E-signature
Does OneSpan Sign store data in Canada?
OneSpan Sign (formerly eSignLive / Silanis)
Yes, if you choose it.
OneSpan Sign 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
- Canada instance (apps.e-signlive.ca); OneSpan cites data centres in Toronto and Montréal
- Where it is processed
- Canada for the Canadian instance
- Support and backups
- Not stated on the pages read
- Owner
- OneSpan Inc. (Chicago, IL; Nasdaq: OSPN) · Parent country: United States
- Servers run by
- AWS and Azure partner data centres (current); IBM SoftLayer historically · US company
- Customer-held keys
- Not recorded
- Certifications
- Not recorded (blank means not checked, not none)
- Worth knowing
- Region is chosen when the account is provisioned.
- Caveats
- Grew out of Silanis, a Montréal company, so it has Canadian roots but a US parent.
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 OneSpan Sign
Other e-signature listings that are Canadian-owned, not US-owned, or self-hostable.
| Listing | Tier | Stored in Canada? | Owner | Servers run by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoho Sign | Tier 3: Not US-owned, data in Canada | Yes | India | Owner not stated |
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.onespan.com/products/esignature/data-residency
- Who owns it: https://investors.onespan.com/news-releases/news-release-details/onespan-strengthens-board-appointment-two-new-directors
- Supporting page: https://docs.onespan.com/docs/environment-urls-ip-addresses
- Supporting page: https://www.onespan.com/products/esignature/faq