Region
Ontario casino getaways: from the falls to Rama
Revised — hotel facts re-read
Pick a style and Ontario has it. The falls outside your window? Niagara. A riverfront tower facing Detroit? Windsor. A new-build complex by the racetrack? Toronto. Adults only, with live music? Ottawa's Hard Rock. Lakes and a big stage? Rama, near Orillia. No province has more casino hotels. Every casino here operates under OLG, the AGCO regulates them, and the entry age is 19.
Getaways in this region (5)
No. 1Fallsview, Niagara Falls
★ 4.59 of 5 · Ontario
Wake up to the roar of Horseshoe Falls. This is the weekend most Canadians imagine when they hear “casino hotel”: mist rising past the window, dinner a lift ride away and a headline act on the OLG Stage. Behind the view sit 372 rooms, a casino floor of some 200,000 sq ft with 3,200-plus slots and 110 tables, two theatres and more than twenty places to eat.
You'll love it if…Couples who want the whole weekend in one place — a view to linger over, a big-name concert and a long evening downstairs.
Look elsewhere if…Your idea of a treat is a buffet (there isn't one at present), or young children will want the pool without you in it.
No. 3Caesars, Windsor
★ 4.37 of 5 · Ontario
A riverside weekend with Detroit glittering opposite. Draw back the curtains at Caesars Windsor and Detroit's skyline is right there across the water. With 758 rooms in two towers it's the largest hotel we profile, in the 5,000-seat Colosseum even the back row is within 225 feet of the stage, and the casino counts upwards of two thousand slots and eighty-plus tables — all in downtown Windsor rather than out by an off-ramp.
You'll love it if…A concert at the Colosseum folded into a riverfront city break, with plenty of room styles to choose between.
Look elsewhere if…Swimming with the children is part of the plan — the only pool is reserved for adults.
No. 5Great Canadian, Toronto
★ 4.28 of 5 · Ontario
Land at Pearson, and the weekend starts minutes later. Opened in 2023 beside Woodbine Racetrack, this is the newest of Toronto's big casino resorts, and it makes arrival easy: a free shuttle from Pearson, free parking for anyone who drives. Inside wait 400 rooms, a Theatre seating as many as 5,000, a sauna and steam room beside the pool, and — so the operator says — more slot machines to choose from than anywhere else in Canada.
You'll love it if…Fly-in weekends, a big concert in the 5,000-seat Theatre, and slot lovers who want the widest choice in the country.
Look elsewhere if…You hope for scenery other than a racecourse and suburban rooftops, or 388 sq ft feels small for a standard room.
No. 6Hard Rock, Ottawa
★ 4.06 of 5 · Ontario
A grown-ups-only weekend with a soundtrack. The newest address in our guide threw open its doors on July 3, 2025, and Hard Rock describes it as the first resort in Canada to bring its hotel, casino and venue together completely — rooms, casino and concert hall under one roof. Settle into one of 150 rooms (22 are suites), book Council Oak for dinner, catch a show at Hard Rock LIVE (up to 2,200) and play any hour among 1,500-plus slots. Everyone must be 19, hotel guests included.
You'll love it if…Friends or couples who want a steak dinner, a band and a casino that's still going at dawn.
Look elsewhere if…Anyone in the group is 18 or younger — even the hotel corridors are off limits to them.
No. 7Casino Rama, near Orillia
★ 3.98 of 5 · Ontario
A lakeside road trip to one of Canada's biggest stages. Head north up Highway 400 for a show at the Entertainment Centre, which seats more than 5,000, and sleep at a resort mid-transformation. On Rama First Nation land outside Orillia, Casino Rama has been renovating its rooms since 2025, opened a new spa on the ground floor and added three restaurants, the headliner being Gateway's Atlas Steak and Fish.
You'll love it if…A concert getaway up from the GTA, or a cottage-country weekend with a night at the tables.
Look elsewhere if…You'd rather not drive; Orillia is about two hours north of Toronto and we found no transit option.
Ontario at a glance
Casino entry from age 19
Casinos operated by Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG)
Oversight Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO)
Talk to someone ConnexOntario on 1-866-531-2600, day and night (texting CONNEX to 247247 works too)
Self-exclusion OLG's My PlayBreak, from three months to five years, valid in every Ontario casino
Not yet reviewed: two more Ontario options
Two newer hotels haven't had a full review from us yet: the 275-room hotel at Pickering Casino Resort, east of Toronto (opened January 2023), and the hotel at Great Blue Heron Casino & Hotel on Scugog Island (finished November 2021). Details for both are on the new openings page.