The Provincial Women's Hockey League (or PWHL) is a Junior women's ice hockey league in Ontario, Canada that was founded in 2004. It is considered to be the highest level of junior women's amateur ice hockey in Ontario, and is sanctioned by Hockey Canada and the Ontario Women's Hockey Association. The PWHL provides alumni to the Canadian Interuniversity Sport, National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Professional National Women's Hockey League, as well as the Canada women's national ice hockey team.