I'm with an ISP that has a direct link to TorIX, which has a who's who of the major Internet properties and CDNs:

* https://www.torix.ca/peers/

My e-mail is hosted on Canadian soil with a direct-connect to TorIX (and I personally know the people who run the servers).

I know when I hit a foreign corporation (AMZN, GOOG, etc.) that my data is probably up for grabs, but I also know when when my traffic is not leaving Canadian (digital) soil.

So yes, I know all about ECHELON et al, but I know how the packets I send out are generally routed as well.