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Does Matomo store data in Canada?

Matomo Cloud, or Matomo On-Premise (self-hosted)

If you host it yourself.

Matomo can run on servers you choose. Data stays in Canada only if you host it in Canada. It is owned in New Zealand, 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
Cloud: Frankfurt, Germany. On-Premise: wherever you host it
Where it is processed
Wherever you host it (self-hosted)
Support and backups
Not stated on the pages read
Owner
InnoCraft Ltd (New Zealand) · Parent country: New Zealand
Servers run by
Cloud on AWS in Germany; or your own servers · Owner not stated
Customer-held keys
You hold the data when self-hosted
Certifications
Not recorded (blank means not checked, not none)
Worth knowing
Self-hosted on Canadian infrastructure, the data never leaves your servers.

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 Matomo

None found in this category yet: no Canadian-owned, non-US or self-hosted analytics tool could be confirmed. See Website analytics for every option, including US-owned ones with a Canadian region.

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.

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