hi, i am a new player, need some help with the server selection

[Naria]

The NA/EU servers are located in Montreal. The Japan servers are in Tokyo. You can get the IP address for each server here and check your ping. SE has done a lot to try to decrease lag this past year, so there is a good chance that the problem is your ISP. I recently moved from Utah to Maine and now my connection is actually worse despite being geographically closer to the servers. At my last residence I had to spend six months complaining to my ISP to improve my connection. A number of the fixes SE applied over the last year also helped. Unfortunately, because of how the game was designed any sort of connection problem can be very noticeable.

As for Canadian players, I know several on Sargatanas, so I'm not really sure if there is a segregation between the NA population.

Good luck!