SAFE

No threats detected

All checks passed. This site appears legitimate — but always stay alert for phishing even on trusted domains.

Security Review

Is salvationarmy.ca legit or a scam?

Our verdict:Safe· 96/100

Official Salvation Army Canada charity site with a 25-year-old domain, active charity registration, and completely clean scan results.

salvationarmy.caScanned 10d ago
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Trust score
SAFE
Heuristics 98·MT 95
Category tags
charity98% MT confidence
View density

Analysis Summary

Threat Intelligence
Data unavailable
Domain Age
26 years old
Registered Oct 4, 2000
MT Intelligence
Safe
Low likelihood · 98% confidence

MT Intelligence

Advanced threat intelligence
MT Security Analyst
Low scam likelihoodengineMT · Guardiantrust95/100
MT AgentLive web researchVisual inspection
0%
Confidence
The page content, title, and navigation exactly match the known Salvation Army Canada organization. The domain has existed for 9364 days and is listed as the governing council's registered charity in Canada. No antivirus detections, no abuse reports on the hosting IP, and no scam-family matches were found. Independent references confirm it as the real site on Wikipedia and official social channels. The only minor note is the lack of an email address on the homepage, which is common for large charities that use contact forms instead.
Full dossier
Analysis complete

Page Content

Homepage displays standard Salvation Army Canada branding, donation options, service descriptions, and navigation for locations across Canada. No login forms, countdowns, or aggressive pop-ups appear.

Infrastructure

Valid Let's Encrypt SSL certificate, clean IP reputation with zero abuse reports, and one internal redirect. External scripts are limited to standard analytics and advertising partners.

Domain History

Domain registered for 9364 days through easyDNS with no privacy protection, indicating long-term legitimate ownership by the organization.

Web Reputation

Listed as the official Canadian site on Wikipedia and referenced across official social media. Zero scam reports or complaints located in searches.

Positive Signals
5
  • Domain age exceeds 25 years with consistent ownership history.
  • Registered as an active Canadian charity under the Governing Council of the Salvation Army.
  • Exact match to the official Salvation Army Canada site referenced on Wikipedia and official channels.
  • Zero detections from browser blocklists and zero abuse reports on the hosting IP.
  • Screenshot confirms standard charity homepage layout with no scam patterns.
AI Recommendation
Safe to visit and donate directly through the official Salvation Army Canada channels.
Next-gen fraud intelligence
Evidence-backedCross-checked

Website Preview

Screenshot of salvationarmy.ca
LIVE RENDER
salvationarmy.ca

Automated page render — captured in a safe sandbox. What an ordinary visitor would see when loading the site.

Visual Screenshot Analysis

We capture a fresh screenshot of the live page and ask a vision model to look for scam visual patterns — fake trust badges, countdown timers, overlay pop-ups, and visual clones of legitimate brands.

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/ 100
No visual red flags

No scam visual patterns detected

Screenshot shows the legitimate Salvation Army Canada site with standard header, navigation, and donation content; no scam patterns present.

Visual risk0/100

Web Research Findings

Our live research agent queries scam-report databases, consumer-review sites, news coverage, and general web search for salvationarmy.ca, then cross-checks business-registration records and look-alike domain patterns. Everything below is pulled from what it actually found.

Domain age
25 yrs
Registered Oct 2000
Business registration
Active · Canada
Site traces back to an actively registered business.
Clone check
Not a clone
No well-known site's layout or branding detected here.
Typosquat check
No look-alike match
The domain doesn't resemble any well-known brand's spelling.
Web mentions
6 positive
Key findings
6 headline facts from open-web research
  • salvationarmy.ca is listed as the official website of The Salvation Army in Canada on Wikipedia
  • Homepage matches exactly: 'Homepage - The Salvation Army' with description of services in Canada
  • No scam or fraud reports found for salvationarmy.ca in web searches
  • Organization warns about fake ads impersonating them on social media
  • Domain referenced across official social media, LinkedIn, and related sites like salvationist.ca and thriftstore.ca
  • Reddit discussions reference Salvation Army Canada donations and services without site-specific complaints
Business registration
Status: active · Canada

Governing Council of the Salvation Army in Canada; listed as registered charity

Research summary
Narrative write-up from our AI analyst, grounded on the facts above

No scam reports or complaints found for salvationarmy.ca. The domain is confirmed as the official website of The Salvation Army in Canada, listed on Wikipedia, and tied to an active registered charity. Multiple official social channels and related sites reference it without issues.

Security Scans

Blacklist Check
Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the major public blocklists used by browsers and security tools — no hits.

Contact Verification

We fetched the page and looked for real-world contact details. Legitimate businesses almost always publish an email on their own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. Scam shops usually don't.

What We Found
No clear contact details on the page
Emails on site's domainNone
Phone numbers2024-2025
Postal addressPresent
Linked social profiles6
Signal Summary
Contact details look reasonable
  • No contact email found anywhere on the page.
  • Phone number listed (2024-2025).
  • Postal address visible on the page.
  • Links to 11 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History
Age26 years old
RegistrareasyDNS Technologies Inc.
RegisteredOct 4, 2000
ExpiresDec 2, 2026
Owner privacyVisible
Encryption Certificate
StatusValid
ProtocolTLSv1.3
IssuerLet's Encrypt · R13
ExpiresJun 19, 2026 (23d)
Self-signedNo
Hosting & Technology
HostingGoogle LLC
Server locationCA

Redirect Chain

Hops
1
Cross-domain
No
Lookalike
No
Punycode
No
  • 1301http://salvationarmy.ca/
  • 2200https://salvationarmy.ca/

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence
Confidence score0%
Reports on file0
ISPGoogle LLC
Usage typeData Center/Web Hosting/Transit

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

  • Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

    Confirm you are actually on salvationarmy.ca and not a lookalike like s-alvationarmy.ca.com or an IDN homoglyph.

  • Use a password manager

    Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.

  • Discuss this site on the forum

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Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing
Not listedCheck ↗
AbuseIPDB
Not listedCheck ↗

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

Safety FAQ

Common questions about this site, answered from the scan data on this page. These are auto-generated — not hand-written — so they always match the underlying report.

  • Our automated security review found no threat indicators on salvationarmy.ca. The site appears legitimate based on the signals we checked, but always stay alert for phishing emails that spoof real domains.

Final Verdict

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Trust / 100
Final Verdict·salvationarmy.ca
SAFE

This is the official Salvation Army Canada charity website. Our verdict is safe because the domain is over 25 years old, registered as an active Canadian charity, and matches official references with zero scam reports. You can use the site normally.

Safe to visit and donate directly through the official Salvation Army Canada channels.

AV engines
MT passes
2
Net signals
1
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