File storage and sharing
Canadian alternatives to Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint
Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint: For Canadian customers, Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint stores data in Canada. It is owned by a US company, so the US CLOUD Act can require it to produce data it controls, wherever that data is stored.
Canadian end to end
Canadian-owned, data stored in Canada, and no US company running the infrastructure underneath.
End-to-end encrypted file storage and sharing
- Stored in Canada?
- Yes
- Owner
- Sync.com Inc. (Toronto, ON)
- Servers run by
- Sync-operated servers in Toronto data centres · Not a US company
Claims PIPEDA-modelled privacy policy and compliance with FIPPA, PIPA and PHIPA (self-assessed).
Not US-owned, data in Canada
Owned outside Canada and the United States, with data stored in Canada.
End-to-end encrypted file sharing
- Stored in Canada?
- Yes, if you choose it
- Owner
- Tresorit AG (Zurich, Switzerland), branded as part of Swiss Post
- Servers run by
- Microsoft Azure data centres · US company
Not US-owned, but its Canadian option runs on Microsoft Azure (US-owned). End-to-end encryption means Azure holds ciphertext only.
If storage in Canada is enough
These are US-owned but can keep data in Canada. They meet most storage rules; they do not meet an ownership test.
Box content cloud with Box Zones
- Stored in Canada?
- Yes, if you choose it
- Owner
- Box, Inc. (Redwood City, CA)
- Servers run by
- Box Zones run on public cloud partners · US company
Admins assign users to a zone; files follow the zone of the top-level folder owner.
Egnyte content cloud
- Stored in Canada?
- Yes, if you choose it
- Owner
- Egnyte, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
- Servers run by
- Egnyte account in the US; file storage bucket on Azure in Canada · US company
Files can sit in Canada while the account itself is hosted in the US.
Ranked by tier, not by quality: this site rates where data goes and who owns the company, not features or price. See all file storage and sharing listings and the methodology.