Travel 2 minutes 12 September 2024

The First MICHELIN Key Hotels: All the Keys in Canada

The MICHELIN Guide announces top honors for Canadian hotels in 2024.

Toronto Canada Editor's Pick MICHELIN Keys Hotels

On September 12, 2024, the MICHELIN Guide revealed the brand new One, Two, and Three Key distinctions for the most outstanding hotels in Canada.

This announcement comes four years into a comprehensive refresh of our hotel selection. The MICHELIN Guide now includes over 5,000 hotels across the world, and not a single one is simply a room for the night. These are places that significantly add to your experience as a traveler, each vetted and judged excellent in five categories: architecture and interior design, quality and consistency of service, overall personality and character, value for the price, and a significant contribution to the guest experience in a particular setting.

Which brings us back to the Keys. The culmination of countless hours of evaluation by our Inspectors, the Key hotels below represent the highlights of our broader selection. Like the MICHELIN Stars for restaurants, the MICHELIN Keys are our most outstanding hotels.

In total, the 2024 MICHELIN Guide hotel selection in Canada includes a total of 2 Three Key hotels, 8 Two Key hotels, and 23 One Key hotels. Want to know more about the MICHELIN Key? Here’s everything you need to know. Or, head below to look at all the Keys.

1 Hotel — Toronto, Ontario

Highlights of the Canada 2024 Key Hotel List

Jump straight to the list or take a deeper dive into select Key hotels.

On this page, you’ll find every single one of our new Key distinctions, sorted by number of Keys and location in Canada. Click on any hotel to go straight to the hotel page to learn more about the nuts and bolts of each property. Alternatively, you can read any number of in-depth pieces about the aspects of the special craft that make up a Key hotel over on our magazine. While our anonymous selection team spends every day scouring the earth to vet favorite hotels and unearth hidden gems, our editorial team delves into the hotel craft by speaking directly to hoteliers.

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Bisha Hotel — Toronto, Ontario

The Three Key Club Canada

Two hotels earned our top honor, Three MICHELIN Keys, in Canada: Fogo Island Inn and Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge. Both are remote, secluded, and ensconced in their country’s spectacular natural gifts. Off the northeast coast of Newfoundland, the small Fogo Island Inn tailors guest activities to the seven distinct seasons of its particular microclimate.

In British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, the canvas tents of Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge are a superlative take on glamping amidst the picture-perfect, UNESCO-designated, Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve.

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Le Mount Stephen — Montreal, Quebec

The Many Key Hotels of Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City

It’s something of a law of nature that every hotel brand worth its salt will eventually come to Toronto. Exceptional outposts from city newcomers like the Ace and 1 Hotel Toronto, as well established players like the Four Seasons, all earned recognition on our list of Key hotels here.

An impressive number of Key hotels in other Canadian cities shine for their historic relevance. In Montreal, fully contemporary Key hotels like Le Mount Stephen and Le Place d'Armes Hotel & Suites set up within gorgeous 19th-century facades. In Quebec City, you’ll find another impressive crop of historic buildings. Consider: the Auberge Saint-Antoine, a three centuries-old trio of sites with artifacts from the 1600s on display throughout its spaces.

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Post Hotel & Spa — Lake Louise, Alberta

Ski Hotels: Not Just for Skiing

Ski hotels earned Keys throughout the country — just search this page for Whistler, Mont Tremblant, and Lake Louise. But the moniker does these hotels a disservice. They’re not just for skiing. Look to lakeside retreats like Post Hotel & Spa, Nita Lake Lodge, and Hotel Quintessence for ski hotels that thrive in summer.

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