The LMS that keeps training data in Quebec
Learning data stored at rest in AWS ca-central-1, the Montreal region, with a Quebec French interface on every plan. The carve-outs are published rather than discovered later.
Residency you can verify
The claim is a named cloud region, not a country: AWS ca-central-1, published by Amazon as Canada Central, located in Montreal. The current sub-processor list, with each party’s role and location, is public.
Quebec French, not a calque
The learner interface runs in English and Canadian French on every plan, written in the Quebec register rather than translated from a European base. Courriel, not mail.
Built for access requests
Training history exports by learner, course or date range, which is the shape a Law 25 access request takes. Completion records survive account deactivation, so a departure does not erase the file.
Honest about what crosses the border
Two processing flows leave the region and are stated: transactional email, and a US-hosted background worker tier. A residency claim with no carve-outs usually means nobody looked.
Questions Quebec buyers ask
- Where is learning data stored?
- At rest in AWS ca-central-1, the region Amazon publishes as Canada Central, located in Montreal. That covers learning records, course content, assessments, certificates and the user directory.
- Does Montreal hosting keep training records inside Quebec?
- Stored data, yes: the region is physically in Montreal. Two processing flows cross the border and are published, transactional email and a US-hosted background worker tier. Law 25 asks an enterprise to assess any communication of personal information outside Quebec; the named region and the public sub-processor list are the inputs that assessment needs.
- Is the interface available in Quebec French?
- Yes. English and Canadian French ship on every plan, including the free one, and the French was written for Quebec rather than adapted from France French.