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I find it really nice that we have county based TLDs. If I google search for places to buy XYZ and I see xyz.ca, I know in buying from a Canadian website.

Also, you can have country specific information, eg immigration.co.uk, which is pretty obvious who it applies to.

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You really can't guarantee that if you buy from a .ca website that it will be a Canadian company.

I bought from a .no, and was surprised when I was hit by a large customs fee when I went to pick up the package. The company ended up actually being registered in the Netherlands and failed to disclose that they weren't collecting the duty tax. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any of the consumer groups in Norway or the Netherlands to take any action over it.

CCTLD policies vary, but Canada should be one of the TLDs that this is a reasonable thing to expect: https://www.cira.ca/policy/rules-and-procedures/canadian-pre...

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