Office suites
Does LibreOffice store data in Canada?
Desktop office suite
If you host it yourself.
LibreOffice can run on servers you choose. Data stays in Canada only if you host it in Canada. It is owned in Germany, not Canada or the US.
Self-hosted: Run it yourselfSoftware you install on servers you choose. The vendor never holds your data.
Checked 2026-10-13 against the vendor's own pages.
The facts, claim by claim
- Where data is stored
- Files stay on your own computers and servers
- Where it is processed
- On your device
- Support and backups
- Not stated on the pages read
- Owner
- The Document Foundation (Berlin, Germany), a charitable foundation · Parent country: Germany
- Servers run by
- Desktop software; no vendor cloud · Not a US company
- Customer-held keys
- Not recorded
- Certifications
- Not recorded (blank means not checked, not none)
- Worth knowing
- Free, open source and offline. No collaboration cloud, so it pairs with a file store such as Nextcloud or Sync.com.
What the rules say about this
- Nova Scotia public bodies: Storage and access must both be in Canada: check support access and backups, not only storage.
- Québec Law 25: Canada is not Québec: storage in Toronto still needs a privacy impact assessment for Québec data.
- OCAP®: Self-hosting on Nation-controlled or Canadian-owned infrastructure is the route to possession.
Summaries only; each rule page links the law or regulator. Not legal advice.
Canadian alternatives to LibreOffice
Other office suites listings that are Canadian-owned, not US-owned, or self-hostable.
| Listing | Tier | Stored in Canada? | Owner | Servers run by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoho Workplace | Tier 3: Not US-owned, data in Canada | Yes | India | Owner not stated |
| Nextcloud | Self-hosted: Run it yourself | If you host it yourself | Germany | Owner not stated |
Sources
All checked 2026-10-13. Claims about storage and ownership rest on the vendor's own pages (or its parent's); supporting links can include regulators and program lists.
- Where the data is stored: https://www.libreoffice.org/imprint/