Office suites
Does ONLYOFFICE DocSpace store data in Canada?
Online document editors and rooms (cloud or self-hosted)
No.
ONLYOFFICE DocSpace does not offer storage in Canada. It is owned in Singapore, not Canada or the US.
Tier 5: Data leaves CanadaNo Canadian storage option, whoever the owner is.
Checked 2026-10-13 against the vendor's own pages.
The facts, claim by claim
- Where data is stored
- Cloud: Oregon (US) and Frankfurt (Germany). Self-hosted editions run wherever you install them
- Where it is processed
- US or Germany for the cloud
- Support and backups
- Not stated on the pages read
- Owner
- Ascensio System SIA (Riga, Latvia); holding company ONLYOFFICE Capital Group Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) · Parent country: Singapore
- Servers run by
- Cloud regions in the US and Germany · Owner not stated
- Customer-held keys
- Not recorded
- Certifications
- Not recorded (blank means not checked, not none)
- Worth knowing
- Open source, so it can be self-hosted on Canadian infrastructure; the cloud version stores nothing in Canada.
What the rules say about this
- Nova Scotia public bodies: Storage outside Canada needs the head of the public body's approval and a report.
- Federal Protected B: Canadian facilities are the principal option departments must evaluate; this listing offers none.
- Québec Law 25: A privacy impact assessment is required before personal information leaves Québec.
- 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 ONLYOFFICE DocSpace
Other office suites listings that are Canadian-owned, not US-owned, or self-hostable.
| Listing | Tier | Stored in Canada? | Owner | Servers run by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoho Workplace | Tier 3: Not US-owned, data in Canada | Yes | India | Owner not stated |
| LibreOffice | Self-hosted: Run it yourself | If you host it yourself | Germany | Not a US company |
| Nextcloud | Self-hosted: Run it yourself | If you host it yourself | Germany | Owner not stated |
Compare the alternatives to ONLYOFFICE DocSpace side by side
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.onlyoffice.com/blog/2023/12/onlyoffice-docspace-2-0-released
- Who owns it: https://www.onlyoffice.com/about