Supabase alternatives with your data in Canada

First, decide what "in Canada" means for you

Two different requirements hide behind the same phrase:

• Data residency: the bytes must sit on servers in Canada. A Canadian region of a US provider meets this.
• Data sovereignty: no foreign government can compel access through the company that holds the data. That depends on who owns and controls the provider, not where the server is.

If a contract, a privacy impact assessment under Quebec Law 25, or a public sector buyer asks about foreign jurisdiction, you need the second. Our explainer onwhether the US CLOUD Act applies to data hosted in Canadacovers why a Canadian region alone does not answer that question.

The options at a glance

Prices and features from each vendor's public site on October 1, 2026. If something has changed, email hello@plutonbase.ca and we will correct it.

Each option, honestly

1. Stay on Supabase, Canada (Central) region

The least work. Pick ca-central-1 when you create a project and your database, auth and storage stay on AWS in Canada. Supabase, Inc. is a Delaware corporation, so the data is held by a US company.

Good fit if you need residency, not sovereignty. Watch out for procurement or privacy reviews that ask about foreign jurisdiction: this option cannot pass them.

2. Firebase, Montréal or Toronto

Firestore can run in Montréal or Toronto. It is a NoSQL document database, not Postgres, so moving from Supabase means rewriting your data model and queries. Google is a US company.

Good fit if you already use Google Cloud and only need residency.Watch out for the same jurisdiction question as Supabase, plus a migration that is a rewrite, not a move.

3. Canner

A Canadian-owned platform in Montréal that hosts your app, managed Postgres and S3-compatible storage on one plan, billed in CAD. Canner states it has no US parent or affiliate. Its own comparison page notes one region, no high availability and no automatic failover, and its site lists no built-in auth or realtime.

Good fit if you want Canadian Postgres and app hosting in one bill and can handle auth yourself. Watch out for features you use in Supabase beyond the database: auth, realtime and edge functions need replacing.

4. MapleDeploy plus self-hosted Supabase

MapleDeploy gives you a dedicated Toronto server running Coolify, owned by a privately held Canadian corporation, with Supabase as a one-click service. MapleDeploy maintains the server; the Supabase stack on it is yours to run.

Good fit if you want real Supabase on Canadian infrastructure and are comfortable operating it. Watch out for Supabase upgrades, backups and monitoring, which now sit with you.

5. Self-host on a Canadian VPS

Supabase, Appwrite and PocketBase are all open source with documented self-hosting. Run them on a Canadian-owned host such as LunaNode (Toronto) or Vexxhost (Montréal), or on OVHcloud's Québec data centres, which have a French parent.

Good fit if you have the operations skills and want full control.Watch out for the hidden cost: security patches, backups, scaling and on-call are all yours.

6. PlutonBase

A managed Supabase-style backend designed to keep every link in the chain Canadian: Canadian-owned, operated from inside Canada, with customer-controlled encryption keys and a public subprocessor register. It is not available yet; developers can join the waitlist.

Good fit if you want the Supabase developer experience without running it yourself, under Canadian jurisdiction. Watch out for timing: it is pre-launch, so plan around the waitlist.

What moving off Supabase involves

Supabase is standard Postgres underneath, which makes the database the easy part. The work is in everything around it.

• Database: a standard Postgres dump and restore moves your schema and data. Row-level security policies are SQL, so they move with it to any Postgres that supports them.
• Auth users: user accounts live in Supabase's auth schema. Plan how passwords, social logins and sessions carry over before you switch.
• Storage: files need copying to the new object store, and file URLs in your app need updating.
• Realtime and edge functions: these are tied to Supabase's APIs. Check that your destination offers equivalents, or budget time to replace them.

Questions to ask any "Canadian" provider

A Canadian data centre is easy to claim. These questions separate residency from sovereignty:

• Ownership: is there a US parent, subsidiary or controlling investor?
• Facilities: who owns the data centre? A Canadian company renting space in a US-owned facility is a weaker position.
• Keys: who holds the encryption keys, you or the provider?
• Subprocessors: do email, payments, monitoring or CDN run through US services? Ask for the list.
• Admin access: where do the people with privileged access work from, and is their access logged?
• Exit: can you export everything in standard formats without penalty fees?

Frequently asked questions

Does Supabase have a Canadian region?

Yes. Supabase can host a project in Canada (Central), which is AWS ca-central-1. Your Postgres database, auth and storage stay in that region.

Is Supabase subject to the US CLOUD Act?

Supabase, Inc. is a Delaware corporation, so it is a US company. The CLOUD Act lets US authorities compel a US provider to produce data it controls wherever that data is stored, including a Canadian region.

Can I self-host Supabase in Canada?

Yes. Supabase is open source and documents a self-hosted setup. Run it on a Canadian-owned server and the hosting is Canadian, but upgrades, backups, security and uptime become your job.

What is the difference between Canner, MapleDeploy and PlutonBase?

Canner is a Canadian app and Postgres host. MapleDeploy gives you a managed Toronto server where you can run Supabase yourself. PlutonBase is designed as a managed Supabase-style backend, with auth, storage, realtime and functions included, run entirely under Canadian control.

Is there a Canadian alternative to Firebase?

The same options apply. Firebase is owned by Google, so its Montréal and Toronto locations are still under US jurisdiction. For Canadian ownership, look at a Canadian-owned platform or self-host an open-source backend on a Canadian-owned server.