Backups
Does Wasabi store data in Canada?
Wasabi hot cloud storage (S3-compatible)
Yes, if you choose it.
Wasabi 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
- Toronto (ca-central-1), in an Equinix data centre in Brampton, Ontario
- Where it is processed
- Toronto for ca-central-1 buckets
- Support and backups
- Not stated on the pages read
- Owner
- Wasabi Technologies (Boston, MA), privately held · Parent country: United States
- Servers run by
- Wasabi storage in an Equinix (US-owned) facility · US company
- Customer-held keys
- Not recorded
- Certifications
- Not recorded (blank means not checked, not none)
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 Wasabi
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://wasabi.com/company/storage-regions
- Who owns it: https://wasabi.com/contact-us
- Supporting page: https://docs.wasabi.com/docs/where-is-my-data-stored-and-how-are-wasabis-storage-regions-secured