Migrants occupy 2,000 rooms in Niagara Falls — during peak tourism season!
Canada spent $115 million housing nearly 5,000 asylum seekers—mainly from Nigeria, Venezuela, Kenya, Turkey, and Colombia—in Niagara Falls between February 2023 and February 2024.
The Wyndham Garden Hotel in Niagara Falls, known as "the Honeymoon Capital of the World," is constantly fully booked. That is the reality for many hotels in the region.
With 2,000 of its 16,000 rooms occupied by 5,000 asylum seekers, the Wyndham Garden, along with other establishments, has reached capacity. This situation puts a strain on local resources and negatively impacts the tourism industry, which depends on tourist expenditures.
Mayor Jim Diodati stated 40,000 Niagara Falls residents depend on tourism.
Suffice to say, the city reached its breaking point long ago.
The federal government spent $115 million in 12 months housing asylum seekers in Niagara Falls, with nearly 5,000 individuals, mainly from Nigeria, Venezuela, Kenya, Turkey, and Colombia, sent there between February 2023 and February 2024.
Claimants stayed an average of 113 days at a daily cost of $208 per person for "rooms, meals, services and security."
The Niagara Region reported the influx put "substantial and unmanageable pressure" on social support, noting a lack of affordable housing for asylum seekers after hotel stays.
The federal government plans to cease funding hotel rooms for migrants by September 30, after spending $1.1 billion since 2020. This raises concerns about housing solutions post-September and potential financial burdens on provinces and municipalities.
David questions Canada's poverty strategy given the rate of migrant intake and the lack of similar support for struggling Canadian citizens, including veterans.
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Sandra Predinchuk commented 2025-08-08 08:10:23 -0400Boy those wild fires are sure a great excuse for a lot of things, like putting up 4,000 of our "north American Indians " in plush hotels in The most sought after tourist city in Canada . I’m not disputing that a few have been put up there but and that’s a huge BUT. IM pretty SURE our Indians aren’t as dark as the one gentleman that was interviewed nor do they have that accent. Why do people think Canadians are fools! We all know what’s going on in our country. We know the Mayer of Niagra Falls has already on the news asked thr Goverment to pay their bills for these hotels, food bills, etc. And to move these immigrants along. Befor this summer tourists season was affected. NIAGRA FALLS IS LOOSING TOURIST DOLLARS THIS SUMMER BECAUSE OF OUR Governments unmotivated movement of these immigrants, and unpayments of their bills to the city. I bet David is correct. Those people will still be there on the tax payers dime come September and beyond. Where are they going to go? On the streets in tents? Trudeaus liberal government sure caused more trouble than anything else and housing his open border immigrants free of charge in hotels across Canada without a plan B is just one way of turning our Country into a third world one of poverty, desease, hopeless just like those countries those people left. Our tax dollars are running out. -
Grace Joubarne commented 2025-08-07 14:24:41 -0400Oh yes, Nigeria. The people that massacre Christians by the hundreds while they are praying in church. The Christians of that country are the true refugees! -
Bruce Atchison commented 2025-08-04 21:28:30 -0400We need to get rid of Liberals in the polls and have real Canadian patriots in charge.
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Crude Sausage commented 2025-08-03 16:21:30 -0400Menzies has already shown what has happened to Marine Land, I can only imagine what other businesses in the region will be decimated as a result of the Liberals needing to host parasites from the third world. Nobody wants them here other than the socialists Canadians vote for, as a guarantee that they will remain in power.
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Robert Pariseau commented 2025-08-03 14:43:10 -0400Make those two thousand or so work off their debt and free up precious space. Or that make too much sense for you?
