On March 25, 2008 the record was broken with the sale of Banks.ca for $41,000 at a “TBR auction” - an auction for domains that have expired.  This domain appears to have previously been owned by a microbrewery that closed and originally to have been registered to distribute Banks Beer of Guyana in Canada.

Today, in fierce bidding at another TBR auction, the domain Emplois.ca closed for $56,200.  Emplois is French for “Jobs” - obviously a great, commercially oriented one word domain name.  Assuming that this sale closes, it will be the highest value ever reported for a .ca sale.  It can’t hurt either that the Government of Canada runs an official employment website at Emplois.gc.ca - the domain is likely to receive a significant amount of type in traffic.  As well, the domain seems to have previously been developed.