Cloud hosting
Does ThinkOn store data in Canada?
Canadian Sovereign Cloud (VMware-based IaaS; backup; archive)
Yes.
For Canadian customers, ThinkOn 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
- Canada (ThinkOn data centres; backups and metadata stay in Canada per ThinkOn)
- Where it is processed
- Canada
- Support and backups
- Backups and metadata stay in Canada (ThinkOn)
- Owner
- Think On Inc. (Toronto, ON) · Parent country: Canada
- Servers run by
- ThinkOn-operated infrastructure in Canadian data centres · Not a US company
- Customer-held keys
- Not recorded
- Certifications
- Says it achieved Protected B status after four audits in 2018 and is authorized under SSC framework agreements (ThinkOn's claims)
- Worth knowing
- Sold through channel partners. Built Canada's Sovereign AI Platform infrastructure under an SSC contract (ThinkOn).
- Caveats
- Runs VMware software (Broadcom, a US company) as a licensed product; the data stays with ThinkOn.
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 ThinkOn
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 |
| LunaNode | 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 |
| 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://thinkon.com/sovereign-cloud/
- Supporting page: https://thinkon.com/resources/the-hard-truth-about-your-csp/
- Supporting page: https://thinkon.com/blogs/selected-to-power-canadas-sovereign-ai-platform/