Payroll and HR
Does Nethris store data in Canada?
Online payroll service
Yes.
For Canadian customers, Nethris 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
- Client data stored in Canada "within our state-of-the-art infrastructure"
- Where it is processed
- Canada
- Support and backups
- Not stated on the pages read
- Owner
- CGI Payroll Services Centre Inc. (Montréal, QC) · Parent country: Canada
- Servers run by
- Nethris infrastructure in Canada · Owner not stated
- Customer-held keys
- Not recorded
- Certifications
- ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 9001 (Nethris)
- Worth knowing
- Certified by the Commission de la construction du Québec for construction payroll. 22,000+ clients.
- Caveats
- The legal entity on the site is CGI Payroll Services Centre Inc.; its relationship to CGI Inc. is not stated.
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 Nethris
Other payroll and hr listings that are Canadian-owned, not US-owned, or self-hostable.
| Listing | Tier | Stored in Canada? | Owner | Servers run by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avanti | Tier 2: Canadian-owned, data in Canada | Yes | Canadian | Owner not stated |
| Payworks | Tier 2: Canadian-owned, data in Canada | Yes | Canadian | Owner not stated |
| Employment Hero (formerly Humi) | Tier 3: Not US-owned, data in Canada | Yes | Australia | 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://nethris.com/payroll/
- Who owns it: https://nethris.com/news/achievements/
- Supporting page: https://nethris.com/blog/why-nethris-is-the-best-payroll-software-for-canadian-companies-in-2026-2/