If you are concerned about your data privacy and security after the recent events in the United States, it’s a good time to re-evaluate your web hosting options.
Canadian hosting is a recommended alternative, especially for businesses and individuals concerned about extra fees, tariffs, and changes in online policies.
Top Canadian web hosting companies
We recommend the following providers, especially for small and medium websites.
- CrocWeb — Affordable rates, what we like about their offer, hosting plans have Redis cache available.
- CanSpace — Cheaper domain renewal, great support and cPanel available.
Other hosting companies based in Canada are: Web Hosting Canada (WHC.ca), CanHost (canhost.ca), CronoMagic (cronomagic.com), and Free Range Cloud (freerangecloud.com).
How to migrate
- If you are coming from cPanel or DirectAdmin you may generate a full account backup and ask the new hosting company to import the archive, that’s the most convenient way.
We worked multiple times with CanSpace, they can easily import cPanel backups without applying extra charges. - A second alternative would be to manually transfer the data, such as web files and databases—that’s our recommendation. Manually transferring the data is better since you only transfer the useful data, leaving junk behind, such as old backups, and log files.
Email hosting
If email security and deliverability is important, we recommend the following non-US providers for email hosting:
- Fastmail — owned by Fastmail Pty Ltd, Australia.
- ProtonMail — operated by Proton AG, Switzerland.
- Tuta, formerly Tutanota — developed by Tutao GmbH, Germany.
Domain transfer
If you would like to fully migrate the web resources to a Canadian-based company, you may consider a domain transfer. We found CanSpace as a good alternative for both .com and .ca domains, with cheap renewal rates.
Other Canadian-based domain registrars: Register.ca, and Funio (funio.com).
Security
If you are considering migrating your website(s), it’s a perfect time to re-evaluate website security. What should be the top concerns for any webmaster in 2025:
- Cross-site contamination—avoid using a single shared hosting account for multiple WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal CMS instances. Instead, isolate each CMS with its account. It may raise the costs a little, but the investment is well worthing.
- Make sure your website is running the latest CMS version, along with the latest stable PHP version, preferably 8.2 or the latest stable version of PHP ver. 8.3 which will get security updates until 31 Dec 2027.
- Ensure the website is well-maintained, applying all the available security updates in time, to avoid data loss and malware contaminations.
- Check the domain reputation, review the Google search results, and look for SEO spam. Scan your website with various online tools, such as Sucuri SiteCheck or VirusTotal scanner.
Our best-selling security plan covers all the above steps for a single CMS or website, including migration, site updates, and security maintenance for one year making the migration process convenient and stress-free.
This article is not sponsored by any hosting company, the listed web hosting providers are the result of our research and past experience. If you have any suggestions, feel free to reach out.