River Rock Casino Resort
Richmond, British Columbia
A two-tower resort on the Fraser River at 8811 River Road. The hotel tower joins the casino tower by a sky bridge, and the suites sit in the casino tower itself.
Regions
British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta: one guide, three rulebooks
Gaming in Canada is run province by province, so the age, the oversight body and the self-exclusion scheme all change when you cross a provincial line.
British Columbia
One property, and the only one here on a rapid-transit line: River Rock is near Bridgeport station on the Canada Line, about five minutes by road from Vancouver International Airport. Casino gaming in the province is conducted and managed by BCLC.
Minimum age on the gaming floor: 19.
Ontario
Two properties that could hardly be more different. Rama is a drive ninety minutes north of Toronto, on Rama First Nation land; the Toronto resort sits a few minutes from Pearson with a free airport shuttle. The AGCO regulates, OLG conducts and manages.
Minimum age on the gaming floor: 19.
Casino Rama Resort
Rama, Ontario
On Rama First Nation land, about ninety minutes north of Toronto. The hotel is all suites, recently renovated, and connects to the gaming floor through the rotunda, where the box office also sits.
Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto
Toronto (Rexdale), Ontario
The hotel tower beside what the operator calls Canada's largest casino resort, a few minutes from Pearson airport, with a 5,000-person theatre under the same roof.
Alberta
The lowest entry age of the three provinces. Deerfoot is a car destination in southeast Calgary with a guest waterpark, which makes it the most family-shaped of the four hotels. AGLC regulates gaming and runs self-exclusion.
Minimum age on the gaming floor: 18.
Deerfoot Inn & Casino
Calgary, Alberta
A hotel in southeast Calgary with a waterpark for guests on one side of the building and a 785-slot, 32-table casino on the other.