Openings
New and upcoming casino hotels for a Canadian getaway
Revised — hotel facts re-read
Three lists live on this page: casino hotels that have opened in Canada since 2020 (five of them), the ones still being built (two), and older resorts in the middle of big renovations. Opening dates and room counts come from the operator or a named report, and each entry links to its source so you can check it.
Open for business since 2020
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa
What $350 million made of the old Rideau Carleton site: billed by Hard Rock as its first fully integrated Canadian resort. Inside: a casino open 24/7 with 1,500-plus slots, a Council Oak steakhouse and the 2,200-capacity Hard Rock LIVE. Every part of the property requires guests to be 19+.
July 3, 2025 Ottawa, ON — 150 rooms (22 suites among them)
As reported by Hard Rock's newsroom
Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto
Next to Woodbine Racetrack, the former Casino Woodbine now has a hotel, a 5,000-capacity theatre and a pool with sauna and steam room; parking is free and so is the shuttle from Pearson.
Hotel since 1 August 2023 (casino from 20 June) Toronto (Etobicoke), ON — 400 rooms and suites
As reported by the Mann Report
Pickering Casino Resort Hotel
East of Toronto, Great Canadian spent $500 million on its Pickering resort, and this hotel is part of it. Room sizes span 388–775 sq ft, with 22 accessible rooms. The casino opened with 2,200 slot machines and upwards of ninety live tables, and the arena-theatre seats 2,500.
January 16, 2023 Pickering, ON — 275 rooms (33 suites among them)
As reported by a Cision release
Great Blue Heron Casino & Hotel
On 1 November 2021 Great Blue Heron — owned by the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation — declared its hotel complete. How many rooms? Wikipedia says 100, travel listings say 116, and the operator doesn't say. Events go in The Nest, which takes up to 800 guests.
Completed November 2021 Scugog Island (Port Perry), Ontario — Around 100 rooms (sources vary)
As reported by the English Wikipedia
Dakota Dunes Resort
Saskatchewan's entry: 155 rooms joined to Dakota Dunes Casino, about 20 minutes' drive south of Saskatoon. Whitecap Dakota First Nation is the owner, Atlific Hotels the manager; ribbon-cutting was October 8, 2020. Expect farm-to-table food and 10,000 sq ft for meetings.
October 2020 Whitecap Dakota First Nation, near Saskatoon, SK — a 155-room hotel
As reported by STAY magazine
Freshened up
- Casino Rama, near Orillia — Three new restaurants in a little over a year — Chow in the autumn of 2024, MATCH Eatery in May 2025, and Atlas Steak and Fish in November — plus a ground-floor spa, with room renovations continuing since 2025.
- River Rock, Richmond — Its twentieth birthday in 2024 came with Gordon Ramsay Steak; KOI's sushi arrived in 2026, and new First Nations-led owners in June of that year.
- Grey Eagle, Calgary — The casino is being renovated in stages over 2026 and 2027 — the pool stays closed until it's done, and The Buffet shuts for the work from January 2027.
- Caesars, Windsor — The nightclub moved out in January 2026, and on July 8, 2026 the Glengarry garage reopened on all six levels.
Still being built
River Cree hotel tower
What's coming: an 18-storey tower adding roughly 230 to 240 rooms (more than 30 of them suites), a large ballroom and a pool with a pair of waterslides, alongside today's 249 rooms. The outside of the building was finished in June 2026.
Targeted for July 2027 Enoch (Edmonton), AB
As reported by STAY magazine
Cascades Casino and Hotel Innisfil
Gateway is replacing its Georgian Downs casino with this project off Highway 400. BlogTO reported in September 2026 on the plan: a seven-storey hotel, live tables and 1,000-plus slots, about 150,000 sq ft in all.
Under construction, no date announced 239 Reive Blvd, Innisfil, Ontario — near Highway 400
As reported by blogTO
New-hotel questions
What's the newest casino hotel in Canada?
Ottawa's Hard Rock — it opened on 3 July 2025.
Is any new casino hotel being built in Canada?
Yes, two. In Alberta, River Cree (Enoch) has an 18-storey tower going up with a July 2027 target; in Ontario, Gateway's Cascades Casino and Hotel Innisfil is under construction but hasn't announced when it will open.
Have any casino hotels opened near Toronto recently?
2023 brought two: in January the Pickering resort's 275-room hotel, and in August the 400 rooms of the Great Canadian resort beside Woodbine.