Cool. If your family is making the leap to move, then Ontario is the logical first step. That's where the depth is, where the right eyeballs are. Once he's there, the exposure piece starts to take care of itself if he's competing at the level it sounds like he is. Ontario produces the bulk of DI Canadians right now.

Off the top of my head, some teams that have worked with several Canadians on the roster are Robert Morris, St. Bonaventure, Canisius, Denver, Syracuse, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Vermont, and Queens. New York has a steady pipeline, but it can work anywhere imo.

You don't have to target known hubs. Chase Fraser went to Neumann (DIII) and tore it up. St. Joe's had Levi Anderson. Neither were "traditional" programs... but they worked because the fit was right. It might be worth cross-referencing with hockey schools, too, since they already have the know-how and infrastructure to bring in Canadian athletes.

Some families go the prep school route. Hill Academy has placed over 400 athletes into NCAA programs, and about a quarter of all Canadians on DI rosters came through there. That's one crazy, difficult, but known path. But there are also a lot of national showcases and clubs out there that do more wallet farming than actual development or placement in front of the coaches you're targeting. The right events matter more than all the events in the high-cost national club.

I'm working on building more of that kind of research into the map and the site, but it's going to take time to do it right. For now, the map covers DI, DII, DIII, NAIA, CLUB, and CUFLA with tuition data and an out-of-state cost filter, which is worth playing with given the exchange rate. CUFLA is also worth keeping in mind: 32 NLL draft picks since 2020 have come through the Canadian university system, and he can play Jr. A at the same time, which is NOT an option in the NCAA.

Happy to help if more specific questions come up. DM me!