Why Kap Data?
Small businesses and organizations sometimes struggle with “doing it all”. Highly specialized areas including marketing, communications, IT, and other office management activities sometimes fall by the wayside. Even if you have someone in-house to oversee these areas, sometimes they need specialized skills to provide specific solutions.
That’s where Kap Data comes in.
Kap Data is a regional company with local knowledge and local contacts
It’s all about connections. Kap Data helps businesses and organizations connect with others in the region through a number of services including IT solutions, marketing, and communications. These business services, flexible to your needs and budget, free up your time so that you can focus on your core strengths.
We work with everyone from driven business owners to busy executive directors of non-profit organizations with tight budgets who understand the value of a strong team behind them. We pull together that professional team for effective, professional results.
Our success hinges on the fact that we know Northern Ontario, and what it takes to be successful. We’ve helped business and other organizational clients across Northern Ontario since 1983.
And we can help you, too.
Why Xerox Canada?
Xerox Canada was the first major IT company to directly support businesses and organizations in Northern Ontario with equipment, software, and services. Kap Data became an original Authorized Xerox Agent in 1990, bringing technology to the region rather than forcing us to travel to Toronto. We chose to partner with Xerox Canada because of its wide range of quality products that address common business needs. The “global products, local service” support model that has proven very successful for Kap Data clients across the region.
But this innovative support model is nothing without a solid product behind it.
Xerox Canada Innovates the Way We Connect
It starts with the name. Xerox is synonymous with cutting-edge technology since 1906. Xerox’s innovations led to many of today’s IT, and it continues to provide the best technology tools including office equipment and software. Xerox equipment offers flexibility, efficiency, and interconnectivity you can rely on.
Xerox Canada provides all the benefits offices look for:
- Global Document Services – Xerox Canada offers many ways to connect your offices across the region through networked systems and equipment. Managed print services and automated workflows help you work faster and more efficiently.
- High-level Security – Xerox ensures its devices have industry-leading security and software to protect your data.
- Ease of Use – Xerox equipment and software are easy to use. User interfaces are intuitive, notification alerts can let you know about low toner and paper, and Smart Kit Technology means you can replace many parts yourself without a service call.
Plus, with Kap Data, you get global technology with local service. We work with IT service providers in your community to ensure your systems are covered for routine maintenance and emergency service when you need it.
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Technology that is hard to use, maintain, or fix isn’t useful at all. With Kap Data and Xerox Canada, you get the equipment, software, service, and reliability you need without the hassle.
Kap Data History
We all love living and working in Northern Ontario. For Karyn Loree-Spacek, who was born in Kapuskasing, the region is not just beautiful; it is also a source of strength, inspiration, and purpose.
If there’s a downside, it’s that geographic barriers can be a drain on communications, interconnectivity, and ultimately our economic growth. Miro and Marthe Spacek founded Kap Data and Systems, Ltd. in 1983 to help connect people, businesses small and large, non-profit organizations, and communities including First Nations along the Highway 11 corridor and north to the James Bay coast.
It’s hard to imagine now, but back then computers were new and scary to some, similar to how some people feel about AI today. The “Kap” in Kap Data stands for Knowledge Acquisition Phase, underlining the power of computers and how they could be useful tools, not machines to be feared. Miro demonstrated this in many ways, including programming some of the first automated billing software for a doctor in the region, saving him time and hassle of hand-billing every single patient.
Then in 1990, Xerox Canada rolled out a brand new way to connect businesses and organizations in rural areas. Kap Data became one of those first Authorized Xerox Agents. It was an incredible opportunity for Kap Data to reach its goal of helping everyone get access to world-leading enterprise solutions for business process and document management.
Karyn sold her first Amiga computer for Kap Data when she was just 15 years old, but she officially joined her parents in 1996 and bought the company in 2011 when they retired. Creative synergy is the key goal in Karyn’s business development strategy to build a stronger Northern Ontario. She has cultivated a broad network of business professionals throughout the region which she shares with her clients.
In April 2025, Kap Data became Xerox Canada's only Authorized Xerox Agent for Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario, expanding its service territory from Kenora to Iroquois Falls and all points north. At that time, Peter Loree joined the team as Director of Operations to help ensure the company's high level of customer service as it grew. Kap Data's integrated services and business solutions help clients forge new connections within Northern Ontario and beyond.
“Each day, my goal is to improve someone's life in some way. How can I connect people? Can I provide a service? Can I offer a favour? Can I lend a hand? If more people know what others are doing in our neighbouring communities, then we can start working together and sharing resources, ideas, and opportunities.”
Karyn Loree-Spacek, President, Kap Data 2011
Kap Data is your professional partner to provide innovative solutions, a network of professionals, and business insights to help you overcome barriers to become a thriving business in Northern Ontario.