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mcgill.ca

Category: Education

Scanned: Jun 19, 2026, 01:43 AM UTC · First seen: Jun 19, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 91 · Times Scanned: 1
99 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
No Threats Found
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Screenshot of mcgill.ca Captured Jun 19, 2026
https://mcgill.ca
Screenshot of mcgill.ca
25 years
Very Popular - #2,965 Tranco rank (>10M monthly visitors)
Not listed (91 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
Unknown
Drupal
132.216.98.121
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar A.R.C. Informatique Inc.
Registered October 11, 2000
Expires January 12, 2027
Name Servers pens1.mcgill.ca
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting McGill University
Reputation & Threat Check 91 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
2 files scanned
No threats
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www.mcgill.ca.http-redirect 78 B No threats
www.mcgill.ca/# 6.4 KB No threats
External Links & Domains
4
External Links
All Clean
0
Iframes
Clean
3
Referenced Domains
All Clean
0
Flagged Resources
None Detected
https://mcgill.service-now.com/itportal?id%3Dsc_cat_item&sys_id%3D67f6bdfadbe5d494ed7c8043059619fb&sysparm_category%3Db03f88914f4a9200b18f59dd0210c784Not flagged
https://unpkg.com/@mcgill-wsg/mcgill-ds@1.0.40/dist/assets/svgs/logo--inverted.svgNot flagged
https://unpkg.com/@mcgill-wsg/mcgill-ds@1/dist/css/mds.cssNot flagged
https://www.mcgill.ca/Not flagged
mcgill.service-now.comNot flagged
unpkg.comNot flagged
www.mcgill.caNot flagged
mcgill.ca Overview

Description of mcgill.ca

mcgill.ca appears to be the official website of McGill University, a major public research university based in Montreal, Canada. The homepage screenshot shows standard university navigation such as Admissions, Research, Student life, and About McGill, along with a program search feature, which suggests the site is intended to serve prospective students, current students, faculty, staff, researchers, and the broader public.

Based on the domain, page title, and hosting details, the site appears to be operated by McGill University itself rather than by a third-party reseller or affiliate. The .ca academic domain, long registration history, and university-branded infrastructure are all consistent with an established educational institution website used for academic information, campus services, and institutional communications.

Safety Assessment for mcgill.ca

The available scan results are consistent with a low-risk institutional website at the time of this scan. No detections were reported by 0 out of 91 security engines, the malware scan did not flag any files, and the checked threat-database and blacklist sources did not report malicious or phishing-related listings. The domain also has a long operating history of about 25 years and a strong traffic profile, which can be positive trust indicators when considered alongside clean scan results.

The page content shown in the screenshot matches what would generally be expected from a legitimate university homepage, with no obvious signs of phishing, fake giveaways, or deceptive storefront behavior. External references appear limited and routine, including the university's own pages and common web asset delivery infrastructure.

Based on available data, no threats were detected at the time of this scan.

Technical Description

The site presents a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by a mainstream certificate authority, with expiry listed in October 2026. It resolves to an IP address in Montreal, Canada, and the hosting information indicates infrastructure associated with McGill University. The domain is well established, created in 2000, and uses university-controlled nameservers.

One minor technical note is that DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which means DNS responses may not benefit from that additional layer of authenticity protection. No direct security issue was identified from this alone, but it is a modest hardening measure some organizations choose to enable.

HTTP Redirect Chain
301 https://mcgill.ca/
200 https://www.mcgill.ca/
Website Insights
#2,965
Tranco Rank
Very Popular
Visitors >10M/mo
Category: Education
Rank History (30 days)
May 11 Jun 18
4 cookies detected
Essential4
Analytics0
Advertising0
Social0
4 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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