Top 5 Best External Hard Drives Canada

Compare the specifications of our top 5 best external hard drives in our comparison table below.

Eventually, you’ll find that there’s just not enough space on your laptop to store all your movies, TV shows, games, music etc. You don’t want to delete them, so you’re going to need an external hard drive to store some of the files, especially if you have important documents you need to back up. Here are 5 of the best external HDDs for data storage.

	Seagate Backup Plus	WD My Passport Ultra	Seagate Expansion	ADATA HD650	SP Armor

Avg. Usr Rating
OS	Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP SP3 Mac OS X 10.6 or higher	Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP Mac OS X	Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP Mac OS X	Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP Mac OS X	Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP Mac OS X
Colors	Black / Silver / Grey / Blue / Red	Black / Blue / Red / White	Black	Black / Green / Blue / White	Black / Red
Available Sizes	500GB / 1TB / 1.5TB / 2TB / 4TB	1TB / 2TB / 3TB	1TB / 2TB / 3TB / 4TB / 5TB	500GB / 1TB / 2TB	500GB / 1TB
Connection	USB 2.0 + 3.0	USB 2.0 + 3.0	USB 2.0 + 3.0	USB 2.0 + 3.0	USB 2.0 + 3.0
RPM	5400	5400	5400	5400	5400
Features	Includes 200GB of cloud storage with OneDrive to share and protect your important files Create easy customized backup plans with included Seagate Dashboard software Backup your mobile device photos and videos automatically with the Lyve App	Optional 256-bit AES hardware encryption Back up to your My Passport Ultra drive or to your Dropbox cloud-service account 3 year warranty	Meets the high performance needs of gamers with huge storage needs	Shockproof - Drop Protection meets US Military (MIL-STD-810G) Standards Scratch resistant case Wrap-around Cable System Free widget download software, provides 7 major back up and security tools 3 year warranty	Unique Silicone material with exceptional elasticity provides great shock absorption on all axis Scratch protection surface 3 year warranty
Includes USB Cable
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Table Info

Best Value/Top Rated/Top Specs: Certain products will be badged with the aforementioned accolade if we consider them to rank highly in those areas.

Average User Rating: This is judged according to our own research and analysis of the product and then compared to similar products in its category.

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