# Canada

What you need to send to Canada on each channel: what is asked for, who files it, how long it takes and what happens if your sender isn't approved.

**Language:** en
**Audience:** platform
**Translation key:** platform.channels.countries.canada
**Search keywords:** Canada registration, send sms to Canada, Canada requirements, Canada rcs, sender Canada, Canada, CA, +1
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## What this country needs

### SMS

- The operator requires the sender to be registered for it to be accepted as yours.
- Operators here restrict links inside an SMS. If your campaign carries one, check with us before a large send.
- We tell you exactly what is needed while reviewing your registration.
- **Without an approved registration** — Messages still go out and are still billed, but delivery is best-effort: the recipient may see a sender other than yours, and the message can be filtered. You keep seeing your own sender in reports and exports — what changes is what reaches the handset.

### RCS

- **What they ask for** — Proof of consent · Authorisation letter
- **Who acts** — You sign the paperwork and return it to us.
- **Have this ready** — A public URL or screenshot of the exact opt-in screen; The post opt-in message, the opt-out confirmation and the HELP reply; A signed Attestation Letter, if the operator asks for one
- **Without an approved registration** — Nothing is sent to this country until the registration is approved.

The registration may ask for **proof of consent**: a public URL or a screenshot of the exact screen where it is collected.

An **attestation letter** may also be required. If it is, we send you the template and the agent's details.

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