Strathcona_Hotel_(Toronto)

Strathcona Hotel (Toronto)

Strathcona Hotel (Toronto)

Toronto hotel

For the hotel in British Columbia, see List of historic places in Victoria, British Columbia.

The Strathcona Hotel in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada opened in 1933. It has been used as a homeless shelter since 2020.

Hotel

The Strathcona Hotel is 14-storey, 194-bedroom boutique hotel owned by the Silver Hotel Group.[1][2] It is located across the street from the Fairmont Royal York hotel.[2]

History

The hotel opened in 1933.[3] In 1935, the owner persistently pushed John Kidd, the municipal hotel inspector, to permit dancing in the dining room.[4] Kidd rejected this, but encouraged his supervisory board to consider permitting dancing in hotels.[4]

The hotel briefly appeared in the Suicide Squad 2016 movie.[5]

In April 2020, the hotel was rented by the City of Toronto for six months to provide temporary shelter for people experiencing homelessness.[6] In October 2020, the lease was extended by another six months.[1] The city paid the hotel $592,243 per month, representing $100 per room per night, totalling $7.5 million per year, plus the cost of providing food to residents.[1] In December 2022, a former resident of the hotel was fatally stabbed outside of it.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Levy, Sue-Anne (14 Oct 2020). "LEVY: Lease extended for downtown hotel shelter". torontosun. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  2. [2]
    Levy, Sue-Ann (9 Sep 2020). "LEVY: Two boutique hotels offered up to homeless". torontosun. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  3. [3]
    "About the Strathcona". Strathcona Hotel Downtown Toronto. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  4. [4]
    Malleck, Dan (2012). Try to Control Yourself: The Regulation of Public Drinking in Post-Prohibition Ontario, 1927-44. Ukraine: UBC Press. p149
  5. [5]
    Fleischer, David (2016-12-08). "Where Suicide Squad Was Filmed in Toronto". Torontoist. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  6. [6]
    Casey, Liam (2021-01-20). "Homeless in Toronto shelters begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines, but program put on hold". CTV News. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
  7. [7]
    Woodward, Jon (2022-12-19). "Downtown Toronto stabbing escalated after dispute over liquor: witnesses". CP24. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
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