
Hands-on with digging up Canadian free agent resources
Those who are engaged in data collection know that Canadian IPs are especially popular in some specific scenarios. For example, cross-border e-commerce to check the price of local goods, or do social media operations require local IP login. Although the free resources on the market can be used, but there are many pits, today we will nag how to safely and efficiently obtain these resources.
The wild goose chase of free agency
Let's start with a couple of earth methods that have been measured to be effective:
1. Search GitHub for "CA proxy list", some developers will update the list regularly. Pay attention to the update time, don't use the list if it's more than 1 week old.
2. Use the Chrome plug-in Proxy Switcher to automatically grab public proxies, and remember to check the Canadian region in the filtering conditions.
3. Mutual aid boards in certain technical forums, such as Reddit's r/proxies sub-section, where from time to time enthusiastic users share
Take a code snippet for a Python authentication agent
import requests
proxies = {'http': '123.456.789:8080'}
try.
r = requests.get('http://ipinfo.io', proxies=proxies, timeout=10)
print(f "Successful connection! Current IP address: {r.json()['country']}")
except.
print("This proxy has failed.")
The Three Biggest Sinkholes in Free Resources
Anyone who has used a free agent understands that the main faults center around:
- Speedo is slow as a snail.(Note the intentional typo here.)
- IP survival time may be only a few minutes
- Risk of data leakage
Last week a friend who is an independent website told me that he used a free agent to grab the competitor's data, and his account was stolen as a result. So important business still have to use reliable business services, such as ouripipgoThe
How to choose a business program
Take ipipgo as an example and match it to your business needs:
| Business Type | Recommended Packages |
|---|---|
| Short-term data collection | Dynamic residential (standard) |
| Multi-account management | Static homes |
| Enterprise Applications | Dynamic Residential (Business) |
Highlighting theirTK LineThis is a specially optimized data transmission path. To cite a chestnut, there is a cross-border e-commerce customers, with ordinary agents to access the Canadian e-commerce platform to 5 seconds to load, replaced with TK line directly pressed to 1.2 seconds.
QA time
Q: Do free proxies work or not?
A: Temporary testing can be used, but important business should not save the money. I've seen too many cases of losing money on small things
Q: Choose a dynamic or static home?
A: dynamic suitable for the need to frequently change IP scenarios (such as crawlers), static suitable for long-term number raising
Q: Are customized solutions expensive?
A: ipipgo's 1v1 customization is based on a usage step charge, and small projects under 10GB can be made
Lastly, be aware of the time difference when using a Canadian proxy. It's best to set up automatic switching time, do not visit in the early hours of the morning to make the other servers collapse. If you have any technical problems, please feel free to ask us, our engineers are online 24 hours a day.

