Most Haunted Places in Canada
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Dorchester Square
Montréal, Québec
Dorchester Square (originally called Dominion Square) in downtown Montreal is a park area that was once a cemetery. It has crosses embedded in the walkways to show respect for those buried here long ago. Despite that, it's said that some of those once buried here still appear in ghostly form.
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Fairmont Royal York
Toronto, ON
A suicide, ghostly children and unending balls are all said to haunt the Royal York Hotel. People claim to hear music in laughter coming from the closed ballroom, and a porter who hanged himself is sometimes spied hanging about the stairwell. People, including author Christopher Heard who took up long …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Ghost of Mary Gallagher
Montréal, Québec
Mary Gallagher is a headless ghost who appears in the same spot every seven years, according to her legend. She shows up at the corner of William and Murray streets in Griffintown, where a murder took place on June 27, 1879. Mary Gallagher was a prostitute, age 38, who had …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Isle of Demons
Division No. 9, NL
As one may guess from its name, sailors of old thought the Isle of Demons a cursed place of lost souls and demons. Folks were abandoned there as punishment for their sins or crimes, as in the case of Marguerite de Roberval, who was left there when she became pregnant …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Le Musée de Saint-Boniface
Winnipeg, MB
Le Musée de Saint-Boniface, a museum specializing in Franco-Manitoban culture and history, was finished in 1851 and has been a nunnery, an orphanage, a school, a retirement home and a hospital. Phantom sounds of singing monks and women's choirs, along with the sounds of children running and playing, have been …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Mount Royal Cemetery
Montréal, Québec
At Mount Royal Cemetery, visitors have seen apparitions walking through the graves or standing on the edge of the high rock cliffs. One of the ghosts seen most often is an Algonquin Native Canadian warrior.
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EHP Rating: 71.4
O'Donaghue's Irish Pub
Miramichi, NB
O'Donaghue's Irish Pub is situated in a 200 year old sandstone building built by John T. Williston in 1824. The John T. Williston House is an 1824 2-story stone residential structure located on Water Street in the City of Miramichi. Sightings of shadows in the basement where the washrooms are …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Old Wives Lake
Courval, SK
The legend of Old Wives Lake involves a group of camping Cree Natives who were found by some Blackfoot scouts. The Cree knew the Blackfoot warriors would ambush them in the morning, so a group of elderly Cree women agreed to stay behind as decoys while the rest of the …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Queen Elizabeth Hotel
Montréal, Québec
Queen Elizabeth Hotel has a ghostly Lady in White who wanders the halls and staircases and, once in a while, guest rooms. Guests have reported being touched or pushed, voices, knocks, footsteps, bangs, cold spots and a feeling of being watched.
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Robinson's Hill
Saint John's, NL
A duel fought March 30, 1826 at Robinson's Hill has, according to legend, resulted in the loser's ghost haunting the nearby streets. The ghost's name was Ensign John Philpot, an officer who dueled with Captain Mark Rudkin using pistols. The fight was over the affections of a lady, Miss Colleen. …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre
Winnipeg, MB
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre has a ghost that migrated from the original theater that stood in this location, Dominion Theatre. George was the wheelchair-bound son of the Dominion's caretaker, and he makes himself known by playing pranks. His antics often tell whether or not he approves of a particular show …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Sadler's Pond
Essex, ON
According to locals, a young woman named Andrea hanged herself from a tree near Sadler's Pond after finding out her boyfriend had been unfaithful. Her ghost is said to appear at night with a rope around her neck, screaming her boyfriend's name.
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Smithville Cemetery
Vanscoy, SK
The turn-of-the-century Smithville Cemetery is said to boast eerie lights, unexplained noises, disembodied voices and mysterious mists.
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EHP Rating: 71.4
St. Francis Xavier University
Saint Andrews, NS
St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish is reported to have several ghostly presences who manifest as apparitions, objects that move by themselves, an elevator that works on its own, footsteps in the halls, screams in the game room, voices in the restrooms/halls, toilets that flush by themselves, and, in particular, …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
St. John's Shrewsbury Anglican Church
Wentworth, Québec
St. John's Shrewsbury Anglican Church was built in the 1850s and has an adjacent cemetery with graves that date from 1868 to the 2000s. Here, folks have reported disembodied voices, footsteps, strange lights, uneasy feelings and a sensation of being watched.
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EHP Rating: 71.4
St. Michael's Basilica
Miramichi, NB
St. Michael's Basilica is a sandstone, neo-Gothic church that was completed in 1921. A ghost girl appears in the basement restroom, and children can be heard laughing in the basement gym. There are voices on the stairway to the second floor and a ghost boy and girl who have been …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Stem at Stern Bed and Breakfast
Bridgetown, NS
Stem at Stern Bed and Breakfast is a Victorian inn that has a ghost man who appears at the window when the house is empty. Very cold spots and tapping at the windows in the middle of the night have been reported by guests, as well as a spooky apparition …
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Suitor House
Calgary, AB
Suitor House, the former home of Robert Suitor, is a house museum that once belonged to a railroad worker who was killed. The railroad man's wife died shortly thereafter, and is said to remain in the home. Visitors claim to have seen her apparition in the house.
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EHP Rating: 71.4
The Keg Restaurant
New Westminster, BC
The Keg Restaurant serves up steaks, prime rib, and maybe a ghost or two. Once a railroad station, the historic building is said to have a ghost girl upstairs, a spectral lady walking through the front area, and a lady's face that appears in a mirror.
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EHP Rating: 71.4
Westminster Hotel
Dawson, Yukon Territory
The 1898 Westminster Hotel, now commonly known as "The Pit," houses two bars: the Snake Pit and the Arm Pit. Its walls are adorned with paintings and stories of local legends, some of whom may wander here in spirit. Witnesses say the haunted building has several apparitions, voices, strange noises, …
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EHP Rating: 70.9
Belfountain Conservation Area
Caledon, ON
Belfountain Park is rumored to be haunted by ghosts who walk along the streets and sometimes can be heard yelling "Help!"
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EHP Rating: 70.6
Harry Ten Shilling
Perth County, ON
Harry Ten Shilling, a restaurant, seems to be located inside a haunted building. Staff report loud noises and bangs, and employees at the attached clothing shop have come to work in the morning to find clothes all over the floor.
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EHP Rating: 70.0
Bedford Basin
Bedford, NS
Bedford Basin is an enclosed bay that forms the northwestern end of Halifax Harbour, and it's haunted by a phantom rowboat. The sound of someone rowing has been heard on foggy nights, although the boat is never seen. Legend has it the ghostly sound is all that's left of a …
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EHP Rating: 70.0
Hotel Saskatchewan
Regina, SK
The historic Radisson Plaza Hotel Saskatchewan is said to have haunted seventh and the eighth floors, where guests have most often reported strange noises and apparitions. According to reports, in the Royal Suite a cupboard once opened and a vase flew across the room.
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EHP Rating: 70.0
University of Alberta - Pembina Hall
Edmonton, AB
The University of Alberta's Pembina Hall, built in 1914, is said to be haunted by a young nurse who died during an influenza epidemic. Stories say her beloved died around the same time she did, and her ghost is trying to find him.
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EHP Rating: 69.7
Kempenfelt Conference Centre
Innisfil, ON
The Kempenfelt Bay area has been active with UFO sightings, a lake monster called Kempenfelt Kelly, and ghost lights (will-o'-the-wisps). At the Kempenfelt Conference Centre, ghosts have been felt sitting on the foot of guests' beds and cold spots have been noticed all over the building.
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EHP Rating: 69.2
Mahone Bay
Mahone Bay, NS
The ship Young Teazer exploded and sank in 1813 here in Mahone Bay, and since then folks have reported a burning phantom ship with ghostly crewmen running about on the deck, aflame. The reports seem to come most often near the anniversary of the ship's sinking: June 17. The site …
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EHP Rating: 69.2
Mallard Lodge
Westbourne, MB
When the Mallard Lodge was being constructed in 1932 on the estate of athlete and businessman Donald H. Bain, legend has it that a worker fell into the foundation and was accidentally sealed in. This ghost and that of a groundskeeper are said to linger here in spirit. Now, folks …
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EHP Rating: 69.2
Multicultural Heritage Centre
Stony Plain, AB
Strange things folks have noticed at the Multicultural Heritage Centre in Stony Plain include misty white figures in the main building and ghostly women in 1940s garb that show up briefly at the corner of your eye. Something unseen has moved objects and stacked stools at night. Also, footsteps, faces …
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EHP Rating: 69.2
Queen's Park
Toronto, ON
Queen's Park in Toronto is said to have an apparition of a female in tattered clothing who hangs from a rope. Screams have been heard as well, and the Legislature Building is said to be haunted by many ghosts. World War I hero and Victoria Cross recipient Charles Rutherford, who …
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EHP Rating: 69.2
Scotch Fort Cemetery
Mount Stewart, PE
Scotch Fort Cemetery is said to be haunted by a ball of fire. As legend has it, Peter MacIntyre, a Scottishman who came to the area in 1773, was at a bar when the men there were discussing the ghostly ball of fire. MacIntyre declared he didn't believe spirits could …
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EHP Rating: 68.8
Manitoba Legislative Building
Winnipeg, MB
The Manitoba Legislative Building, originally the Manitoba Parliament Building, opened around 1920 and is known for its gold-covered bronze statue of the Golden Boy at the top of its cupola. Ghosts tend to visit the hallway to the right of the grand staircase, say those in the know. A man …
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EHP Rating: 68.4
Beild House Country Inn
Collingwood, ON
Beild House Country Inn was built in 1912 for Dr. Joseph Arthur, his family home and office. Now an inn, it is said to be haunted by a voice that asks folks what they are doing here. An apparition of a man in a white tie and tails, top hat …
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EHP Rating: 68.4
Salem Cemetery
Pickering, ON
Salem Cemetery, along with the Salem Church, was established in 1849 for the Wesleyan Methodist congregation. While the church closed in 1890, the cemetery is still in use. Visitors here have seen apparitions and experiences other strange phenomena.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Barber House
Winnipeg, MB
At the Barber House, built in 1862 by American pioneer journalist and businessman Edmund Lorenzo Barber, a grisly story is told. So it goes, a father who lived here once killed his family, and then himself. Strange lights, mists, voices and other sounds have been reported by witnesses.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Cannington Manor
Parkman, SK
The Cannington Manor Provincial Park historic site is a Victorian village that was settled by the British over a century ago. Now it offers fox hunts, croquet, cricket and more themed activities along with period demonstrations and costumed staff. Some say one of the mansions is haunted by the woman …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Caribou Hotel
Carcross, Yukon Territory
The historic 1901 Caribou Hotel was owned by gold miner Dawson Charlie, who sparked the Klondike Gold Rush in 1896. ON Christmas Eve 1909, a fire destroyed the hotel, and it was rebuilt in 1910 by Edwin and Bessie Gideon. It was home to the well-known Polly the parrot in …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Chez Briann Restaurant
Saint John's, NL
The building that housed Chez Briann Restaurant, now closed, is reported to be haunted. When the building was used as an inn or apartment complex, a woman was asleep there when she awoke to find a ghost floating over her. She was paralyzed and helpless as the man placed coins …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Coste House
Calgary, AB
Eugene Coste's regal 1913, 28-room mansion has been said to be haunted by the ghost of Dr. Carmichael. Although it's unclear just who he is (was) or how he got there, previous tenants have said the ghost floats through rooms and hallways and around the stairway. Current owners have reported …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Darke Hall - University of Regina
Regina, SK
Darke Hall, the music and arts hall at the University of Regina, opened in 1929 and is believed to be haunted by several ghosts. It was formerly a military storage unit and a schoolhouse, where students and children were quarantined and died after a typhoid epidemic. Some of their ghosts, …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Doll Block Building
Calgary, AB
At the restored 1907 Doll Block building, formerly Louis Henry Doll's sandstone jewelry shop Doll’s Diamond Palace where a great diamond heist took place in 1910, there is said to be a ghost. Folks believe it's Mr. Doll's wife, who sits at the curving bay window.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Drumheller Cemetery
Drumheller, AB
We don't have any specifics on the "whos and hows" of this haunted cemetery, we've just been told that it is, indeed, haunted. If you have any other information please let us know via the comments section below!
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Empress Theatre
Fort MacLeod, AB
The 1912 Empress Theatre, fully renovated in 1982, puts on stage shows, concerts and first-run movies. It's haunted by a ghost who is believed to be either a former manager, Dan Boyle, or Ed, a former janitor. The janitor theory is the most common, perhaps because apparitions of the man …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Globe Hotel
Nanaimo, BC
Globe Hotel, which now houses a radio station, is said to be haunted by a ghostly woman in a period dress seen floating down the stairs or in the kitchen. Crying and poltergeist activity are also reported.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Government House
Regina, SK
Government House was the residence for the lieutenant-governor of the Northwest Territories, and it has had many strange activites reports over the years: doors that open and close repeatedly, strange sounds of babies crying or children laughing, faces in mirrors, footsteps, an objects that are moved by unseen hands. One …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Hatley Castle
Victoria, BC
Built in the early 1900s by former British Columbian lieutenant governor James Dunsmuir, Hatley Castle is said to be haunted by a Dunsmuir son who died at war. When the castle became a military academy, another ghost is said to have joined him: that of his mother, who would drag …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
James Bay Inn
Victoria, BC
James Bay Inn, now a men's pub, is haunted by a former patient and celebrity who died here on March 2, 1945 when it was a hospital. Canadian artist and author Emily Carr's ghost has been seen floating in the room where she died. Some say she especially haunts those …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Québec
Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke is reported to be a hot spot for paranormal activity, including soldiers' apparitions, strange lights, shadow shapes and unexplained feelings of being watched, loneliness, sadness and uneasiness.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Macaulay House
Dawson, Yukon Territory
This historic structure now serves as a boarding house for artists, and is so haunted that an entire book has been written about the ghostly tales associated with it. Residents have reported the apparition of little girl in a period dress, and a figure seen on the stairs. (Submitted by …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Majestic Theatre
Saint John's, NL
According to reports, the Majestic Theatre was built upon a site where hangings took place long ago, and is now haunted by the spirits of hanged men who scream, moan and move objects. Witnesses have reported a feeling that something unseen is watching them.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
McKim Building
Saskatoon, SK
At the McKim Building, there's a spectral nurse from the 1920s era, aged in her 30s, who appears in Suite #9. Guests there may see her apparition from the corner of their eye or notice that she moves their things, leaves coins lying around, or touches their feet while they're …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Nahanni Butte
Nahanni Butte, NT
Nahanni Butte is known for the Nuk-luk, a Bigfoot-like creature that's a little more Neanderthal Man than ape. It was first seen in 1964 by several people: John Baptist, many other men, and a boy, Jerry. The creature is large and over 6 feet tall with long hair and a …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Pied-du-Courant Prison
Montréal, Québec
The 1830s Pied-du-Courant Prison was a Montreal city prison in use 1836-1912. Many men, including those convicted of war crimes, were hanged on the premises. Investigations have turned up many examples of electronic voice phenomena thought to be the spirits of the hanged men.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Pinetree Line Bunker
Iqaluit, NU
People driving past have reported seeing strange lights and apparitions outside the bunker, as well as voices that tell people to go away. The bunker is abandoned, but apparently open to the public. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Point Ellice House
Victoria, BC
Point Ellice, a 19th-century residence of Peter and Caroline O'Reilly and their four children Frank, Kathleen, Mary Augusta and Jack, is said to be haunted by the family. The house museum has a nice collection of Victoriana and is open for tours and teas in the summer.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Pounders
Victoria, BC
Objects have been moved by unseen hands at Pounders restaurant, perhaps by the ghostly lady who has been seen on the stairway.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Prince Albert Arts Centre
Prince Albert, SK
The Prince Albert Arts Centre was originally the Prince Albert Town Hall and Opera House built in 1893. Lights and mysterious shadowy figures can be seen through the windows when the building is closed and empty.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Rocklyn Inn
Markdale, ON
At the historic Rocklyn Inn, rumor has it that a ghostly maid still cleans some of the rooms.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Rogers Chocolates
Victoria, BC
Rogers Chocolates in Old Town is a historic old chocolate shop with a couple of ghosts. Founders Charles and Leah Rogers used to sometimes sleep in the shop's kitchen, and some say the couple still visits in spirit.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Roslyn Square Apartments
Winnipeg, MB
Roslyn Square Apartments, aka Roslyn Court Apartments, circa 1908, is said to be haunted by a tall dark shadow that stomps down hallways. Some say it's the ghost of the building's architect, who went mad; hence the strange layout of the apartments.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Ross Bay Cemetery
Victoria, BC
The Victorian Ross Bay Cemetery has some well-known ghosts, like David Fee, killed on the St. Andrews Cathedral steps Christmas Eve 1890, and Isabella Ross, the first female BC landowner, who owned this land before the cemetery was here. An unknown elderly Victorian couple are seen on the cemetery's west …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Rouge Restaurant
Calgary, AB
Rouge Restaurant, previously the home of A.E. Cross, is believed to be haunted, according to witnesses who have seen and heard strange things. Among them are ghosts, moving cookware, and the disembodied sound of a child laughing.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Ruby's Place
Dawson, Yukon Territory
This former brothel and boarding house now serves as a stop on the historic tour, and is rumoured to be haunted. Some of the phenomena reported here includes cold spots, disembodied footsteps and an eerie presence. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Rue Saint Paul
Montréal, Québec
Rue St. Paul (or Rue Saint Paul) is a street in Montreal street with 2 legends, those of Vallier and Marie-Joseph Angélique. According to the story, Vallier was framed and arrested in 1732. After being tortured for answers about a crime he new nothing about, Vallier hanged himself with his …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Savoy Theatre
Glace Bay, NS
In Glace Bay at the Savoy Theatre, seated patrons have reported feeling a hand rest on their shoulder when no one is there. A couple in unusual clothing has been seen seated far in the back rows, but after a show they seem to disappear until the next time they …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Selkirk Friendship Centre
Selkirk, MB
The ghost at this Friendship Centre isn't very friendly. Some legends say Selkirk Friendship Centre is haunted by an angry elderly man who used to live here but was forced out of his home. In defiance, he hanged himself in his basement. Others say it was a homeless man who …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
The Duford House
Ottawa, ON
The 1825 Duford House belonged to the family until 1977. It was then moved to its current location as a museum. It is said to have a ghost girl who plays with the two porcelain dolls, which move from place to place, float in the air, or even disappear for …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Victoria Golf Club
Victoria, BC
Victoria Golf Club has a spooky story. Locals say that in 1936, nurse Doris Gravlin, age 30, was strangled on the fairway. The murderer? Her estranged husband, who left her body on a shore near the seventh green. Doris was found five days later, and her husband's body was found …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Walterdale Playhouse
Edmonton, AB
Walterdale Theater Playhouse was a 1920s fire station until it became a playhouse in the 1960s. A ghost is said to visit usually around the beginning of each play run, often seen in the back stairwell or the green room. Witnesses have felt cool gusts or noticed unseen hands steadying …
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Whitehorse Cadet Summer Training Centre
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Whitehorse Cadet Summer Training Centre is said to sport a haunted barracks, with a ghost left over from the time when the building housed a youth detention centre. A young inmate hanged himself from rafters in the B2 barracks. Some witnesses have heard him calling out at night.
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EHP Rating: 66.7
Yeo House
Tyne Valley, PE
Historic Yeo House is part of the Green Park Shipbuilding Museum and is said to be haunted by former residents the 1800s James Yeo family, who watch over the place. Cold spots and the feeling of watchful eyes have been reported, along with female voices.
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EHP Rating: 64.5
Anchor Park
East Gwillimbury, ON
Rumor has it that a girl was murdered at Anchor Park; her body was found hanging on a swing-set swing. The swing is now said to swing by itself at night.
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EHP Rating: 64.3
Portage Place
Winnipeg, MB
Portage Place in downtown Winnipeg has a ghost girl who may be responsible for items mysteriously falling off of shelves or moving by themselves.
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EHP Rating: 63.6
Devil Island
Fort Alexander, MB
Devil’s Island, aka Devil Island, in Lake Winnipegosis, is said to be haunted by spirits that make strange noises and screams. It is said that campers who try to brave the ghosts by staying the night here are always frightened away.
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EHP Rating: 63.6
Grey's Island Cemetery
Hillsborough, NB
Grey Island Cemetery has a white stone statue of a lady with a legend. Locals say those who close their eyes and walk around the statue three times will see the lady looking back at them and crying tears of blood. She is said to be the murdered wife of …
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EHP Rating: 63.6
Moose Head Inn
Kenosee Lake, SK
Moose Head Inn has some spirits that make mysterious things happen. According to witnesses, lights go on and off by themselves, doors in the women's restroom open and close, bangs and moans can be heard, and objects disappear and reappear elsewhere. Mists and strange lights have been seen and appliances …
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EHP Rating: 63.6
Morfee Lake
Fraser-Fort George, BC
Morfee Lake was the site of a long-ago tragedy when a young girl drowned here one summer night. Now, say witnesses, her apparition in misty white hovers in and above the lake. Furthermore, the screams of a young girl sometimes echo across the waters at night.
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EHP Rating: 63.6
Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital
Perth, ON
Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital was once known as the Great War Memorial Hospital, and legend has it that it has a curse upon it. Apparitions of members of the Malloch family, appearing haggard and unwell, have been known to appear at second-story windows and in the upstairs halls.
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EHP Rating: 63.6
St Vital Hotel - Riverside Inn
Winnipeg, MB
St Vital Hotel (now the Riverside Inn) is said to be haunted by a man who was killed just outside the back door in a 1970s brawl. A woman's ghost has been seen here too, and rumors abound about shadow figures and a bricked-up tunnel.
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EHP Rating: 62.5
Casino Regina
Regina, SK
The Casino Regina building was the city’s union train station in the early 1900s; it didn't become a casino until 1996. A ghost from the long past seems to be visiting the casino, usually in the underground rooms where prisoners were once housed in the old days. Staff members also …
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EHP Rating: 62.5
Deblois - Confederation Trail
Tignish, PE
The Confederation Trail is a walking trail on the former site of railroad tracks that were destroyed in 1932, a result of a bad accident during a snowstorm. However, folks in the area have heard a phantom train whistle and seen a ball of light speeding along the place where …
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EHP Rating: 62.5
Fireship of Baie des Chaleurs
Bathurst, NB
The Baie Chaleur Fireship, aka the Chaleur Phantom or the Phantom Ship, is an arc of light that occurs on the bay, usually before a storm. Because its cause is unknown, and because some witnesses claim to have seen an apparition of a three-mast galley ship, local legend says that …
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EHP Rating: 62.5
Fort York
Toronto, ON
Fort York is a War of 1812 and World War I and II site that is still visited by some of its former soldiers. Cannon fire and gunfire have been heard, and British and American soldiers' ghosts have been spotted both inside buildings and outside on the grounds. Two ghosts …
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EHP Rating: 62.5
Fortress of Louisbourg
Cape Breton Regional Municipality, NS
At the Fortress of Louisbourg (in French, La Forteresse de Louisbourg), events from the 1700s have left behind some ghosts. Witnesses say the apparitions of settlers who died in smallpox epidemics or soldiers who died in battle appear on the grounds or in the fort's tunnels. The fort has been …
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EHP Rating: 62.5
Huron Historic Gaol
Goderich, ON
Huron Historic Gaol is said to be haunted with cold gusts, footsteps, and the sounds of running and laughing children.
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EHP Rating: 62.5
Waterfront Station
Vancouver, BC
Waterfront Station is a major transit hub said to be haunted by many ghosts. One is a 1920s lady who was seen dancing alone by a security guard. Another apparition was a group of three elderly ladies seen sitting on a bench. Furniture has been known to move by itself …
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EHP Rating: 61.5
La Barriere Park
La Salle, MB
At La Barriere Park, folks have noticed the strange phenomenon of the disembodied sound of two little girls chatting with each other in the woods. The strange feeling of being watched and the sound of something unseen crashing through the brush from all directions at once also have been reported.
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EHP Rating: 61.5
Lake Minnewanka
Division No. 15, AB
Named "Lake of the Water Spirit" because town officials thought the name "Cannibal Lake" which the natives called it was a bit too grim. Natives believed that a Water Spirit that was half fish and half human lived in the lake and dragged the unwary to their deaths. People report …
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EHP Rating: 61.1
MTS Centre
Winnipeg, MB
MTS Centre in downtown Winnipeg was once Eaton's department store but is now an arena. A spectral woman in black has appeared here, along with disembodied footsteps, objects that move by themselves, strange light phenomena and the sound of your name being whispered or called.
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Citadel Hill
Halifax, NS
Citadel Hill, as locals tell it, is haunted by apparitions of Native Canadians as well as French, British and Canadian soldiers and their family members. Visitors here have reported being touched or pushed by unseen hands, footsteps, voices, shadow figures and eerie noises. There are also objects that move, electrical …
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Commissioner's House
Dawson, Yukon Territory
The Commissioner's Residence historic site has been restored to its 1916 state as it was when its denizens were Commissioner George Black and his wife, Martha. Later it had been used as a senior citizens' home, and then stood empty for years. Now, it's said that former residents linger here …
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Fort Kent
Fort Kent, AB
Fort Kent is said to be the site where, at around the turn of the century, a windigo once possessed a town doctor who was suffering from postwar trauma. Cattle were slaughtered, folks became horribly ill, and the doctor eventually died from the effects of his demon. The site has …
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène
Montréal, Québec
Fort de l'Île Sainte-Hélène on Saint Helen's Island is haunted by some of the 800 soldiers who are buried nearby in a mass grave, victims of enemy sharpshooters. Apparitions, footsteps, mists, strange lights, voices and missing objects have been reported.
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Hose and Hound
Calgary, AB
Hose & Hound was a former fire station that is now a pub, and its ghost is, believe it or not, a monkey. Named either Barney or Jocko, depending on the story, the monkey was the pet of fire chief James “Cappy” Smart. The monkey was put down after it …
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Hotel Mcdonald Fairmont
Edmonton, AB
On the upper levels of the historic hotel building, the sounds of a horse drawn carriage moving through has been heard by guests and staff. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Newman Wine Vaults
Saint John's, NL
Built sometime in the early 1900s, the Newman Wine Vaults consist of two brick-and-stone wine cellars made by English firm Newman and Company for the purpose of aging their port wine. Now the location is a museum and is haunted by the ghosts of an African slave and a child, …
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Old City Hall
Toronto, ON
The 1899 Old City Hall building, designated a historic site in 1984, has a ghost in its rear staircase known to walk up and down with loud footsteps and tug on the robes of judges. Ghostly moaning has been heard in the cellar, once a prisoners' holding area, and something …
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Princess Mary Restaurant
Victoria, BC
Some reports say the Princess Mary Restaurant has closed. It was housed on the Princess Mary, a passenger ship that was scrapped in 1951 and more recently used as a cafeteria for a tug- and barge-building operation. It was said to be haunted by a former captain's wife who hanged …
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Ruckers Fun Centre
Winnipeg, MB
Ruckers Fun Centre is a spot for playing arcade games, and it appears to be haunted by a male ghost. Witnesses say that music will mysterious come from the phone apparatus after closing, and sometimes a man's voice can be heard saying "Hi, Shawn." It must be a case of …
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EHP Rating: 60.0
Tod House
Victoria, BC
The home of Hudson's Bay Company's John Tod, built in 1850, was once said to be haunted by a native woman in chains. The ghost, according to reports, no longer haunts the site.
