HostPapa
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HostPapa is a privately held Canadian web hosting company founded in 2006 by Jamie Opalchuk and based in Burlington, Ontario. Its customer-facing services include shared hosting, managed WordPress hosting, VPS, dedicated servers, reseller hosting, domain registration, business email, and the PapaCare+ managed support service.
The company has expanded aggressively through acquisitions. After acquiring CloudBlue from Ingram Micro in 2025, HostPapa added Tailor Made Servers and Hostwinds within two days of each other in April 2026. These deals extended the wider HostPapa group beyond small-business hosting into dedicated infrastructure, cloud VPS, white-label services, and subscription commerce technology.
HostScore Take on HostPapa
HostPapa is one of our preferred options for Canadian buyers. Performance has been good in our tests, and we appreciate its clearly specified dedicated-server plans. The hardware and pricing details make those plans easier to evaluate.
Pricing is our main reservation. HostPapa can be expensive, so the plan's resources and service scope need to justify the cost. We would keep it on the shortlist for suitable Canadian projects while comparing the full ongoing expense carefully.
Independent commentary from HostScore.net, our editorial sister site. Not influenced by listing status.
What Stands Out
- Acquired CloudBlue, Tailor Made Servers, and Hostwinds between August 2025 and April 2026
- Expanded its wider group across shared hosting, cloud VPS, dedicated servers, white-label services, and subscription commerce
- Canadian PROFIT 500 honoree founded by Jamie Opalchuk in Burlington, Ontario
HostPapa Pricing Ranges
| Hosting type | Signup (per month) | Renewal (per month) |
|---|---|---|
| Dedicated | $59.95 – $574.95 | $59.95 – $574.95 |
| Shared | $2.95 – $9.95 | $8.99 – $30.99 |
| VPS | $5.95 – $86.95 | $9.99 – $126.95 |
Prices are approximate, shown in USD per month, and taken from our latest published record. Always confirm current pricing on the provider's website.
Record updated: Jul 2026.
HostPapa Uptime Record
The HostPapa endpoint HostVeritas monitors has not responded since 14:30 UTC on October 24. HostPapa recorded 58.91% uptime over the 30 days ending November 5, 2026, based on 4,303 HostVeritas checks of the monitored endpoint at roughly 10-minute intervals from our US location. Average response time was 379 ms, and 1 incident was logged.
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| Day (UTC) | Uptime | Checks | Avg response |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 383 ms |
| Oct 8 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 393 ms |
| Oct 9 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 355 ms |
| Oct 10 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 285 ms |
| Oct 11 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 283 ms |
| Oct 12 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 288 ms |
| Oct 13 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 329 ms |
| Oct 14 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 359 ms |
| Oct 15 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 449 ms |
| Oct 16 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 326 ms |
| Oct 17 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 301 ms |
| Oct 18 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 315 ms |
| Oct 19 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 373 ms |
| Oct 20 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 374 ms |
| Oct 21 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 477 ms |
| Oct 22 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 505 ms |
| Oct 23 | 100% | 144 / 144 | 549 ms |
| Oct 24 | 60.42% | 144 / 144 | 529 ms |
| Oct 25 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Oct 26 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Oct 27 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Oct 28 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Oct 29 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Oct 30 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Oct 31 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Nov 1 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Nov 2 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Nov 3 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Nov 4 | 0% | 144 / 144 | — |
| Nov 5 | 0% | 127 / 143 | — |
- Oct 24, 2026 14:30 UTC — ongoing
HostVeritas-monitored uptime for a single endpoint, checked every 10 minutes from our US location — not total company infrastructure uptime. Days are UTC, and a day with too few checks is shown as no data rather than counted. Methodology