Databases
Does PlanetScale store data in Canada?
Managed MySQL (Vitess) and Postgres
Yes, if you choose it.
PlanetScale 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
- AWS ca-central-1 (Montréal); Google northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal)
- Where it is processed
- Where you deploy the database
- Support and backups
- Not stated on the pages read
- Owner
- PlanetScale, Inc. (San Francisco, CA) · Parent country: United States
- Servers run by
- Runs on AWS or Google Cloud · US company
- Customer-held keys
- Not recorded
- Certifications
- Not recorded (blank means not checked, not none)
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 PlanetScale
Other databases listings that are Canadian-owned, not US-owned, or self-hostable.
| Listing | Tier | Stored in Canada? | Owner | Servers run by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MapleDeploy databases | Tier 1: Canadian end to end | Yes | Canadian | Not a US company |
| Aiven | Tier 3: Not US-owned, data in Canada | Yes, if you choose it | Finland | 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://planetscale.com/docs/plans/regions
- Who owns it: https://planetscale.com/legal/privacy