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.
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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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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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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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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Click below to jump to each distinction:
The Three Key Hotels
Joe Batt's Arm: Fogo Island Inn
Tofino: Clayoquot Wilderness Lodge
The Two Key Hotels
North Hatley: Manoir Hovey
Quebec City: Auberge Saint-Antoine
Tofino: Wickaninnish Inn
Toronto: Four Seasons Hotel Toronto at Yorkville
Toronto: The Hazelton Hotel Toronto
Whistler: Fairmont Chateau Whistler
Whistler: Four Seasons Resort Whistler
Vancouver: Rosewood Hotel Georgia
The One Key Hotels
Banff: Fairmont Banff Springs
Calgary: The Dorian, Autograph Collection
Halifax: Muir, Autograph Collection
Lake Louise: Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise
Lake Louise: Post Hotel & Spa
Mont Tremblant: Hotel Quintessence
Montreal: Hotel Le Germain Montreal
Montreal: Le Mount Stephen
Montreal: Le Petit Hotel
Montreal: Le Place d'Armes Hotel & Suites
Picton: The Royal Hotel
Toronto: 1 Hotel Toronto
Toronto: Ace Hotel Toronto
Toronto: Bisha Hotel Toronto
Toronto: Park Hyatt Toronto
Toronto: Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto
Victoria: Fairmont Empress Hotel
Victoria: Magnolia Hotel & Spa
Whistler: Nita Lake Lodge
Vancouver: Wedgewood Hotel
Vancouver: Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver
Vancouver: Loden Hotel
Baie-St-Paul: Le Germain Charlevoix Hotel & Spa
