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One waterfront casino hotel in Halifax, well placed for a city break rather than a gaming trip.
Nova Scotia has two casinos, one of which comes with a hotel and sits directly on the Halifax waterfront. The gaming floor is modest by national standards, but the location is the point: you are on the boardwalk, a short walk from the best restaurant strip in Atlantic Canada.
Visitors treating this as a gaming destination will find the floor small. Visitors treating Halifax as the destination and the casino hotel as a convenient, well-located place to stay will get much more out of it.
Ordered by editorial score. Each entry links to the full review.
Niagara Falls / No. 1 nationally
The largest gaming floor in Canada, built into the escarpment directly above the Horseshoe Falls. Everything else on this list is measured against it.
Windsor / No. 3 nationally
A 758-room resort on the Detroit River with a 5,000-seat arena attached — the closest thing Canada has to an integrated Las Vegas-format property.
Orillia / No. 6 nationally
Ninety minutes north of Toronto in Ontario cottage country, on Chippewas of Rama First Nation land — the only large Canadian casino hotel that sits in a landscape rather than a city.
Pickering / No. 8 nationally
A purpose-built resort that opened in 2021 half an hour east of downtown Toronto, with the newest gaming floor of any large property in the country.
Niagara Falls / No. 16 nationally
The original Niagara gaming floor, two blocks from its enormous younger sibling — smaller, cheaper, considerably less polished, and more fun than its score suggests.
Waterfront location on the boardwalk, ten minutes on foot from the Citadel and the main downtown restaurants.
Hotel Trails is an independent informational resource. We do not operate any casino or gambling facility and are not affiliated with the properties described on this page. Gaming age in Nova Scotia is 19+. Please gamble responsibly.