# OVHcloud Canada

Source: https://lemon.domains/domain-registrars/ovhcloud-ca (also as .json)

OVHcloud Canada is the North American arm of OVHcloud, the French cloud provider founded in 1999 by Octave Klaba and listed on Euronext Paris since 2021. It sells domains, web hosting, dedicated servers and public cloud from its own data centres, including Beauharnois in Quebec.

- Website: https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ca/
- Headquarters: Roubaix, Hauts-de-France, Canada
- Founders: Octave Klaba
- Ownership: Public, Euronext Paris: OVH; majority owned by the Klaba family
- Employees: About 3,000 (2025)
- Type: Web host that registers domains
- Part of: OVHcloud
- ICANN accreditation: Not ICANN-accredited
- Country-code extensions: .ca
- Site languages: English, French
- API: Integrated. Integrated with Lemon Domains (https://help.ovhcloud.com/csm/en-gb-api-getting-started-ovhcloud-api)

## Services and extensions (checked October 2026)

- Domain registration, DNS hosting, Email hosting, Web hosting, SSL certificates
- Sells, among others: .ca
- Price list: https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ca/domains/

## Support

- Channels: Live chat, Phone, Help center
- Hours: Phone Monday to Friday 8:00 to 18:00 on the standard plan; chat 24/7 for incidents
- Languages: English, French
- Contact: https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ca/support-levels/

## Sources

- https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ca/support-levels/
- https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ca/support-levels/plans/
- https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/domains/tld/ca/

## OVHcloud Canada history

- 1999: Octave Klaba starts OVH in Lille while still an engineering student.
- 2016: KKR and TowerBrook buy a minority stake for 250 million euros.
- 2019: Renames itself OVHcloud.
- 2021: Lists on Euronext Paris.

## Domain management features (confirmed)

- DNSSEC
- Two-factor sign-in

## Payments and programs

- Payment methods: Credit and debit cards, PayPal, Direct debit

## Company sources (checked October 2026)

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OVHcloud
- https://corporate.ovhcloud.com/en/company/history/
- https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/terms-and-conditions/payment/

## Transferring a domain away from OVHcloud Canada

In the Control Panel go to Web Cloud, Domain names, select the domain and switch off the transfer protection, then retrieve the authorization code. Your account must be the administrator contact.

Part of the list of domain registrars at https://lemon.domains/domain-registrars, kept by Lemon Domains, the domain portfolio manager with a domain MCP server.