Saskatchewan
For a holier-than-thou sleeping experience, the Convent offers beds amid classic brickwork and beautiful hardwood floors. Built in 1939, this former high…
Must-see hotels in Canada
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Québec City
More than a hotel, the iconic Frontenac is Québec City's most enduring symbol. Its 611 rooms come in a dozen-plus categories. The coveted river-view rooms…
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Banff National Park
Built in 1931 and overlooking a glorious high mountain valley, Skoki was one of the Canadian Rockies' earliest backcountry lodges and remains one of the…
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Vancouver Island
When it comes to extravagantly unconventional accommodations, these three wooden spheres, handmade by owner-inventor Tom Chudleigh and suspended like…
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Newfoundland & Labrador
The Fogo Island Inn is a groundbreaking exploration of the concept of local sourcing. Everything in this place comes from at least as close as…
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Tofino
Cornering the market in luxury winter storm-watching packages, 'the Wick' is worth a stay any time of year. Embodying nature with its recycled-wood…
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Banff & Jasper National Parks
You can’t get much more rural – or more peaceful – than this remote mountain lodge decorated with antler chandeliers and antique skis and snowshoes. Lodge…
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Torngat Mountains Base Camp and Research Station
Labrador
The only way to enjoy Torngat Mountains National Park overnight is at this well-heeled base camp in the park. Guests sleep in comfortable yurts or more…
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Québec City
Auberge St-Antoine is probably Québec's finest smaller hotel, with phenomenal service and endless amenities. The 95 plush and spacious rooms come with…
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Québec City
Attached to the convent museum, this fabulous hostelry is the most atmospheric place to stay in Québec City. Choose among 32 'authentic' rooms (shared…
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Lake Louise
The experience here is intimate, personal and private, and the service is famously good. While billed as rustic (ie no TVs), the rooms and cabins offer…
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Ottawa
In one of Ottawa's finest locations, the stately Lord Elgin was built in 1941 in a similar, but less grandiose, style to Toronto's Fairmont Royal York…
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Ottawa
By the Ottawa Locks, the city's best-known hotel is a landmark in its own right. Built in 1912 to resemble a 16th-century French château, its 426 rooms…
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Kingston
Enjoy a decadent stay at this former dry-goods merchant's home in a historic district. Built in 1850, the massive stone, Tuscan-style villa has been…
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Edmonton
This posh boutique hotel on Jasper Ave, in a former bank building dating from 1910, is an upscale masterpiece. With just 40 rooms, the staff will be at…
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Southern Alberta
With a Hogwarts-like setting on a wind-buffeted bluff overlooking Upper Waterton Lake, the grand Prince of Wales blends Swiss-style architecture with the…
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Calgary
Clean, comfortable and pleasant, this helpful hostel is one of the only options for budget-minded travelers downtown, with fairly standard bunk rooms and…
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Yellowknife
This excellent wilderness lodge sits on a pristine lake a half-hour floatplane flight from Yellowknife. It's a stunning spot to get away from it all,…
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Victoria
The kind of hostel that’ll make you want to become a backpacker (again), the Ocean is a fabulous blitz of sharp color accents, global travel memorabilia…
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Toronto
Art is everywhere in this flophouse turned boutique hotel. Other hotels have rooms; the Drake has 'crash pads, dens, salons' and a rockin' little suite,…
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Vancouver
A good-value cut above most of Vancouver's self-catering suite hotels, the popular Sunset Inn offers larger-than-average rooms with kitchens. Each has a…
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Vancouver
The high-ceilinged rooms at this well-maintained heritage hotel combine glossy hardwood floors, a sprinkling of antiques, an occasional bay window and…
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Nova Scotia
Situated at the edge of the Tobeatic Wilderness Area, this fabulously luxurious forest lodge offers a taste of the wild blended with old-fashioned country…
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Hostelling International (HI) Ottawa Jail
Ottawa
This quirky hostel occupies nine floors of the 155-year-old former Ottawa Jail, considered to be one of the city's most haunted buildings. Guests can lock…
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Whistler
Adjoining the handsome Creekside railway station, this chic timber-framed lodge offers 'suites' rather than mere rooms, the smallest of which is an ample…
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Vancouver Island
Ucluelet's fanciest hotel feels like a transplant from Tofino. Set dramatically on the Pacific waterfront and painted the same gray hue as the rocks, it…
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Lake Louise
Tucked demurely behind Chateau Lake Louise, historic Deer Lodge dates from the 1920s and has managed to keep its genuine alpine feel intact. The rustic…
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Vancouver Island
The effortlessly regal Crown Mansion is easily worthy of its name. Dating from 1914, this country hotel mixes modern comforts with handsome historical…
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Québec City
The congenial owners have done a beautiful job with this welcoming family home dating from 1888, outfitting its five rooms with thoughtful touches,…
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Montréal
One of Québec's best hostels, M Montreal makes an excellent base while exploring the city. Dorms are nicely outfitted like Japanese sleeping pods, with…
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Victoria
A boutique hotel with the ambience of a B&B, the historic, regal and faintly English Abigail’s is Victoria’s most Victorian accommodations despite the…
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Banff Town
Rising like a Gaelic Balmoral above the trees at the base of Sulphur Mountain and visible from miles away, the Banff Springs is a wonder of early 1920s…
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Toronto
The 37 artist-designed rooms at this trendsetting hotel could have leaped straight from a Taschen design book. Pick a room theme, then when you arrive…
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Old Montréal
Inside a grand 1870 building, L Hotel is a major draw for art-lovers. Georges Marciano, founder of Guess jeans, opened the hotel in 2010, showering great…
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Maison Historique James Thompson
Québec City
History buffs will get a real kick out of staying in the 18th-century former residence of James Thompson, a veteran of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham…
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Painted Boat Resort Spa & Marina
British Columbia
A boutique waterfront resort where the spacious villa accommodations look like a West Coast dream home. One- and two-bedroom units hug the waterfront…
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Northwest Territories
Sitting on the shore of Little Doctor Lake, right outside the national-park boundary, this fly-in lodge accommodates a single party of up to 20 people in…
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The Laurentians
This wonderful inn and hostel on the river north of town is a welcome arrival in Val-David. There's a dorm with solid wooden bunk beds sleeping 14 people…
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Toronto
Competitors in the luxury class have in recent years made it harder for the Hazelton to uphold its self-professed reputation as Toronto's most exclusive…
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Old Montréal
Housed in two restored buildings and named in honor of Québec’s famous and tragic poet, Émile Nelligan, this Old Montréal beauty has original details …
