GPU capacity in Canada
Ask us for current offers for Canadian sites. AWS, Azure and Google list no B300 or GB300 NVL72 in their Canadian regions; their one Blackwell list price there is Azure GB200 in Canada East, $32.45 per GPU-hour on demand. Power for a 50 MW site adds up to about $0.09 to $0.10 to a GPU-hour in Winnipeg and $0.10 to $0.11 in Montréal, against $0.22 to $0.25 in Toronto (Hydro-Québec, April 2025).
Below: our offers for Canadian sites, list prices in Canadian cloud regions against the same instances in the US, power prices by city, and the rules for connecting new data centers in Québec, Alberta and Ontario.
Our offers for Canadian sites
| Model | Operators in Canada | Can start (all regions) |
|---|---|---|
| B300 (HGX) | Ask us | From Q4 2026; median start January 2027 |
| GB300 NVL72 | Ask us | Ask us |
| Vera Rubin | Ask us | Ask us |
Operators: everyone who has sent us an offer for Canadian sites since September 2026. Can start: current offers on 10 November 2026. A count is shown only when at least two operators offer the model in Canada. Start dates are for all regions; ask us for Canadian sites.
From public pages and catalogs we counted 20 companies headquartered in Canada that rent out GPU capacity to outside buyers, 6 of them name an NVIDIA Blackwell GPU (read 26 September 2026); only the United States and India have more companies in our count. A headquarters is not where the GPUs sit: see GPU providers worldwide.
Cloud list prices in Canadian regions
| Cloud and region | Instance | Per GPU-hour, on demand | Same instance in the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure, Canada East | ND GB200 v6, 4 GB200 GPUs | $32.45; $14.28 on a three-year reservation | $27.04 and $11.90 in East US; on demand, Canada 20% more |
| Azure, Canada Central | ND H100 v5, 8 H100 GPUs | $14.75 | $12.29 in East US; 20% more |
| AWS, Canada (Central) | p5.48xlarge, 8 H100 GPUs | $7.91 | $6.88 in US East; 15% more |
| AWS, Canada (Central) | p4d.24xlarge, 8 A100 GPUs | $3.16 | $2.74 in US East; 15% more |
Linux on demand; per GPU-hour is the instance price divided by its GPUs. AWS EC2 On-Demand pricing and Azure Linux VM pricing read 10 November 2026; four GPUs per VM as in Microsoft's ND GB200 v6 sizes.
None of the three lists B300 or GB300 NVL72 in Canada. AWS lists B200 and B300 instances in US East but in neither Canadian region, and sells no Capacity Blocks there; Azure lists no GB300 VM in Canada Central or Canada East; Google Cloud has H100 (A3 Edge) in one Toronto zone, L4 in Montréal and Toronto and T4 and P4 in Montréal, and none of its Blackwell machine types (Google Cloud GPU regions and zones, read 10 November 2026). Reserved B300 and GB300 NVL72 for Canadian sites come from operators on contract; all list prices are on cloud GPU pricing.
Power prices by city
| City | Canadian cents per kWh, 50 MW site | Power per GPU-hour, US$ |
|---|---|---|
| Winnipeg, MB | 5.09 | $0.09 to $0.10 |
| Montréal, QC | 5.52 | $0.10 to $0.11 |
| Vancouver, BC | 6.72 | $0.12 to $0.13 |
| St. John’s, NL | 7.66 | $0.13 to $0.15 |
| Calgary, AB | 7.99 | $0.14 to $0.16 |
| Edmonton, AB | 8.05 | $0.14 to $0.16 |
| Regina, SK | 8.05 | $0.14 to $0.16 |
| Moncton, NB | 10.63 | $0.19 to $0.21 |
| Charlottetown, PE | 11.27 | $0.20 to $0.22 |
| Ottawa, ON | 12.31 | $0.21 to $0.24 |
| Toronto, ON | 12.66 | $0.22 to $0.25 |
| Halifax, NS | 13.43 | $0.23 to $0.26 |
| Chicago, IL, for comparison | 9.25 | $0.16 to $0.18 |
| Houston, TX, for comparison | 12.90 | $0.22 to $0.25 |
Average price excluding taxes for a site drawing 50,000 kW and using 30,600,000 kWh a month (85% load factor, 120 kV), rates in effect 1 April 2025 (Hydro-Québec, Comparison of Electricity Prices in Major North American Cities, 2025; archived copy). The study says the industrial rate has been used to calculate the bills of large-power customers, and Hydro-Québec estimated Edmonton's from the applicable general rate; a data center can be billed on a general rate instead. Per GPU-hour at most about 2.5 to 2.8 kWh, a GB300-class GPU with its share of cooling (see what goes into a GPU-hour price), converted at the study's rate of C$1 = US$0.697.
Québec may not stay this cheap for data centers. Hydro-Québec has asked the Régie de l'énergie for a rate for data centers above 5 MW equivalent to an average of 13 cents per kWh, approximately double what current large-power customers pay: new customers in that segment would be on it automatically, and data centers already connected would get a five-year transitional rate (Hydro-Québec, 19 February 2026). The Régie held hearings in October 2026 and had not ruled by 10 November 2026 (case R-4333-2026). At 13 cents, power would add up to about $0.23 to $0.25 to a GPU-hour.
Connecting new data centers
Québec. All projects above 5 MW remain subject to the current selection process (Hydro-Québec, 19 February 2026).
Alberta. The interim limit of 1,200 MW that the AESO set in June 2025 for new large loads such as data centers is fully allocated: two projects took 970 MW and 230 MW, and every other request waits for Phase 2, the permanent framework (AESO, read 10 November 2026). Companies have asked to connect about 19,565 MW of new data center load (AESO connection list, 30 July 2026), and under the Data Centre Regulation, in force since June 2026, projects that bring dedicated new generation or storage go to the front of the line (Government of Alberta).
Ontario. Bill 40 (Royal Assent 11 December 2025) added section 28.1 to the Electricity Act, 1998: a transmitter or distributor connects a data center that meets the criteria set out in the regulations only once it is satisfied that the conditions and approvals the regulations specify are met; connection requests submitted before 3 June 2025 are exempt (Bill 40, Legislative Assembly of Ontario).
A summary of public rules, not legal advice.
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FAQ
Can I rent B300 or GB300 NVL72 in Canada?
Ask us: we check Canadian sites with the operators in our pipeline for each request, and those that can cover it send price and terms after our introduction.
How much does a Blackwell GPU-hour cost in Canada?
Of AWS, Azure and Google, the only Blackwell list price in a Canadian region is Azure ND GB200 v6 in Canada East: $32.45 per GPU-hour on demand, 20% above East US, and $14.28 on a three-year reservation (Azure retail prices, 10 November 2026).
Are cloud GPUs more expensive in Canada than in the US?
Yes, for the same instance: AWS lists H100 (p5.48xlarge) at $7.91 per GPU-hour in Canada (Central) against $6.88 in US East, 15% more, and Azure lists ND H100 v5 20% higher in Canada Central and ND GB200 v6 20% higher in Canada East than in East US.
Where in Canada is power cheapest for GPUs?
Winnipeg and Montréal: 5.09 and 5.52 Canadian cents per kWh for a 50 MW site on 1 April 2025, up to about $0.09 to $0.11 per GPU-hour, against 12.66 cents in Toronto (Hydro-Québec).
Will Québec charge data centers more for power?
Hydro-Québec has proposed a rate for data centers above 5 MW equivalent to an average of 13 cents per kWh, approximately double what current large-power customers pay. It needs the approval of the Régie de l'énergie, which had not ruled by 10 November 2026.
Which provinces limit new data center connections?
Alberta's interim limit of 1,200 MW for new large loads is fully allocated and other requests wait for Phase 2; since June 2026 projects that bring their own generation or storage go first (AESO; Government of Alberta). Ontario connects a data center only once the conditions and approvals set by regulation are met (Electricity Act, section 28.1, since December 2025). In Québec all projects above 5 MW remain subject to the current selection process.