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Fairmont Royal York Hotel

The Fairmont Royal York
Toronto - ON - Royal York Hotel.jpg
Fairmont Royal York hotel
Hotel chain Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
General information
Location 100 Front Street West
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5J 1E3
Coordinates 43°38′46″N 79°22′54″W / 43.646133°N 79.381561°W / 43.646133; -79.381561Coordinates: 43°38′46″N 79°22′54″W / 43.646133°N 79.381561°W / 43.646133; -79.381561
Opening 1929
Owner KingSett Real Estate Company (60%)
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec via Ivanhoe Cambridge (20%)
Management Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
Height 124 m (407 ft)
Technical details
Floor count 28
Design and construction
Architect Ross and Macdonald
Sproatt & Rolph
Other information
Number of rooms 1,365
Number of suites Signature Rooms
Executive Suites
One Bedroom Suites
Governor General Suite
Prime Minister's Suite
Royal Suite
Number of restaurants Benihana Japanese Steakhouse
EPIC Restaurant and Lounge
Library Bar
Piper's Gastropub
York's Deli & Bakery
York's Kitchen
York Station
Website
www.fairmont.com/royalyork
Fairmont Royal York
Built 1929
Built for Canadian Pacific Railway
Original use Hotel
Restored 1988-1993
Governing body City of Toronto
Official name: Union Station Heritage Conservation District
Designated 2006

The Fairmont Royal York, formerly the Royal York, is a large historic hotel in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at 100 Front Street West. Opened on June 11, 1929, the Royal York was designed by Ross and Macdonald (with Sproatt and Rolph) and built by the Canadian Pacific Railway across the street from Toronto Union Station. With 28 floors, the Château-style building was the tallest building in Toronto at that time, and the tallest building in the British Empire until the construction of Canadian Bank of Commerce tower on King Street the following year.

The underground walkways linking the hotel with the Royal Bank Plaza and Union Station form part of the PATH walkway system.

The Royal York is the third hotel and one of several establishments to occupy the site.

In 1843, Captain Thomas Dick built the Ontario Terrace at this site. It consisted of four brick houses, and was later occupied by Knox College, a theological school.

Following refurbishment in 1853, the building was renamed the Sword's Hotel, and then the Revere Hotel after a change in ownership in 1860. Thomas Dick bought the hotel back in 1862, renovated it again, and named it Queen's Hotel.

Later, the Queen's Hotel was purchased by Thomas McGaw and Henry Winnett, hoteliers of Upper Canada, who also owned the Queen's Royal Hotel in Niagara on the Lake. Upon McGaw's death in 1901, Winnett acquired McGaw's interests in their hotels. After Winnett died in 1925, his estate sold the Queen's Hotel to the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), run by then-president Sir Edward Wentworth Beatty.


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