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Held in Canada

Payroll and HR

Does Avanti store data in Canada?

Payroll, HR, time and attendance for mid-size Canadian employers

Yes.

For Canadian customers, Avanti stores data in Canada. It is Canadian-owned.

Tier 2: Canadian-owned, data in CanadaCanadian-owned and data stored in Canada, but the servers belong to AWS, Microsoft or Google, or the vendor does not say whose servers they are.

Checked 2026-10-13 against the vendor's own pages.

The facts, claim by claim

Where data is stored
Servers hosted in Canada
Where it is processed
Canada
Support and backups
Not stated on the pages read
Owner
Avanti Software, Inc. (Calgary, AB), privately held · Parent country: Canada
Servers run by
Not named · Owner not stated
Customer-held keys
Not recorded
Certifications
SOC 2 Type 2 (Avanti)

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 Avanti

Other payroll and hr listings that are Canadian-owned, not US-owned, or self-hostable.

Alternatives to Avanti
ListingTierStored in Canada?OwnerServers run by
NethrisTier 2: Canadian-owned, data in CanadaYesCanadianOwner not stated
PayworksTier 2: Canadian-owned, data in CanadaYesCanadianOwner not stated
Employment Hero (formerly Humi)Tier 3: Not US-owned, data in CanadaYesAustraliaUS 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.

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