Local sports depth (2025 junior hockey snapshot)

Depth score = league tier weight × points percentage for each mapped CHL or MHL franchise city; rank 1 is deepest standing in the panel.

Rank	Place	Province	Score
1	Moose Jaw	Saskatchewan	0.838
2	Owen Sound	Ontario	0.833
3	Rimouski	Quebec	0.821
4	Regina	Saskatchewan	0.799
5	London	Ontario	0.787
6	Niagara Falls	Ontario	0.781
7	Charlottetown	Prince Edward Island	0.769
8	Abbotsford	British Columbia	0.758
9	Calgary	Alberta	0.754
10	Kingston	Ontario	0.742
11	Saguenay	Quebec	0.731
12	Victoria	British Columbia	0.72
13	Lethbridge	Alberta	0.709
14	Sudbury	Ontario	0.699
15	Drummondville	Quebec	0.688
16	Prince Albert	Saskatchewan	0.672
17	Sault Ste. Marie	Ontario	0.662
18	Mississauga	Ontario	0.652
19	Bathurst	New Brunswick	0.642
20	Brandon	Manitoba	0.629
21	Kitchener	Ontario	0.619
22	Hamilton	Ontario	0.61
23	Quebec City	Quebec	0.603
24	Halifax	Nova Scotia	0.602
25	Prince George	British Columbia	0.588
26	Red Deer	Alberta	0.578
27	Peterborough	Ontario	0.569
28	Shawinigan	Quebec	0.561
29	Kelowna	British Columbia	0.554
30	Swift Current	Saskatchewan	0.538
31	Barrie	Ontario	0.53
32	Sherbrooke	Quebec	0.522
33	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	0.5
34	Windsor	Ontario	0.492
35	Brantford	Ontario	0.477
36	Sydney	Nova Scotia	0.47
37	Cranbrook	British Columbia	0.462
38	Edmonton	Alberta	0.447
39	Ottawa	Ontario	0.44
40	Moncton	New Brunswick	0.426
41	Vancouver	British Columbia	0.418
42	Medicine Hat	Alberta	0.412
43	Summerside	Prince Edward Island	0.405
44	North Bay	Ontario	0.398
45	Victoriaville	Quebec	0.392
46	Kamloops	British Columbia	0.383
47	Miramichi	New Brunswick	0.369
48	Campbellton	New Brunswick	0.332
49	Edmundston	New Brunswick	0.293