Canadian alternatives to Empathia AI

AI medical scribe

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

Aya Health Technologies Inc. (Vancouver, per its site footer and its Supply Ontario profile)

Servers run by

Microsoft Azure (trust centre subprocessor list; region not stated there) · US company

Pre-qualified vendor in Canada Health Infoway's AI Scribe Program and on Supply Ontario's AI Scribe vendor of record list (Tender-20123), which requires PHI to be stored and processed in Canada unless users are notified.

AutoScribe ambient scribe

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

Mutuo Health Solutions; HEALWELL AI acquired control in 2024-25

Servers run by

Amazon Web Services (privacy policy) · US company

Began as a University of Toronto and Unity Health Toronto collaboration. Pre-qualified in Canada Health Infoway's AI Scribe Program.

CareWay AI scribe, standalone or inside the MYLE EMR

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

MEDFAR Clinical Solutions (Montréal); CareWay, founded in Saguenay in 2022, joined MEDFAR in 2025

Servers run by

Not stated · Owner not stated

Says it complies with PIPEDA, Québec Law 25 and Law 3. On Supply Ontario's AI Scribe vendor of record list (as MEDFAR Clinical Solutions).

AI EMERGE Scribe, part of EMERGE's cloud clinical platform with Ontario Health-verified virtual visits

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

12677776 Canada Ltd., operating as EMERGE Healthcare Co. (Toronto), per its privacy policy; no parent company named

Servers run by

Canadian cloud regions (provider not named) · Owner not stated

Says identifiable customer PHI is not used to train general-purpose AI models. Its PHIPA addendum says a customer that needs PHI kept in Canada for storage and processing gets services and subprocessors configured to match. On Supply Ontario's AI Scribe vendor of record list.

Mika AI Scribe

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

Mikata Health, Inc., "headquartered in Calgary, Alberta" (privacy policy); "Canadian owned and operated" (its Supply Ontario profile)

Servers run by

AWS (Canada) and Microsoft Azure · US company

Says patient data is never used to train AI models. Integrates with TELUS Health and QHR Accuro EMRs. Pre-qualified vendor in Canada Health Infoway's AI Scribe Program and on Supply Ontario's AI Scribe vendor of record list.

Nexus AI ambient scribe

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

WELLSTAR Technologies Corp., a subsidiary of WELL Health Technologies Corp. (Vancouver)

Servers run by

Not stated · Owner not stated

Models developed with University of Toronto researchers and WELL's subsidiary HEALWELL AI (WELL Health). Part of Canada Health Infoway's AI Scribe Program.

AI scribe and clinical assistant for family doctors

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

Pippen AI (Toronto business address on its site; no parent company named)

Servers run by

Not stated · Owner not stated

Says it is built to comply with PHIPA and PIPEDA. Pre-qualified vendor in Canada Health Infoway's AI Scribe Program and on Supply Ontario's AI Scribe vendor of record list.

QuickChart: Specialist Scribe, AI scribe and documentation platform with virtual care

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

QuickChart Inc. (Sudbury, ON), founded by two Canadian physicians, a cardiologist and an orthopaedic surgeon; no parent company named

Servers run by

Amazon Web Services (Canada); AI features may use services on Google Cloud, AWS Bedrock, Microsoft Azure and other processors (privacy policy) · US company

Says it does not use clinical content to train AI models. On Supply Ontario's AI Scribe vendor of record list.

AI medical scribe

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

Scribeberry (Edmonton, AB), founded by a family physician and a software designer

Servers run by

Canadian-hosted infrastructure (provider not named) · Owner not stated

Pre-qualified in Canada Health Infoway's AI Scribe Program; markets PIPEDA, PHIPA and FIPPA compliance.

Ambient clinical scribe (SinaAI, with a Pro plan)

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

SinaAI Inc. (London, ON), per its site footer; no parent company named

Servers run by

Microsoft Azure (Canada Central) · US company

Says sessions, transcripts and notes are never used to train any model. Offers US residency on request and HIPAA business associate agreements. On Supply Ontario's AI Scribe vendor of record list.

AI ambient scribe, dictation and clinical platform

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

Tali AI (Toronto-based, per its own comparison page)

Servers run by

Not stated · Owner not stated

Pre-qualified vendor in Canada Health Infoway's national AI Scribe Program. Says it never uses PHI to train AI.

AI medical scribe

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

Heidi Health (founded in Melbourne, Australia); North American headquarters opened in Toronto in September 2026

Servers run by

Cloud infrastructure in Québec (provider not named) · Owner not stated

Integrated with Accuro EMR in Canada. Says it does not train models on patient data.

Dragon Copilot (formerly DAX Copilot / Nuance)

Stored in Canada?

Yes

Owner

Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)

Servers run by

Microsoft cloud · US company

Microsoft has said it will contractually challenge government demands for Canadian customer data where it has a legal basis (December 2025).