Backups
Does Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud store data in Canada?
Backup and cyber protection (sold mainly through MSPs)
Yes, if you choose it.
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud offers Canadian storage, but you have to choose it, and it may depend on your plan. It is owned in Switzerland, not Canada or the US.
Tier 3: Not US-owned, data in CanadaOwned outside Canada and the United States, with data stored in Canada.
Checked 2026-10-13 against the vendor's own pages.
The facts, claim by claim
- Where data is stored
- Vancouver (CA01, opened 2020 with Robson Communications) and Toronto (CA02, opened 2023)
- Where it is processed
- Canada for backups stored in the Canadian data centres
- Support and backups
- Not stated on the pages read
- Owner
- Acronis International GmbH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland); EQT (Sweden) holds a majority stake since 2024-25 · Parent country: Switzerland
- Servers run by
- Acronis cloud data centres in partner facilities · Owner not stated
- Customer-held keys
- Not recorded
- Certifications
- Toronto data centre: ISO 27001, ISO 22301, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, PCI DSS (Acronis, 2023)
- Caveats
- Minority shareholders include funds managed by CVC, Springcoast and BlackRock (Acronis).
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®: 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 Acronis Cyber Protect 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 |
| 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://www.acronis.com/en/pr/2023/acronis-launches-new-cyber-cloud-data-center-in-toronto/
- Who owns it: https://www.acronis.com/en/pr/2024/eqt-to-acquire-a-majority-stake-in-acronis/
- Supporting page: https://www.acronis.com/en/data-centers/