APPENDIX A: Public DNS and registration records for statcan.gc.ca
Lookups run on September 27, 2026, from a computer in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, using the dig and whois command line tools. All records are publicly available.
The lookups were repeated using the CIRA Canadian Shield resolver (149.112.121.10) and returned the same results.
1. MAIL ROUTING (MX record)
Command: dig MX statcan.gc.ca +short
Result: 20 statcan-gc-ca.mail.protection.outlook.com.
Meaning: incoming email for statcan.gc.ca is delivered to Microsoft's Exchange Online Protection service.
2. MAIL SENDER POLICY AND VERIFICATION (TXT records)
Command: dig TXT statcan.gc.ca +short
Result:
"amazonses:LOWgnwnPoD/443TWDlQkx3/vBVQmecg+Ut10j1by2H8="
"v=spf1 ip4:142.206.3.85 ip4:142.206.3.86 ip4:205.194.108.4
ip4:205.194.108.5 ip4:205.194.108.8
include:spf.protection.outlook.com
include:emrs._spf.ssc-spc.gc.ca include:amazonses.com
include:slms._spf.ssc-spc.gc.ca -all"
"google-site-verification=1XS6w1VzSp1w4Aq69am_S-thdj2Z5pH48QMeNaw7UBM"
"MS=ms61484322"
Meaning: the SPF record lists the services allowed to send email as statcan.gc.ca. These include Microsoft (spf.protection.outlook.com), Amazon SES (amazonses.com) and two Shared Services Canada services (ssc-spc.gc.ca). The "MS=" record is a Microsoft 365 domain verification token.
3. WEBSITE ADDRESS (A record)
Command: dig A statcan.gc.ca +short
Result: 20.175.139.208
4. WEBSITE ADDRESS OWNERSHIP (ARIN whois)
Command: whois 20.175.139.208
Excerpt:
NetRange: 20.160.0.0 - 20.175.255.255
CIDR: 20.160.0.0/12
NetName: MSFT
Organization: Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
Address: One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052, US
Country: US
Full record: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/20.160.0.0
Meaning: the address that statcan.gc.ca resolves to belongs to a range registered to Microsoft Corporation.
SUMMARY
Public records show that email for statcan.gc.ca is routed through Microsoft's Exchange Online Protection service, that Microsoft and Amazon SES are authorized to send mail for the domain, and that the website resolves to an address registered to Microsoft. Shared Services Canada mail services also appear in the sender policy. These records show email and web infrastructure only. They do not show where survey data is stored.