Cloud hosting
Does LunaNode store data in Canada?
KVM virtual machines and block storage
Yes.
For Canadian customers, LunaNode stores data in Canada. It is Canadian-owned.
Tier 1: Canadian end to endCanadian-owned, data stored in Canada, and no US company running the infrastructure underneath.
Checked 2026-10-13 against the vendor's own pages.
The facts, claim by claim
- Where data is stored
- Toronto (Cogent Toronto facility); older pages also list Montréal and Roubaix
- Where it is processed
- Toronto
- Support and backups
- Not stated on the pages read
- Owner
- LunaNode, a Canadian cloud hosting company founded 2013 · Parent country: Canada
- Servers run by
- LunaNode-operated servers in a Toronto data centre · Not a US company
- Customer-held keys
- Not recorded
- Certifications
- Not recorded (blank means not checked, not none)
- Worth knowing
- Low-cost Canadian VMs; the base for at least one Canadian PaaS (MapleDeploy).
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 LunaNode
Other cloud hosting listings that are Canadian-owned, not US-owned, or self-hostable.
| Listing | Tier | Stored in Canada? | Owner | Servers run by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canadian Web Hosting | Tier 1: Canadian end to end | Yes | Canadian | Not a US company |
| MapleDeploy | Tier 1: Canadian end to end | Yes | Canadian | Not a US company |
| Micrologic | Tier 1: Canadian end to end | Yes | Canadian | Not a US company |
| ThinkOn | Tier 1: Canadian end to end | Yes | Canadian | Not a US company |
| VEXXHOST | Tier 1: Canadian end to end | Yes, if you choose it | Canadian | Not a US company |
| OVHcloud | Tier 3: Not US-owned, data in Canada | Yes, if you choose it | France | 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.lunanode.com/features/vms
- Who owns it: https://wiki.lunanode.com/index.php/LNWiki:About
- Supporting page: https://www.lunanode.com/locations