Backups
Does Veeam Data Cloud store data in Canada?
Veeam Data Cloud (Microsoft 365 backup, Vault storage)
Yes, if you choose it.
Veeam Data Cloud offers Canadian storage, but you have to choose it, and it may depend on your plan. 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.
Tier 4: US-owned, Canadian regionData can be stored in Canada, and the owner is a US company.
Checked 2026-10-13 against the vendor's own pages.
The facts, claim by claim
- Where data is stored
- Microsoft 365 backup: Azure Canada Central. Vault: Azure Canada Central and Canada East; AWS Canada (Central)
- Where it is processed
- The chosen Azure or AWS region
- Support and backups
- Some customer metadata (contact, billing) is held outside Canada according to older Veeam material
- Owner
- Veeam Software (Seattle, WA); Insight Partners is the largest shareholder · Parent country: United States
- Servers run by
- Microsoft Azure or AWS · US company
- Customer-held keys
- Not recorded
- Certifications
- Not recorded (blank means not checked, not none)
- Worth knowing
- Microsoft took an equity stake in Veeam in February 2025 (Veeam).
- Caveats
- Moved its headquarters from Switzerland to the US when Insight acquired it in 2020.
What the rules say about this
- US CLOUD Act: The owner is a US company: storing data in Canada does not take it out of reach of US legal process.
- 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®: Data held by any outside vendor is not in the Nation's possession, whoever owns the vendor.
Summaries only; each rule page links the law or regulator. Not legal advice.
Canadian alternatives to Veeam Data Cloud
Other backups listings that are Canadian-owned, not US-owned, or self-hostable.
| Listing | Tier | Stored in Canada? | Owner | Servers run by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Web Hosting CloudSafe | Tier 1: Canadian end to end | Yes | Canadian | Not a US company |
| ThinkOn Backup | Tier 1: Canadian end to end | Yes | Canadian | Not a US company |
| OpenText Carbonite | Tier 2: Canadian-owned, data in Canada | Yes, if you choose it | Canadian | US company |
| Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud | Tier 3: Not US-owned, data in Canada | Yes, if you choose it | Switzerland | Owner not stated |
| Keepit | Tier 3: Not US-owned, data in Canada | Yes, if you choose it | Denmark | Not a US company |
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://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdcm365/userguide/regions.html
- Who owns it: https://www.veeam.com/company/press-release/veeam-the-worlds-1-leader-in-data-resilience-welcomes-new-investors-with-a-dollar15-billion-valuation.html
- Supporting page: https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vdc/provider/vault_regions.html
- Supporting page: https://www.veeam.com/company/news/insight-partners-to-acquire-veeam.html