Secure your domain against phishing, spoofing, and brand impersonation with DMARC enforcement.
Canada is a primary target for sophisticated email-based cybercrime. As remote work becomes the norm and digital transformation accelerates, DMARC is no longer optional; it is essential for protecting Canadian brands, customers, and partners from financial loss and reputational damage.
Canadian businesses are increasingly targeted by global threat actors. The impact of a single breach can be devastating:
Rising Fraud
Since the pandemic, online fraud has surged, with attackers exploiting the shift to remote environments.
Business Email Compromise (BEC)
Attackers impersonate high-level executives to authorize fraudulent wire transfers.
Ransomware Vulnerability
Email remains the #1 initial attack vector for ransomware, which has hit over 70% of Canadian businesses in recent years.
Economic Impact
The average cost of a data breach for Canadian organizations has reached an estimated $4.5 million.
Recent research into 140 of Canada’s top domains across key sectors reveals a significant gap in email security:
The Visibility Gap: While 90% of Canadian domains have SPF records, 10% of those contain critical errors that render them ineffective.
Low Enforcement: Only 52.8% of analyzed domains have DMARC records, and a staggering 35% are set to p=none (monitoring only), providing no actual protection against spoofing.
High Risk: Only 15.7% of Canadian domains have reached DMARC enforcement (p=quarantine or p=reject), leaving the vast majority of organizations vulnerable to impersonation.
Cybercriminals frequently use lookalike domains to target Canada’s most trusted sectors. Victims often trust familiar .ca or Canadian-branded .com domains, making impersonation highly effective for:
Protecting against $14.4 million in annual spear-phishing losses.
Ensuring global deliverability and protecting intellectual property.
Safeguarding sensitive patient data and preventing ransomware-led outages.
Securing critical infrastructure from unauthorized communication.
Maintaining consumer trust during high-traffic shopping seasons.
While the U.S. has mandates like BOD 18-01, Canada is increasingly moving toward stricter cybersecurity frameworks.
PIPEDA Compliance
Implementing DMARC helps meet “Reasonable Security” requirements for protecting personal data.
Industry Standardization
Canadian banks and government contractors are increasingly requiring DMARC enforcement from their vendors to secure the entire supply chain.
Global Alignment
To interact securely with international partners (like the U.S. Federal Government), Canadian firms must adopt global standards like DMARC, SPF, and DKIM.
The Canadian DMARC market features several key players offering a range of monitoring, reporting, and automated enforcement solutions. Selecting the ideal provider depends on your need for automation, visibility, scalability, and technical support.
G2 Rating: 4.9/5
Ideal for: SMBs, Enterprises, Government agencies, and MSPs.
About PowerDMARC
PowerDMARC is a premier, all-in-one email authentication platform designed to take the complexity out of DMARC. It streamlines the implementation and management of DMARC, SPF, DKIM, MTA-STS, TLS-RPT, and BIMI through a single, intuitive interface. For channel partners, PowerDMARC offers a robust MSP model featuring full white-labeling and exclusive management benefits.
Key Benefits
Trial & Pricing: 15-day Free Trial available. Basic plans start at $8/month (covering up to 5 domains).
G2 rating: 4.8/5
Ideal for: SMBs and agencies seeking visibility with integrated DNS health checks.
About EasyDMARC: EasyDMARC offers a versatile toolkit for email authentication, providing monitoring, SPF/DKIM analyzers, and domain health reporting. It is designed to help smaller teams identify vulnerabilities in their email setup.
Pros & Cons
Trial & Pricing: Free Trial available. Starting price is $35.99/month.
G2 rating: 4.6/5
Ideal for: Large-scale enterprises and compliance-heavy organizations requiring automated enforcement.
About Valimail: Valimail focuses on “cloud-native” DMARC automation. Their platform is built to handle large-scale enterprise environments where manual DNS management is no longer feasible, emphasizing automated enforcement and BIMI readiness.
Pros & Cons
Trial & Pricing: Free “Monitor” tier; custom pricing for “Enforce” and “Align” modules.
G2 rating: 3.5/5
Ideal for: Teams requiring granular reporting, educational resources, and expert-led deployment.
About dmarcian: Founded by early contributors to the DMARC standard, dmarcian focuses on turning raw XML data into actionable workflows. Their platform is deeply rooted in education and helping organizations understand the “why” behind their email security.
Pros & Cons
Trial & Pricing: Free Trial available. Starting price is $24/month.
G2 rating: 4.9/5
Ideal for: Organizations seeking hands-on implementation support or enterprises requiring breach detection.
About Sendmarc: Sendmarc helps organizations comply with global mailbox provider policies by simplifying the automation of DMARC and BIMI. Their platform includes specific technology aimed at detecting breaches and unauthorized domain usage.
Pros & Cons
Trial & Pricing: 14-day Free Trial available. Contact sales for pricing.
PowerDMARC bridges the gap between complex protocol management and actionable security.
Overcoming the 10-Lookup Limit
Our PowerSPF tool ensures Canadian firms never fail SPF checks due to “Too many DNS lookups.”
Full Spectrum Security
We don’t just do DMARC. We manage BIMI, MTA-STS, and TLS-RPT to ensure a 360-degree secure email ecosystem.
Local MSP Support
Our platform is built for Canadian service providers to offer managed DMARC to their clients under their own brand.
Rapid Enforcement
We move organizations from “monitoring” to “reject” faster than manual implementations.
Serving organizations from British Columbia to the Maritimes:
Regional Expertise: Supporting domestic .ca and global .com domains.
Trusted Network: Partnered with leading Canadian MSPs like Hubelia to standardize client security.
Success Story: Canadian MSP Hubelia used PowerDMARC to automate email authentication, moving clients to enforcement while increasing operational efficiency.
While not a universal law for all private businesses yet, it is a recommended best practice under PIPEDA and often a contractual requirement for government and enterprise vendors.
Roughly 52.8% of top Canadian domains have a DMARC record, but only about 15% use it effectively for enforcement.
Organizations should aim for p=reject. A policy of p=none is only a temporary monitoring phase and does not block spoofing.
Look for providers that offer automated SPF management, forensic encryption for privacy, and local support for MSPs.
