Is tellcityhall.ca safe?
http://tellcityhall.ca/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (58 of 92 engines answered) · saved result: did not fully complete
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading: completed
- page capture: completed
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
TellCityHall.ca is a legitimate public-sector survey portal operated by an established Canadian research firm, with no detected threats or deceptive commercial mechanics.
TellCityHall.ca presents itself as a public sector program of Advanis, Inc., a Canadian market research company that states it has been in business for over 30 years and is contracted by public and private organizations to conduct social and market research. The site's own pages describe a survey and published-research platform, and the domain has been registered for over 15 years. Technical checks found no threat warnings and a valid encrypted connection. Contact details, including a domain-specific email, a phone number, and a postal address, are visible on the page. The cross-site links observed point to Advanis and to the Canadian Research Insights Council, which are consistent with the stated research-industry context rather than a commercial funnel. No adverse evidence, consumer complaints, or deceptive mechanics were found in the available material.
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Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 88/100
Safe covers scores 85–100. No adverse finding was saved; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
No adverse finding was saved with this report.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsThe site states it is a public sector program of Advanis, Inc., a Canadian market research company with over 30 years in business.
- SupportsNo threat warning was returned by the browser threat feed and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
- SupportsThe registrable domain is over 15 years old.
- SupportsThe site lists a domain-specific email address, a phone number, and a postal address.
Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
TellCityHall.ca presents itself as a public sector program of Advanis, Inc., a Canadian market research company that states it has been in business for over 30 years and is contracted by public and private organizations to conduct social and market research. The site's own pages describe a survey and published-research platform, and the domain has been registered for over 15 years. Technical checks found no threat warnings and a valid encrypted connection. Contact details, including a domain-specific email, a phone number, and a postal address, are visible on the page. The cross-site links observed point to Advanis and to the Canadian Research Insights Council, which are consistent with the stated research-industry context rather than a commercial funnel. No adverse evidence, consumer complaints, or deceptive mechanics were found in the available material.
Operator identity and stated purpose
The site's own text states that TellCityHall is a public sector program of Advanis, Inc., a Canadian market research company that has been in business for over 30 years and is contracted by organizations in the public and private sectors to conduct social and market research. The same statement appears in both the primary and supplemental page content, indicating a consistent operator disclosure across the reviewed pages.
The page also references industry standards, noting a Gold Seal designation from the MRIA since 2009 and membership in the Canadian Research Insights Council, which adheres to ESOMAR worldwide research standards. These are self-reported affiliations, but they are consistent with the stated research purpose and are not accompanied by any adverse evidence in the available material.
Technical checks and contact transparency
The saved technical checks found no threat warning from the browser threat feed and a valid encrypted connection. These results mean no detections were observed; they do not by themselves establish operator safety, but they are consistent with the rest of the evidence.
The site displays contact information including an email address on its own domain, a phone number, and a postal address. The domain itself has been registered for over 15 years. Together with the operator disclosure, these are supportive signals rather than adverse ones.
Cross-site links and commercial context
The observed cross-site links from tellcityhall.ca point to advanis.net and canadianresearchinsightscouncil.ca. These destinations are consistent with the site's stated identity as a research program operated by Advanis and its reference to the Canadian Research Insights Council. No affiliate or monetized commercial relationship was identified in the available evidence.
The site's calls to action are limited to requesting more information and viewing surveys and published research. There is no evidence of a product checkout, subscription enrollment, or other consumer-facing commercial mechanism in the reviewed material.
Why the score is 88
The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
0/ 92
No detectionsSaved analysis from August 19, 2026 - stale
No detections across 58 engines that rated this URL
No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 34 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.
- Malicious
- 0
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 92
All 92 engine results
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Unrated
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- Cluster25 - Unrated
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Webroot - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerbusiness and economy
- Googlecivil_society_and_npo
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
What we observed
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Visual context from the captured page
TellCityHall. A service that provides survey information to all levels of government and non-profits. We give people a way to have a voice with the government in a representative manner.
What the captured page showed
1 observation- 01
TellCityHall. A service that provides survey information to all levels of government and non-profits. We give people a way to have a voice with the government in a representative manner.
What the page says about itself
What the site says about itself, quoted from the pages we read. The site wrote these words; they are not our findings.
- Page title
Welcome to TellCityHall.ca | TellCityHall.ca
Pages we read
- Main page/Read
- Privacy policy/privacy.htmlRead
- Contact page/contact.htmlRead
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Welcome to TellCityHall.ca | TellCityHall.ca
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 58 antivirus results.
What independent research found
The search completed without a material external warning or corroborating report.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Content
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01The registrable domain is over 15 years old.
- 02The site lists a domain-specific email address, a phone number, and a postal address.
- 03No threat warning was returned by the browser threat feed and the TLS check found a valid encrypted connection.
Web research findings
Independent findings for tellcityhall.ca, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
No independently sourced scam reports or credibility records were found for tellcityhall.ca. That is common for new or low-traffic sites and does not clear the site.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domaintellcityhall.ca
- Redirects towww.tellcityhall.ca
- Hosted byRogers Communications Canada Inc.
- Referencesfonts.googleapis.com · html5shim.googlecode.com
Domain Timeline
- Apr 26, 2011Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 15 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 20, 2026Saved security review — Rated Safe
This saved scan found no active threat signals in the checks it completed.
tellcityhall.ca has operated for years with no threat signals in this review — a long, stable track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Contact Verification
Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.
- Contact email on the site's own domain (info@tellcityhall.ca).
- Phone number listed (+1-888-883-7094).
- Postal address visible on the page.
Domain & Encryption
Certificate issued for *.tellcityhall.ca.
Analytics and ads
- Google Tag Manager
Scripts, fonts and CDNs
- Google Fonts
Payment providers the page loads
None seen among the outside domains we saved.
Read from the first 20 outside domains the page loads and the shop platform it uses; the web server and platform rows are under Hosting & Technology. A payment script on the page does not prove the shop accepts that method at checkout, or that you are protected.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://tellcityhall.ca/
- 2206https://www.tellcityhall.ca/
Server Reputation
Referenced Domains
Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruspartial
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentcomplete
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidencecomplete
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
unknownMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 0 of 92 engines flagged | Limited | No saved finding | stale fallback · analysed Aug 19, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Page content | Page fetched · HTTP 200 | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | 1 visible observation saved with the page capture | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
| Independent research | The search completed without a material external finding | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 20, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result0 of 92 engines flagged
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessstale fallback · analysed Aug 19, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Visual evidence
- Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
- Independent research
- ResultThe search completed without a material external finding
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 20, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
Is tellcityhall.ca legit and safe?
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
TellCityHall.ca is a legitimate public-sector survey portal operated by an established Canadian research firm, with no detected threats or deceptive commercial mechanics.
TellCityHall.ca presents itself as a public sector program of Advanis, Inc., a Canadian market research company that states it has been in business for over 30 years and is contracted by public and private organizations to conduct social and market research. The site's own pages describe a survey and published-research platform, and the domain has been registered for over 15 years. Technical checks found no threat warnings and a valid encrypted connection. Contact details, including a domain-specific email, a phone number, and a postal address, are visible on the page. The cross-site links observed point to Advanis and to the Canadian Research Insights Council, which are consistent with the stated research-industry context rather than a commercial funnel. No adverse evidence, consumer complaints, or deceptive mechanics were found in the available material.
09 · Community
Community
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