Should I use Adobe Commerce Cloud Toronto/Montreal or self-host?

Adobe Commerce Cloud doesn’t have a Toronto / Montreal region directly — it runs primarily on AWS US-East (N. Virginia). For Canadian merchants this can mean an extra 30–80ms of round-trip latency and possible cross-border data-residency issues under Quebec Law 25.

Our recommendations:

• Self-host on AWS Toronto (ca-central-1) — for most stores under $20M GMV. You get sub-20ms latency for Canadian customers, data stays in Canada (Law 25 friendly), and the cost is typically 40–60% lower than Adobe Commerce Cloud at equivalent traffic
• Self-host on AWS Montreal (ca-central-1, second AZ) — with a multi-AZ deploy for HA + DR
• Adobe Commerce Cloud — only if you specifically need Adobe’s 24/7 SLA, Fastly CDN bundling, and the deeper Marketplace integrations. Note the data-residency caveat for QC customers
• Vexxhost or Hivelocity Canada — managed Magento on Canadian iron, often the best price/performance for mid-market stores

We’ll benchmark your current host vs each option in the audit.