AI Reports · Amazon · 2026-10-20 · Product announcement
Access 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. The post covers the models and inference profiles, how to set up permissions, and how to invoke the models with the Responses, Chat Completions, and Converse APIs. Cross-Region inference is a capacity mechanism that routes requests to a supported destination Region, providing a broader capacity pool without managing routing in the application.