Montreal Casino & Hotel
Montreal, Canada
The casino occupies the former French and Quebec pavilions built for Expo 67 on Île Notre-Dame, which gives the complex a distinctly modernist profile and a river setting rather than a city-block one. As a hotel it is a full property — rooms, restaurants across several price levels, a cabaret theatre and event space — with the gaming floor as one facility among them. Parc Jean-Drapeau surrounds the site, so the grounds are unusually green for an urban casino hotel.
Fallsview Casino Resort
Niagara Falls, Canada
Built into the escarpment above the Horseshoe Falls, the resort is arranged so that its upper floors, restaurants and much of its public circulation face the water. Guest rooms, a spa, a large theatre and a retail concourse make up the bulk of the property; the gaming floor sits at its centre. The falls themselves are the defining feature of a stay here, and the resort's siting is the main reason it is worth noting.
River Rock Casino Resort
Richmond, Canada
On the Fraser River in Richmond, a short distance from Vancouver's airport and on the Canada Line, which makes it one of the more easily reached resort hotels in the region. The property includes a hotel tower, a marina, a theatre used for touring shows, and a spread of restaurants, alongside its gaming floor. The riverside location and transit connection define the character of a stay more than anything inside does.
Casino Rama Resort
Rama, Canada
Set in cottage country near Orillia, on land belonging to the Chippewas of Rama First Nation, which owns the resort. It runs as a destination property rather than a city hotel: guest rooms, an entertainment centre that has hosted touring acts for decades, several restaurants, and a gaming floor, all reached by road through lake country. The surrounding lakes give it a seasonal rhythm that urban casino hotels do not have.
