca does not look like a vendor name. It looks like infrastructure.

Anycast

ns1.ca
ns2.ca
ns3.ca
ns4.ca
ns5.ca
ns6.ca
ns7.ca

Unicast

ix1.ca
ix2.ca
ix3.ca
ix4.ca
ix5.ca
ix6.ca
ix7.ca
Strategic transfer

This is not a domain sale.

The Sovereign Seven namespace is available for strategic transfer to a single qualified Canadian institution. The right acquirer does not buy a cluster of addresses — they assume a foundational naming identity for Canadian internet infrastructure.

Contact
Robert Weiland
rw@ns1.ca  •  604-842-9810