Why is data residency important when geocoding Canadian addresses?

When customer, patient, or defendant address lists are sent to US-based geocoding providers like Geocodio, that data enters US jurisdiction and becomes subject to the US CLOUD Act. Canadian statutes like PIPEDA, Ontario PHIPA, and provincial public sector privacy acts often require domestic data storage and strict access controls.

Does Geo Service support bulk CSV uploads?

Yes. You can upload CSV spreadsheets of Canadian addresses for automated asynchronous processing. Results are stored encrypted at rest and automatically purged within 72 hours.

Are address contents ever stored permanently or logged?

Never. Unlike traditional providers that index or log queries, our zero-log architecture maintains only numeric usage counters. Your raw address lists are never written to access logs, application logs, or permanent database tables.

Direct Comparison

A Sovereign Canadian Alternative to Geocodio

Batch geocode Canadian postal codes and civic addresses without exporting citizen personal information across international borders.

Geocodio vs. Geo Service

Key privacy, security, and infrastructure differences for Canadian organizations.

Criterion	Geocodio	Geo Service
Processing Location	United States (AWS us-east-1)	🍁 Beauharnois, Quebec, Canada
Legal Jurisdiction	US Jurisdiction & US CLOUD Act	Canadian federal & provincial courts only
Batch Storage & Encryption	Stored in US cloud; retention varies	Encrypted at rest, auto-purged within 72h
Request Logging	Standard web logs and server metrics	Zero logging (no URLs, addresses, or keys)
Billing Currency	USD with foreign exchange variance	Fixed Canadian Dollars (CAD)

No Cross-Border Data Transfers

Canadian privacy commissioners recommend avoiding cross-border transfers of sensitive residential locations. We never route your data through US data centers.

Encrypted Ephemeral Batch Jobs

Bulk spreadsheet jobs are encrypted immediately on ingest. Once processed, you download the resulting coordinates and the raw input is permanently destroyed within 72 hours.

Public Sector Compliant

Canadian hospitals, school boards, municipal planners, and legal service providers can verify compliance with FIPPA, PHIPA, and PIPEDA without complex legal exceptions.

Asynchronous Batch API Example

POST /api/batches

Submit up to 100,000 addresses in a single secure batch request:

curl -X POST "https://geo.jerielbenavides.com/api/batches" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SERVER_KEY" \
  -F "file=@canadian_addresses.csv" \
  -F "format=csv"

The batch is encrypted with your account key and queued for high-throughput processing against our local Nominatim cluster.

Frequently Asked Questions

How accurate is Canadian address matching?

Our indexes combine complete Canadian OpenStreetMap building and roadway geometry with Statistics Canada's Open Database of Addresses (ODA), delivering pinpoint civic-level accuracy across all ten provinces and three territories.

Can we sign a Data-Processing Agreement (DPA)?

Yes. We provide a binding Canadian Data-Processing Agreement outlining our data residency commitments, 72-hour auto-purge schedule, and zero-log architecture.