An honest guide to big-city Canadian hotels with a real casino on the property — downtown floors and city-edge resorts in Vancouver, Toronto, Windsor, Burnaby and Montreal, where the city and the gaming are both on the doorstep. We stay, we play and we rank them.
Some casino trips are about escaping the city; this guide is about the opposite. It gathers Canada's best big-city casino floors — the downtown complexes and city-edge resorts where you can play the tables, then step out into Vancouver, Toronto, Windsor or Montreal.
We review each and rank it out of ten. For every venue we weigh the same four things: the casino floor, the rooms (or, where a floor has no hotel of its own, where to stay), the dining and extras, and the location and value. The scores are our own — we take no payment for a place in the ranking.
Every venue here has a real, licensed casino in or beside a major Canadian city and keeps a strict adults-only policy at the gaming floor. Most have a hotel on site; one, Casino de Montreal, does not, so we point you to where to stay nearby. Figures are approximate and change, so confirm the details before you travel.
Downtown floors and city-edge resorts, each in or beside a major Canadian city. Here is how they stack up.
The country's slickest downtown casino complex: two hotels — a JW Marriott and the boutique Douglas — over a stylish floor, with a rooftop park and a dozen restaurants, steps from the stadium and the seawall.
Toronto's big-city resort casino: a large modern floor at Woodbine with the on-site Grand hotel, a spread of restaurants and an entertainment theatre — the GTA's marquee stay-and-play, a short run from downtown.
A downtown riverfront resort across from the Detroit skyline, with a huge casino, two hotel towers and the 5,000-seat Colosseum. Big-city gaming and major shows on the Ontario side of the border.
One of the largest casinos in the country, spread across a striking Expo-era pavilion on Ile Notre-Dame, minutes from downtown Montreal. There is no hotel on the island, but the city's stays are a short hop away.
A large Metro Vancouver casino with an attached Delta hotel and an events centre, right on the SkyTrain midway between downtown and the suburbs — a roomy, central city stay-and-play with easy transit either way.
The casino, the rooms and our score for every venue in the guide.
| # | Hotel | City | Casino | Rooms | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parq Vancouver | Vancouver, BC | Downtown casino | Around 500 rooms | 9.3 |
| 2 | Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto | Toronto, ON | Large GTA resort casino | Around 400 rooms | 9.0 |
| 3 | Caesars Windsor | Windsor, ON | One of Canada's largest | Around 750 rooms | 8.8 |
| 4 | Casino de Montreal | Montreal, QC | One of Canada's largest | Nearby hotels | 8.6 |
| 5 | Grand Villa Casino | Burnaby, BC | Large Burnaby casino | Attached Delta hotel | 8.4 |
We stay, we play and we score against the same four measures every time. Read the full method on our Spottopratedstays page.
How big and how good the gaming is — the table games, the poker room, the slots and the high-limit rooms — and how it feels to play in the heart of a city.
The quality, comfort and value of the on-site hotel — or, where the floor has none, how good the nearby options are and how close they sit.
The restaurants, bars, shows and the city itself — the reasons to make a night of it beyond the tables.
How central it is, how easy it is to reach by transit, what surrounds it, and whether the package is worth the money.
Where these city casino floors sit — downtown Vancouver, the edge of Toronto, the Windsor riverfront, Burnaby and Montreal.
Parq stacks two hotels, a rooftop park and a dozen restaurants over a stylish floor beside BC Place — the country's slickest city complex.
Great Canadian Toronto turns Woodbine into a full big-city resort casino with its own hotel, a short run from downtown.
Caesars Windsor brings a Vegas-style resort and a 5,000-seat theatre to the downtown waterfront across from Detroit.
Casino de Montreal is one of the country's largest floors, on Ile Notre-Dame — a city landmark, with downtown hotels a short hop away.
Grand Villa pairs a large Burnaby floor with an attached Delta hotel, right on the SkyTrain between the city and the suburbs.
New to city casino-hotels? Begin at the top with downtown Vancouver, then pick your city.
For a downtown stay-and-play, Parq Vancouver leads this guide — two high-end hotels over a stylish floor beside BC Place. Casino de Montreal runs one of the country's largest city floors, though it has no hotel of its own.
Yes — every venue here has a real, licensed casino. Four have an on-site or attached hotel; Casino de Montreal does not, so we recommend nearby downtown hotels instead.
The venues in this guide operate a strict 21+ door policy, with valid photo ID checked at the casino entrance.
No. This is a guide to real, land-based city casino-hotels you can visit in person. It is not an online casino, and no real-money play takes place on this site.
Each venue is scored out of ten against four measures — the casino floor, the rooms or nearby stay, dining and extras, and location and value. Scores are our editorial opinion; we take no payment for the ranking.
A city casino should be entertainment first, one part of a night out. We only recommend visiting within your means — and every venue here is strictly adults-only, with ID at the door.
Decide your budget and time before you play, and treat the casino as one part of the trip.
Confidential provincial helplines and ResponsibleGambling.org are there whenever you need them.
Every casino in this guide is for adults only, with photo ID checked at entry.
Start at the top of the ranking, or pick the city you are heading to and build a night around it. Every review is an honest, independent take — stay, play and enjoy responsibly.