This Hotel Giant Just Crossed a Major Milestone in Canada — With 40 More Coming
IHG has passed 200 open hotels in Canada and is lining up a wave of new brands and properties across the country.
IHG Hotels & Resorts now has more than 200 open hotels in Canada, the company said this week, a milestone it plans to build on with nearly 40 more properties already in its development pipeline. The push spans luxury, premium and essentials brands and reaches from major cities into smaller regional markets.
The most eye-catching part of the plan is the arrival of new brands. voco — which IHG calls its fastest-growing premium brand globally — has signed its first Canadian hotels in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Niagara Falls. And the midscale conversion brand Garner is set to make its Canadian debut in 2027 with three hotels in southern Alberta: Red Deer, Medicine Hat and a location near Calgary International Airport.
Nearer-term, six additional hotels are due to open this year, including Holiday Inn, Candlewood Suites and Staybridge Suites properties in Barrie, Aurora East, Pembroke and Woodstock. That follows seven openings across Canada in 2025, among them a Crowne Plaza in Toronto and four Staybridge Suites.
The timing lines up with a bullish outlook for Canadian travel. Destination Canada is forecasting visitor spending to rise about 6 percent year over year in 2026, topping 140 billion dollars. For a hotel company, that combination of rising demand and a deep pipeline is exactly the backdrop it wants — and it suggests travelers will have a lot more branded options to choose from, in big cities and secondary markets alike, over the next few years.