Office suites
Canadian alternatives to ONLYOFFICE DocSpace
ONLYOFFICE DocSpace: ONLYOFFICE DocSpace does not offer storage in Canada. It is owned in Singapore, not Canada or the US.
Not US-owned, data in Canada
Owned outside Canada and the United States, with data stored in Canada.
Mail, WorkDrive, Writer, Sheet, Show, Cliq, Meeting
- Stored in Canada?
- Yes
- Owner
- Zoho Corporation (Chennai, India)
- Servers run by
- Zoho data centres in Canada · Owner not stated
The only full suite in this list that is neither US-owned nor stored outside Canada.
Run it yourself
Software you install on servers you choose. The vendor never holds your data.
Desktop office suite
- Stored in Canada?
- If you host it yourself
- Owner
- The Document Foundation (Berlin, Germany), a charitable foundation
- Servers run by
- Desktop software; no vendor cloud · Not a US company
Free, open source and offline. No collaboration cloud, so it pairs with a file store such as Nextcloud or Sync.com.
Self-hosted files, office (with Collabora or ONLYOFFICE), talk, calendar
- Stored in Canada?
- If you host it yourself
- Owner
- Nextcloud GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany)
- Servers run by
- You choose: own servers, or a hosting partner · Owner not stated
Open source. Run on Canadian-owned infrastructure, it gives full possession of the data, which is what OCAP asks for.
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.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint
- Stored in Canada?
- Yes
- Owner
- Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
- Servers run by
- Microsoft data centres in Canada · US company
The default for most Canadian public bodies. Data at rest stays in Canada by contract; the owner is a US company.
Ranked by tier, not by quality: this site rates where data goes and who owns the company, not features or price. See all office suites listings and the methodology.