According to Wikipedia;
"Hotel Waverly is located at 484 Spadina Avenue on the northwest corner of Spadina Avenue and College Street in downtown Toronto. It opened in 1900 making it one of the oldest Toronto hotels in continuous operation. The white four-storey hotel is located next to Toronto's Chinatown and to landmarks The Silver Dollar Room and The Scott Mission. Its proximity to the mission has kept rental rates low, attracting customers who are looking for a deal in downtown. The Waverly's interior rooms are modest but comfortable. This accommodation does provide low-cost housing benefiting Toronto's transient community as well as monthly residents. The hotel offers 24-hour laundry facilities, free parking and snack counter.
The hotel's central location is close to major attractions such as the Art Gallery of Ontario, Queen's Park, The Royal Ontario Museum and Kensington Market, making it a prime target for redevelopment. It enjoys proximity to major transit routes via the 506 Carlton Streetcar and 510 Spadina Streetcar.
Though he denied it, there is some evidence that James Earl Ray may have stayed at the Waverly while hiding out in Toronto after shooting Martin Luther King, Jr. It was also the longtime home of poet Milton Acorn, several of whose works depicts life in the nieghbourhood. In popular culture the hotel was the opening scene of the Elmore Leonard novel Killshot and was also featured in the film version."
Besides Killshot, the Hotel Waverly has been in other movies as well.
It is also a location in Due South, Season Two Episode Four "Bird in the Hand" where Gerrard, the man responsible for Fraser's father being killed, escapes from custody while in Chicago to offer testimony against gun smugglers. Now the FBI wants Fraser to find him and bring him in alive.
A tip leads Fraser and Ray to the Waverly Motel but Gerrard splits seconds before they enter the motel room. Fraser makes his way down the fire escape and captures Gerrard, but must now save him from the gun smugglers.
Concerned in the serving of justice over personal revenge, Fraser harbors Gerrard and refuses to release him to the federal agents. In the face of threats of obstruction of justice, Fraser guarantees that he will deliver Gerrard personally for his trail date. But his good intentions are marred when rogue agents get to Gerrard and attempt to silence him permanently.
Oddly enough, the hotel has a website (
visit link)
As a side note the aforementioned Silver Dollar Room, located just next door, was the location for the blues joint in "Adventures in Babysitting".