John Sheane’s Hotel

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The famous Almont Hotel which was also widely known as the New Toronto Hotel, was originally named after its original owner John Shean.






The accommodation house was also located across the Mimico Asylum, which gave the patients a chance to socialize as dances were often organized by the young people of the neighborhood. The hotel was managed by the family until they decided to move to Elmbank in 1896.



Since then, it was named the New Toronto Hotel, and although the hotel’s ownership changed several times, it remained to be called the “New Toronto Hotel” until the 1920s. 

The hotel became a subject to some negative news in 1917. 






