DATE.ca

WHAT THEY SAY: Join Date.ca for free and you can post a profile and photos, search and view other members' profiles, receive and reply to instant messages when you're online, send up to 30 Flirts a day, view message boards, send and receive E-cards, use Click!, read dating advice and more.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: If you’re Canadian and there is one dating service that I’d recommend for you, it’s Date.ca. Once you’ve joined, for free, and entered your basic personal information and a quick paragraph or two about yourself, you’re ready to make a choice: start searching for other members to meet, or, complete your profile. Finishing your profile will take about 10 minutes to answer the questions and enter the information about the type of person you’d like to meet. Then there is the areas to go more in-depth about yourself and your interests and upload pictures into your photo gallery. With thousands of members online at any time, Date.ca really has the Canadian dating market cornered. We like the layout of the member profiles, most complete with a picture, and the little roll over icons helps to provide the information that you want available right away. We like the Y(yes), M(maybe), N(no) icons to manage who you see online and either send them a “Y - Click Alert” and if they choose you secretly too, Date.ca send both a Click Alert, M - keep their profile marked for later or B - blacklist them to never be seen again. There are additional features that make Date.ca a lot of fun. You can send up to 30 “Flirts” a day (a one liner to show your interest), the AstroScope zodiac compatibility match system, Instant Messaging that includes voice and video too and E-cards that you can send to all other members (premium members can personalize their message). Upgrading your membership to premium allows you full use of the service including personalizing greeting cards, sending and replying to messages and having premium customer service support.

WHAT YOU'LL FIND: Free to join, use the IM and send ‘Click Alerts” to other members. Free to browse, search and add members to your hotlist. A service mainly for Canadians but also has a lot of American and International members. Date.ca is a place where you’ll return to day after day and premium membership is about a dollar a day. Straight and same sex profiles allowed.