Openings
Canada's new casino hotels: recent openings and what's next
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The tally since 2020: five casino hotels opened, two under construction, and several older resorts partway through major refits. This page tracks all three, quoting opening dates and room counts from the operator or a named report — each one linked, so you can check our work.
Opened from 2020 on
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa
$350 million turned the Rideau Carleton site into Canada's first fully integrated Hard Rock resort. Highlights: a 24/7 casino (1,500-plus slots), Hard Rock LIVE for 2,200, a Council Oak steakhouse. Strictly 19+ throughout.
Source: www.hardrock.com
Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto
Casino Woodbine, rebuilt from the ground up as a resort next to the track. What you get: a theatre for 5,000, a pool with sauna and steam, parking at no charge and a complimentary Pearson shuttle.
Source: www.mannpublications.com
Pickering Casino Resort Hotel
The hotel wing of the $500 million resort Great Canadian built in Pickering, just east of Toronto. Room sizes span 388 to 775 sq ft, with 22 accessible units. Gaming on opening day: 2,200 slots and over 90 live tables. Arena and theatre: 2,500 seats.
Source: newswire.ca
Great Blue Heron Casino & Hotel
The Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation's casino declared its hotel complete on November 1, 2021. Room counts conflict — 100 per Wikipedia, 116 per travel listings — and the operator lists none. The Nest event space: up to 800 guests.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
Dakota Dunes Resort
A hotel sharing a site with Dakota Dunes Casino, roughly 20 minutes' drive south of Saskatoon. Ownership: Whitecap Dakota First Nation. Management: Atlific Hotels. The ribbon-cutting was October 8, 2020, and the building has 10,000 sq ft for meetings plus farm-to-table dining.
Source: staymagazine.ca
Under construction
River Cree hotel tower
18 storeys, about 230–240 rooms, 30-plus suites, a two-waterslide pool and a big ballroom, added to today's 249-room hotel. Exterior complete as of June 2026.
Source: www.staymagazine.ca
Cascades Casino and Hotel Innisfil
Gateway's replacement for Georgian Downs: 1,000-plus slots, live tables and a seven-storey hotel in roughly 150,000 sq ft, per BlogTO (September 2026).
Source: www.blogto.com
Renovated lately
- Casino Rama Resort — Three new places to eat in just over a year — Chow in fall 2024, MATCH in May 2025, Atlas Steak and Fish in November 2025 — plus a ground-floor spa, with rooms being redone since 2025.
- River Rock Casino Resort — Turned 20 with a 2024 makeover whose centrepiece is Gordon Ramsay Steak; KOI moved into the former Miku space in 2026; a First Nations-led partnership bought the resort in June 2026.
- Grey Eagle Resort & Casino — Casino works rolling through 2026–2027 in phases; the pool is out of action until they finish, and The Buffet goes dark in January 2027.
- Caesars Windsor — Six-storey Glengarry garage fully reopened July 8, 2026; nightclub moved out in January 2026.
Common questions
Newest casino hotel in Canada?
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Ottawa, open since July 3, 2025.
Any casino hotels being built right now?
Two. River Cree (Enoch, Alberta) has an 18-storey tower targeting July 2027, and Gateway's Cascades Casino and Hotel Innisfil (Ontario) is under construction with no announced date.
Which casino hotels opened recently near Toronto?
East of the city, Pickering Casino Resort Hotel opened 275 rooms in January 2023; in Etobicoke, Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto followed with 400 that August.