How do Canadian fantasy players actually fund their accounts?

As of September 1, iGaming Ontario lists 49 regulated operators running 84 gaming websites in the province. Add the season-long pools that collect entry fees every autumn, the DFS slates that open every night from October to June, and the Alberta market that opened this summer, and you get a lot of Canadians moving money into play accounts every week. Most of them, I suspect, spend about ten seconds deciding how.

That is odd, because the deposit method is the one decision in the whole process that affects your money directly rather than your lineup. It decides whether the deposit clears before puck drop, whether your bank sees it, what it costs, and, most importantly, how the winnings get back out. There are four ways money gets into a Canadian fantasy or betting account, and the bank-linked ones have quietly taken over. Here is why.