Best in December
Auberge Saint-Antoine
In season only
A hotel built over its own archaeological dig, with the finds on the walls.
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Best in October
Le Germain Hotel Ottawa
Worth the drive
A purpose-built design hotel wrapped around the Ottawa Art Gallery.
Best in March
Post Hotel & Spa
Worth the drive
A log hotel by the Pipestone River, with one of the deepest cellars in Canada.
Best in November
The Wickaninnish Inn
In season only
The building that made storm watching a reason to travel in winter.
Best in August
Casino Rama Resort
Only if you want quiet
Lakeside grounds on Chippewas of Rama land, and a hall that fills.
Best in September
Drake Devonshire
Worth the drive
A nineteenth-century foundry on the lake, with contemporary work throughout.
Best in January
Fallsview Casino Resort
In season only
A room above the falls, and the falls do not stop for the season.
Best in May
Hôtel Gault
Worth the drive
A cotton warehouse in Old Montréal, left raw and furnished with intent.
Best in September
Keltic Lodge at the Highlands
In season only
A lodge on the Middle Head peninsula, inside the national park.
Best in June
Montreal Casino & Hotel
Worth the drive
Expo '67 pavilions on an island, with the river on every side.
Best in January
Nita Lake Lodge
Worth the drive
On its own lake at Creekside, with a railway platform at the door.
Best in September
River Rock Casino Resort
Worth the drive
A marina, a concert room and the best first and last night in the country.
Best in March
The Broadview Hotel
Worth the drive
An 1891 Romanesque corner block that spent a century as something else.
Best in February
The Rimrock Resort Hotel
Worth the drive
Built into the side of Sulphur Mountain, facing the Bow Valley.
Best in July
Windermere House
In season only
An 1870 lake hotel on Lake Rosseau, rebuilt after fire and kept in period.
Nothing matches that combination
The catalogue holds 15 places, and no place scores highly on all five criteria at once. Lower the minimum, or widen the season.
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