Space-Node runs Minecraft servers in Canada on a node in Beauharnois, Quebec, near Montreal, at the same prices as our Standard plans in Europe. The Canadian node runs a Ryzen 9 3900X-class CPU with DDR4 memory and NVMe storage, from €2.70 a month for 3GB. For players in eastern Canada and the US Northeast that is a short hop instead of an ocean crossing to a European host. Standard is what Canada sells for now: Canada Premium (Ryzen 9 9950X) was out of stock on 25 October 2026.
Why Location Matters for Minecraft
Minecraft runs on a tick system. The server aims for 20 ticks per second, one every 50 milliseconds, and it only holds that rate while each tick's work fits in those 50 milliseconds (Minecraft Wiki). Ping comes on top of that: every action travels to the server and back before you see the result. The longer the trip, the more you notice it: blocks pop back, chests stutter on open, and combat feels off.
Distance shows up in the numbers. WonderNetwork pings between its own test servers every hour, and its medians from Montreal between 11 and 25 October 2026 were about 8ms to Toronto, 10ms to New York and 14ms to Washington, against about 81ms to Amsterdam and 89ms to Frankfurt (WonderNetwork: Montreal to Toronto, Montreal to Amsterdam). Those are not our servers, so treat the figures as a guide and measure your own ping in the plan selector before you order. Our post on why Canada suits a mixed North American group has WonderNetwork's figures from Montreal to the rest of the US.
If most of your players are specifically on the US West Coast rather than spread across North America, also check our Minecraft hosting in the USA (California) post; that node sits closer to them than Canada does. The same goes for British Columbia: over the same two weeks, WonderNetwork's median between Vancouver and San Jose, where our California location is, was about 29ms, against about 58ms between Vancouver and Montreal.
What Hardware Actually Runs Your Server
On every Minecraft plan we sell, the RAM is reserved for your server and the CPU is shared with the other servers on the same machine. So the useful question to ask any host is which CPU that is.
Space-Node's Canada Standard node runs:
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X-class; the exact CPU can vary between similar Ryzen models, with that single-thread performance or better
- Memory: DDR4, sized to the plan you order and reserved for your server
- Storage: NVMe SSD, from 40GB on the 3GB plan to 165GB on the 32GB plan
- Location: Beauharnois, Quebec, near Montreal
- DDoS protection: included on every plan
Why Single-Core Speed Matters for Minecraft
Paper runs its whole tick loop on one main thread. PaperMC calls current Paper "single threaded" in the README of Folia, its multithreaded fork, where each region gets its own main thread instead (PaperMC/Folia on GitHub). When that thread needs more than 50 milliseconds for a tick, the server falls below 20 ticks per second and everyone on it feels the lag. That is why the speed of one core matters more than the number of cores, and why we run Ryzen 9 CPUs with high per-core performance.
In practical terms:
- Vanilla or Paper with a few friends fits 3 to 4GB
- A plugin server, Cobblemon, Better MC or a Create pack fits 8GB, the size most groups pick
- Heavy modpacks like ATM10 need 12-16GB RAM; in Canada that is a 12GB or 16GB Standard plan while Premium (Ryzen 9 9950X) is out of stock
Canada Hosting Plans
Canada has the same two tiers as the Netherlands, Germany and Poland, but Canada Premium was out of stock on 25 October 2026, so Canada sells Standard until it is back. The plan selector on our Minecraft server hosting in Canada page opens on Canada, so you only pick the RAM. If you want to move an existing server to another location later, that is free via live chat, about once a week.
| Plan | RAM | NVMe | Price a month | Players (selector guide) | Good for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC Coal | 3GB | 40GB | €2.70 | up to 5 | Vanilla with a few friends |
| MC Iron | 4GB | 50GB | €3.60 | up to 10 | Vanilla or Paper with light plugins |
| MC Gold | 5GB | 60GB | €4.50 | up to 20 | RLCraft with a few friends |
| MC Lapis | 6GB | 70GB | €5.40 | up to 25 | RLCraft, SkyFactory 4, Create: Above and Beyond |
| MC Diamond | 8GB | 80GB | €7.20 | up to 30 | Plugins, Cobblemon, Better MC, Create packs |
| MC Special 1 | 12GB | 100GB | €10.80 | up to 40 | ATM10 up to 5 players, Vault Hunters |
| MC Special 2 | 15GB | 120GB | €13.50 | up to 45 | More headroom for big modpacks |
| MC Special 3 | 16GB | 130GB | €14.40 | up to 55 | ATM10 for 5 to 15 players |
| MC Special 4 | 32GB | 165GB | €29.99 | up to 80 | ATM10 past 15 players, large communities |
The player numbers are the guide the plan selector shows, not a hard cap.
Standard plans start from €2.70/month for 3GB. Premium on a Ryzen 9 9950X (from €5.25/month) was out of stock in Canada on 25 October 2026. Order on our Minecraft server hosting in Canada page; its plan selector orders the Canada products directly. The plan selector measures your ping to every region except India from your own browser, so you can compare Canada with the USA regions before you buy.
If you need Premium hardware in North America now, USA Premium runs on the same Ryzen 9 9950X in California and Virginia, from €5.55 a month.
French-speaking players can use the same plans on our French page: hébergement de serveur Minecraft. Pick Canada and the Standard line in its plan selector.
How Does This Compare to Other Hosts in Quebec?
We are not the only host with Minecraft servers in Quebec. On 25 October 2026, Shockbyte's status page listed "Quebec, CA" among its North American game server locations, and BisectHosting has a Montreal location. A Quebec location on its own does not set a host apart, so compare these two things before you order anywhere.
The CPU model. Your tick rate rides on one fast core, so the model matters, and a host that names it lets you look up its single-thread speed. We name ours for every region and tier: Ryzen 9 3900X-class on Canada Standard and Ryzen 9 9950X on Premium. BisectHosting's hardware page names no model; it says "80% of our infrastructure uses modern Ryzen CPUs". On our plans the CPU is shared with the other servers on the node, and Premium, out of stock in Canada right now, gets 600 to 800% CPU (6 to 8 vCores) under fair use.
The price of the same RAM. Our 4GB Canada plan costs €3.60 a month, about US$4.11 at the ECB rate of 25 September 2026 that our plan selector uses; checkout bills in euros. First-month codes and recurring discounts change often, so compare the same RAM size on each host's own pricing page on the day you order, and check what the plan costs when it renews.
Setting Up Your Canada Server
- Open our Minecraft server hosting in Canada page; the plan selector starts on Canada
- Pick your RAM on the Standard line
- Complete the order in the client area (checkout bills in euros)
Your server is set up automatically after your order, and you manage it in the Pterodactyl panel.
Which Modpacks Work on Canada Standard?
The Ryzen 9 3900X-class CPU handles most popular modpacks, so the plan comes down to RAM. These are the sizes our own modpack pages give:
Runs well on Standard Canada:
- Vanilla, Paper, Purpur
- RLCraft, 5GB at the smallest and 6GB for a regular group
- Create: Above and Beyond, from 6GB
- Better MC (BMC4), 6GB at the smallest and 8GB suggested
- SkyFactory 4, 6GB, since its server files set a 4GB heap and Java needs room on top (SkyFactory 4 guide)
Better on Premium (Ryzen 9 9950X, out of stock in Canada for now):
- All the Mods 10, 12GB for up to 5 players, 16GB for 5 to 15 and 32GB past that
- Vault Hunters, 8GB at the smallest and 12GB suggested
Both also run on Canada Standard at the same RAM sizes. The RAM requirement matters more than the CPU for most modpacks: with too little, Java spends its time on garbage collection instead of the game. Big automated bases load the CPU as well, and that is where Premium's faster CPU and DDR5 give better tick rates.
Common Questions
Can I switch from Netherlands to Canada later?
Yes. Moving an existing server to another Space-Node location is free, about once a week. Message the team in live chat and they move your server files to the Canada node.
Is the Canada node DDoS protected?
Yes. DDoS protection is included on every plan (Cloudflare Magic Transit on the Premium tier, standard protection on the Standard tier). Canada sells Standard at the moment, so a new Canada server gets the standard protection.
What ping should I expect from the US East Coast?
That depends on your city and your provider. For scale, WonderNetwork's medians between its own test servers from 11 to 25 October 2026 were about 10ms from Montreal to New York and 14ms from Montreal to Washington (wondernetwork.com). Those are not our servers, so measure your own: the plan selector on our Canada page measures the round trip from your browser to Canada and our USA locations before you order, so compare Canada there with our USA (Virginia) location on the East Coast. If most of your players are on the West Coast, our USA (California) node is the one to test.
Can I run a Minecraft Bedrock server on Canada?
Bedrock players join a Canada server through Geyser with Floodgate: Geyser lets Bedrock players on phones and consoles join a Java server, and Floodgate lets them in without a paid Java Edition account (Floodgate docs). Geyser needs a port of its own: GeyserMC's setup page says it uses that port over both TCP and UDP, so it cannot share the Java server's port. You add that extra port allocation yourself in the panel: three are included, and we can raise that to five on request. Our Geyser and Floodgate guide walks through the setup. For a Bedrock Dedicated Server without Java, ask in live chat before you order.
Get Started
See the Canada Minecraft plans and pricing: the plan selector opens on Canada, so you only pick the RAM.
For large groups or custom setups, use the contact page to describe what you are building.