Canadian GRC
Canadian GRC software that speaks Canadian law.
Lavawall®, a multi-tenant RMM built in Canada, includes Canadian GRC software. It maps PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, provincial health and privacy acts, CCCS, OSFI B-13, and CIRO alongside SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST, collects the evidence from the same agent that runs your endpoints, and keeps your data in Canada. It covers over 75 frameworks, with a CISSP/CISA audit team behind it. Most GRC tools are written for the US market and treat Canadian law as an add-on.
The Canadian obligation set, built in
A GRC tool written for the US market can get you through SOC 2 and then leave you to work out PIPEDA, provincial privacy, and sector rules on your own. Lavawall® maps the Canadian obligations that apply to your clients next to the global frameworks, so one control set carries across all of them.
- Privacy: PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, Alberta PIPA, BC PIPA.
- Health: Alberta HIA, Ontario PHIPA, and the other provincial health-information acts.
- Public sector and critical infrastructure: the CCCS baseline controls.
- Financial: OSFI B-13, CIRO, and CPA Canada guidance.
- Global, mapped alongside: SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, CIS Controls, and CMMC.
See the full list on the compliance frameworks page, and how residency works on data residency.
What Canadian GRC software should do
A tool that only stores policies is a filing cabinet. These six capabilities are what carry you through an audit.
Multi-framework mapping
One control set mapped across Canadian and global frameworks, so satisfying a CIS control also satisfies the matching PIPEDA, SOC 2, or ISO 27001 requirement.
Automated, timestamped evidence
Patch state, MFA, access, and encryption collected automatically from the same agent that runs the endpoint, and stamped with a date an auditor can rely on.
Continuous control monitoring
Controls are checked daily, so drift is caught in hours instead of the week before an audit.
A tamper-evident audit trail
Who changed a control, who approved it, and when, on a record that cannot be quietly rewritten.
A live compliance score
A real-time posture score per framework: a number for leadership, and the open control gaps for the people who fix them.
Data kept in Canada
Your GRC data and its AI processing are placed in Canada by default. For many Canadian obligations, that is the point.
The tool and the auditor, one relationship
The part most GRC tools leave out is the audit itself. Lavawall® is built and run by ThreeShield, a Calgary audit firm, so the firm that gives you the platform can also give you a CISSP- and CISA-led audit. The platform gathers evidence continuously, the auditor who forms the opinion is on the same team, and the bill is in Canadian dollars. For the tool-selection view, see GRC audit tools and the best GRC tools for MSPs.
Frequently asked
- What is Canadian GRC software?
- Canadian GRC software is governance, risk, and compliance software built for Canadian obligations as well as US frameworks. Lavawall® maps PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, Alberta HIA and PIPA, BC PIPA, the CCCS baseline, OSFI B-13, CIRO, and CPA Canada alongside SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, NIST CSF, CIS, and CMMC, keeps your data in Canada by default, and comes from a Canadian audit firm.
- Why choose Canadian GRC software over Vanta or Drata?
- For Canadian coverage, and one tool instead of two. Vanta, Drata, and Secureframe are strong at SOC 2 evidence; check their documentation for the Canadian obligations you need. They are also a separate tool from the one managing your endpoints. Lavawall® maps over 75 frameworks including the Canadian ones, collects evidence from the same agent that patches and monitors the endpoint, keeps data in Canada, bills in CAD, and comes with a CISSP/CISA team that can also run the audit.
- Does it keep our compliance data in Canada?
- Yes, by default. Your GRC data and its AI processing are placed in Canada unless you choose another region. See data residency for the detail.
- Can the same company do our audit?
- Yes. Lavawall® is built and run by ThreeShield, a Calgary audit firm, so the platform gathers evidence continuously and ThreeShield's CISSP- and CISA-credentialled team can perform the audit.