LinoClass vs Seesaw, which to choose in Quebec?

Comparing LinoClass and Seesaw for back-to-school 2026? Here is a factual comparison, based on both products' public documentation and on what Law 25 actually requires of a Quebec organization.

Updated August 23, 2026

What Law 25 requires when data leaves Quebec

Law 25 does not prohibit tools hosted outside Quebec, and it maintains no list of approved or forbidden products. It requires that a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) be completed before any transfer of personal information outside Quebec, and that the receiving jurisdiction provide adequate protection. That obligation rests with the organization, meaning your school service centre or private school board, not with the individual teacher.

So the useful question is not “is this tool legal?” but “has my organization completed the assessment this tool requires?” Our Law 25 guide for teachers and our article on how Law 25 applies in an elementary school set out the process and the questions to put to your principal.

What Seesaw's public documentation says

Seesaw stores information with Amazon Web Services. Its international privacy policy names Law 25 explicitly and states that the personal information it collects is transferred to the United States. A Canadian storage option is offered to schools on a paid subscription; the same page notes that the data is also stored in the United States.

An out-of-Quebec transfer is therefore in play with or without the Canadian option, which triggers the PIA obligation described above. We set out these passages with their original citations in our analysis Seesaw, ClassDojo, Google Classroom: what does Law 25 say?

Our read for Quebec elementary classrooms

What Seesaw does well

• A larger catalogue of ready-made activities than ours
• A mature ecosystem with significant international adoption

What LinoClass does differently

• Hosted in Quebec: student information does not leave Canada, so there is no out-of-Quebec transfer to assess
• Parents get in through a magic link, with no account and no password to create
• Priced in Canadian dollars, with no conversion or exchange-rate movement
• Interface designed in Canadian French first, with English available
• Portfolio and activities built for ages 5 to 8 rather than the whole K-12 span

Questions to ask before you choose

These apply to any tool, including ours. Put them to the vendor and to your principal, and keep the answers in writing.

• Where is student information stored? Is there a Canadian option, and does it exclude replication elsewhere?
• Has your school service centre completed a PIA for this tool? If not, request one in writing, since the request creates a record.
• Which optional features collect additional information, and are they off by default?
• How quickly is a parent's deletion request processed, and who is allowed to submit one?
• Who is billed: the organization, the teacher, or parents? Is the price in Canadian dollars?

Methodology. Information about third-party products comes from their publishers' public documentation and from the passages quoted in our blog articles, reviewed on August 23, 2026. These products change and their policies change with them: confirm current information with the publisher before making a decision. This page states the view of Lino Ti Inc. and is not legal advice. Assessing a tool against Law 25 is the responsibility of your organization and its privacy officer.

Seesaw is a trademark of Seesaw Learning, Inc. LinoClass is not affiliated with, nor endorsed by, the owners of these marks. They are named solely to identify the products under comparison.