Hyatt Canada is preparing for a record year of openings in 2027, with ten hotels expected to join its operating portfolio. The company’s 28 October update puts its Canadian development pipeline at more than 40 deals, following a fourfold increase in open hotels since 2017.
The expansion combines luxury repositioning, conversion opportunities and extended-stay development. It also includes collection-brand agreements with existing independent properties, giving owners several routes into the group’s distribution and loyalty network.
New brands reach smaller Canadian markets
Hyatt Select Kingston is expected to open later in 2026, introducing the conversion-focused upper-midscale brand to Canada. A dual-branded project in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, is then expected to bring together Hyatt Select and Hyatt Studios in 2027.
The Prince Albert development would mark the Canadian debut of Hyatt Studios, whose extended-stay suites include kitchens. Recent additions elsewhere include The Clayfield in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Hyatt Place Vancouver / Metrotown, Hyatt Regency Niagara Falls Fallsview and Hyatt House Thunder Bay.
For owners, the mix makes the growth programme broader than a single new-build strategy. Existing buildings can enter through conversion brands, while purpose-built extended-stay hotels serve a different accommodation requirement.
Haida-owned properties retain their identity
Haida House at Tllaal and Ocean House at Tlaga Gawtlaas, both in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, are preparing to join Unscripted by Hyatt. Haida Enterprise Corporation announced the signed franchise agreements earlier in October.
HaiCo says the hotels remain owned by Haida people through the Council of the Haida Nation’s ownership of the corporation. Their names, character and connection to place will remain intact. The partnership adds access to Hyatt’s wider marketing, training and international guest network.
That distinction matters in interpreting the expansion: joining a hotel collection does not in this case mean a transfer of ownership or the replacement of the properties’ local identities. HaiCo also says there will be no major change to their usual seasonal operating pattern.
Vancouver remains part of the luxury plans
The Canadian pipeline also includes Park Hyatt Vancouver. The hotel was formerly Shangri-La Vancouver and joined Hyatt in July 2025 as Hyatt Vancouver Downtown Alberni, ahead of a planned redesign and rebranding.
Hyatt’s original announcement identified 119 rooms and a programme covering guestrooms, the lobby, public spaces and spa. Its latest Canadian update continues to describe Park Hyatt Vancouver as forthcoming, without assigning a revised opening date to that individual property.
The ten-opening forecast should therefore be read as an overall 2027 target, rather than a guarantee that every hotel named in the announcement will open that year. Kingston, for example, is expected earlier.
WINC Wire’s coverage of Holiday Inn West Perth’s change of ownership explores another distinction between hotel ownership and brand management. Its report on Radisson’s Morocco pipeline also separates announced development from completed openings.
Featured image: Hyatt Vancouver Downtown Alberni, the existing hotel planned to become Park Hyatt Vancouver. Image courtesy of Hyatt.
