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1 Hotel Toronto showcases reclaimed timber, native plants, driftwood, local marble, and tables and DJ booths crafted from fallen trees by our friends at Just Be Woodsy, who work with local artisans from the City of Toronto to save fallen trees from becoming wood chips. Steps away from Casa Madera Restaurant, our on-site garden grows fresh herbs, fruits, lettuce, edible flowers, peppers, onions, beans, and specially hybridized pollinator perennials and shrubs.

Each guestroom is designed to resemble a lakeside escape and highlight the natural beauty of Lake Ontario, with pieces commissioned from local artists to create a thought-provoking and meaningful aesthetic that leaves you with more. In the lobby, an art installation inspired by the Canadian loon from design agency Moss and Lam, and a live floral wall at the bar from Toronto-based studio, Timberlost.

On track for LEED Gold certification, 1 Hotel Toronto’s in-room thermostats are integrated with Salto and HMS technology to operate based on light, occupancy, and other ambient conditions, utilizing natural elements as much as possible to reduce our overall environmental impact. We also have plenty of options for exploring the city in earth-respecting ways—including our fully-electric Audi e-tron house cars. 

We provide clean, filtered water throughout all of our buildings, using an efficient water irrigation system controlled by timers and weather data—with low-flow fixtures in all guest rooms to reduce water usage, water filtration systems in every faucet, and in-room cups and carafes made from recycled wine bottles (to avoid single-use plastics.)

We are committed to the ethical, local, and sustainable sourcing of all the ingredients we use, with greens from Oshawa-based Mighty Harvest and Creemore-based New Farm, fresh sourdough and focaccia from Forno Cultura in Unionville, mushrooms from family-owned Stouffville-based Unionville Mushrooms, and free-range chicken from organic and regenerative Yorkshire Valley Farms, and Ahrens Family Farm in Peterborough, yogurt from Sheldon Creek Dairy, whose cows roam free range and thrive on a nutrient-rich diet, eggs from Homestead Farm Dairy in Newmarket, and Angus Beef, matured as nature intended, from cattle selected across the natural resources of the Grey Highlands. And, in the heart of our space, our nutrient-dense microgreen garden produces fresh vegetables year-round, which we use as garnishes and enhancers in various drinks and dishes.

Throughout our sanctuary, we find small opportunities to make an impact at every turn—water-conserving shower timers, cardboard-crafted do-not-disturb signs, reclaimed chalkboards for making notes and saving paper—all created to inform our community on the little actions we can take to do all the good we can.

We are proud to partner with local non-profits, including Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food rescue organization—on a mission to grow an efficient food recovery network, rescue food and educate the public on food waste. Our friends at 5N2 Food for All created a food bank that’s giving equitable access to food support in marginalized communities. We’re equally proud to support their mission to minimize poverty, hunger and food insecurity in our communities.

Nuestra gente es nuestro activo más preciado, por lo que es natural que mantengamos la diversidad, la equidad y la inclusión (DEI) en la vanguardia de nuestros corazones y mentes en cada paso de nuestro viaje. Fomentamos una cultura de inclusión y apoyo subrayada por nuestros valores de amor, honor, respeto, deleite, confianza e inclusión.