Canada Central (canadacentral)
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Use the region facts and planning sections to review its programmatic name, availability zones, pairing, and access requirements.
Canada Central (canadacentral) is part of Azure public cloud, in Toronto, Canada. It lists 3 availability zones. Its paired region is Canada East.
Region facts
View on Azure map- Programmatic name
canadacentral- Location
Toronto, Canada
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- Azure public cloud
- Availability zones
- 3 availability zones
- Paired region
- Canada East
More region facts
- Approx. opening year
2016
Reported operational year for this location; individual Azure services can have different launch dates.
- Published residency note
Stored at rest in Canada
Microsoft's datacenter summary. Storage and replication behavior depend on the service and configuration.
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Latency
Azure backbone latency to 53 other regions.
VM prices
1,310 Linux and 1,238 Windows sizes with prices in USD.
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153 IPv4 and 176 IPv6 prefixes in AzureCloud.canadacentral.
View Canada Central IP rangesLowest published latency from Canada Central
The three lowest published median round-trip times between Azure regions. Use the browser test for your own connection.
| Destination region | Median round-trip time |
|---|---|
| Canada East | 13 ms |
| East US | 18 ms |
| North Central US | 19 ms |
Regional planning
Pairing and disaster recovery
Canada Central and Canada East are paired in both directions.
Both regions are in the Canada geography.
Published median round-trip latency from Canada Central to Canada East: 13 ms.
A region pair does not automatically replicate your application or enable failover. Configure recovery for each service you use.
How Azure region pairing worksAccess and service availability
Eligibility: Available to all customers and partners
Available services, VM sizes, and quota still depend on the region and subscription.
Check products available by regionAvailability zone planning
Canada Central: 3 availability zones. Canada East: No availability zones listed.
Zone support varies by service and VM size. Choose zone-redundant or zonal deployments explicitly; selecting Canada Central alone does not distribute a workload across zones.
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