Anyone who plays across the Ontario casino circuit eventually runs into Great Canadian Rewards. It ties together every stop on the network, from the flagship resort near Woodbine to the smaller slot halls out east, and it rewards you for showing up more than once.
Twelve locations make up the physical side of the operation, and one card works at all of them. A short primer before the details: knowing how the properties differ helps you plan which stop suits a given trip.
Sign-up needs a government photo ID and takes a few minutes, either online with a quick photo check or in person at any Guest Services counter.
Once your Great Canadian Rewards card is active, it works the same way at every venue in the province:
| Location | Slots | Live Tables | Notable Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto | Full floor (flagship) | Full spread | ~$1 billion resort near Highways 401/427 by Woodbine; theatre, poker room, multiple restaurants, free Pearson Airport shuttle |
| Pickering Casino Resort | 2,200+ | 90 | 275-room hotel on site |
| Great Blue Heron Casino & Hotel (Port Perry) | 500-600 | 20-30 | 116-room hotel, buffet |
| Casino Ajax | ~500 | Electronic tables | Restaurant-bar |
| Elements Casino Brantford | 550+ (incl. e-tables) | 34 | Poker room, sportsbook |
| Elements Casino Flamboro (Hamilton) | 900+ | 12 | Attached horse racing track |
| Elements Casino Grand River (Elora) | 500+ | - | Live racing June through September |
| Elements Casino Mohawk (Milton) | 1,300+ (incl. e-tables) | 34 | Poker room, buffet |
| Shorelines Casino Belleville | ~500 | 12 | Buffet |
| Shorelines Casino Peterborough | 500+ | 12 | Themed buffet |
| Shorelines Casino Thousand Islands (Gananoque) | ~500 | 14 | - |
| Shorelines Slots at Kawartha Downs (Fraserville) | ~150 | None | Slots only |
Joining takes a few minutes and costs nothing. Before you walk up to a machine or a table, though, it helps to know what the front desk or the sign-up page will ask for.
You need to be 19 or older, and you need a government-issued photo ID on hand.
Great Canadian Rewards login goes two ways:
Both routes get you the same account. There is no fee, and no purchase requirement to activate it.
The online path asks for a live photo so the system can match your face to your ID. It sounds like more hassle than it is, the whole check takes under a minute. Once it clears, your account and your Great Canadian Rewards login are ready to use immediately.
The program runs on four separate currencies, and mixing them up is the most common source of confusion for new members.
Reward Points build up as you play the slots and other electronic games. Convert them into Slot Play right at the machine by inserting your card and tapping the dollar-sign icon. Slot Play works like house credit, you cannot cash it out directly, but any winnings it produces are yours to keep and withdraw.
Table Play mirrors Slot Play but applies to blackjack, baccarat, and other table games. It gets deducted the moment you place a bet, win or lose, so treat it as playing credit rather than a bonus you bank.
Great Canadian Rewards Comp Dollars work differently:
To spend Comp Dollars anywhere, bring your card and a matching photo ID, staff will ask for both.
Tier Credits track your overall play, excluding Slot Play itself, and they determine which status level you sit in. The count resets twice a year, once on October 1 and again on April 1, so your standing is never permanent. Two clean six-month windows keep the competition fair for everyone chasing the higher tiers.
Four tiers exist inside Great Canadian Casino Rewards, and each one unlocks noticeably more than the last.
Great Canadian Club sits open to every member from day one.
Perks at this stage include:
Preferred needs 500 to 2,499 Tier Credits and adds invitations to exclusive tournaments, a 5 percent discount on Norwegian Cruise Line sailings, a two-nights-buy-two-nights-free deal at Atlantis with taxes waived, and room upgrades on cash bookings when availability allows.
Great Canadian Club Premium starts at 2,500 Tier Credits and brings a free room upgrade as standard, a 10 percent cruise discount, four free nights at Atlantis in the Royal or Coral towers with taxes covered, priority seating at select restaurants, and 2,000 Reward Points for any direct cash hotel booking.
Summit, the top bracket at 15,000 Tier Credits and above, drops the resort fee entirely, guarantees a room upgrade and late checkout, and pushes the cruise discount to 15 percent. The Atlantis package at this level covers four free nights plus taxes and the resort fee together, which is the one line item every other tier still has to pay out of pocket.
The GC Rewards app puts your balance, active offers, and hotel presales in one place, so you are not stuck checking a screen mid-session. It works on iOS and Android and stays synced across devices. Most members check it before heading out to confirm which promotions are running that week.
The same operator runs a separate online casino. A two-sentence primer: the game library online dwarfs any single land-based floor, and the account setup takes minutes from a phone or laptop.
The site runs roughly 8,500 titles from about 55 studios, split across a few clear categories:
Registration mirrors the land-based process, minimum age 19, valid ID, and a short verification step. Your Great Canadian Rewards login carries across devices, so a session started on a phone picks up exactly where you left it on a desktop later.
This is where the two sides of the operation actually reward you, and the offers differ. Land-based perks come from your tier status, online perks come from deposits and ongoing play, and a member can hold both at once.
Four tiers sit inside Great Canadian Casino Rewards, built on Tier Credits that reset every six months.
New Great Canadian Casino online accounts get matched on their first deposit, scaled by amount:
Play needs to start within 70 days of registration, and the full match extends across four more deposits after the first, tapering from 100 percent down to 25 percent.
A first deposit of at least CAD 1,200 also triggers 220 free spins, playable on select video slots with a 10-day window to clear them.
Beyond the welcome offer, a separate Great Canadian Rewards loyalty ladder pays out weekly or biweekly cashback once you clear the entry level:
Bet insurance runs alongside cashback, refunding a percentage of stakes on slots, sports, and table games even when a session comes up short.