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Data Sovereignty and Data Residency in Canada

December 2025 Cloud Governance / Privacy & Security 16 pages

A vendor-neutral whitepaper that helps Canadian organizations distinguish data residency from data sovereignty. It outlines provincial regulatory orientations, common cloud failure modes, and an evidence-based assessment using data-surface mapping and jurisdictional exposure analysis. Includes a scoring rubric, example assessments, reference architectures, and a procurement toolkit (due-diligence questions, evidence requests, contract clauses) to support ongoing compliance.

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