Mount Royal Hotel
Banff, Canada
Built 1908 · Last completed renovation 2018
Mount Royal Hotel in Banff was last renovated in 2018, and originally built in 1908. Its HotelChrono freshness score is 7.2/10 — every date linked to a cited source.
Renovation forecast · estimate
Likely due for renovation now
Past its typical ~8-year renovation cycle. A model estimate, not a sourced fact.
Location
Satellite view · Banff, Canada
Timeline
2018
Reopened after $45 million post-fire rebuild
How this score is computed
Every figure here traces back to the sourced renovation year above — no hidden weighting, no black box. Recompute it yourself. See the full methodology →
What changed in the 2018 renovation
“After more than a year and a half of public engagement, designing and re-construction, the iconic Mount Royal Hotel opened its doors to the public once again in summer 2018.”— source · retrieved 2026-09-17
Scope is quoted verbatim from the cited source — we never guess what a renovation covered.
Facts
Built
Sourced1908
Last completed renovation
Sourced2018
Sources
Our iron rule: no quote, no data. Every date links back to the exact sentence it came from.
“After more than a year and a half of public engagement, designing and re-construction, the iconic Mount Royal Hotel opened its doors to the public once again in summer 2018.”
“Pioneers David and Annie McDougall of Morley built the landmark hotel in 1907. It opened to the public in 1908.”
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When was Mount Royal Hotel built?+
Mount Royal Hotel (Banff, Canada) was built in 1908.
How old is Mount Royal Hotel?+
Mount Royal Hotel is 118 years old — it was built in 1908 and last renovated in 2018. Age measures the building; the Chrono Score measures how fresh it feels today.
When was Mount Royal Hotel last renovated?+
Its most recent completed renovation was in 2018.
What is the Chrono Score of Mount Royal Hotel?+
Its Chrono Score is 7.2/10 (Ageing) — a pure freshness metric.