Amazon Bedrock brings cross-region inference for OpenAI GPT models to Canada
What happened
On 21 October 2026, the AWS Machine Learning Blog announced that Amazon Bedrock cross-region inference (CRIS) now supports calling OpenAI's GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna), GPT-6 (Astra, Sol, Luna) and GPT-6.1 Sol models from the Canada (Central) and Canada West (Calgary) regions. An earlier report previewed the development under the headline "Amazon Bedrock launches cross-region inference for OpenAI GPT models in Canada" but did not list specific model versions; a later report set out the list of callable models and noted that it covers both Canada Central and Calgary. The current state: users in the Canadian regions can access these OpenAI GPT models through cross-region inference.
Written by AI from the reports · updated 2 h ago
Timeline
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- AWS Machine Learning BlogAccess OpenAI GPT models on Amazon Bedrock from Canada with cross-Region inference
Canadian organizations can now access OpenAI GPT-5.6, GPT-6, and GPT-6.1 models on Amazon Bedrock from the Canada (Central) and Canada West (Calgary) Regions using cross-Region inference. This post covers the models and inference profiles, how to set up permissions, and how to invoke them with the Responses, Chat Completions, and Converse APIs.
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