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- Great Canadian Entertainment operates as Canada's leading gaming and entertainment company, owning and managing a diversified portfolio of gaming, hospitality, and entertainment facilities across Ontario, British Columbia, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia; its properties feature slot machines, live and electronic table games, racetracks, restaurants, concert venues, conference facilities, and hotels including Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto with 400 rooms and track views, Pickering Casino Resort with 275 rooms and The Arena entertainment venue, River Rock Casino Resort, Elements Casino properties, Casino Nanaimo, Chances Maple Ridge, Shorelines Casinos, Great Blue Heron Hotel, and Hastings Racecourse & Casino. The company provides gaming options encompassing over 16,000 slots and 575 table games alongside 71 dining outlets and more than 500 hotel rooms, targeting leisure and entertainment customers through its Great Canadian Rewards loyalty program with partnerships for cruises, resorts, and tier matching. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in North York, Ontario, it employs over 7,500 team members and generates revenue supporting government priorities via regulated gaming operations.
In recent developments, the company rebranded from Great Canadian Gaming Corporation to Great Canadian Entertainment in 2022, launching a new website and enhanced loyalty rewards program. It has divested several British Columbia properties to Indigenous groups, including the closing of Casino Nanaimo and Elements Casino Victoria sales to Petroglyph Development Group, a Snuneymuxw First Nation entity, in January 2025; definitive agreements in October 2025 for Petroglyph to acquire River Rock Casino Resort and Chances Maple Ridge, positioning it as Canada's largest Indigenous-owned gaming operator by revenue; and a November 2025 definitive agreement for Tsleil-Waututh Nation to purchase the casino operations and related assets at Hastings Racecourse & Casino, subject to regulatory approvals. These transactions reflect strategic partnerships fostering Indigenous economic self-determination while streamlining the company's portfolio of core entertainment destinations.