Most Haunted Places in Canada
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EHP Rating: 60.0
White Otter Castle
Kenora District, ON
White Otter Castle is 3-story log house that hermit James Alexander "Jimmy" McOuat built all by himself between 1903 and 1915. McOuat built it for a woman he intended to marry, but in 1918, before this could be arranged, he drowned while fishing and is buried in a nearby grave. …
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EHP Rating: 58.3
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
Chipman, AB
Seen on Creepy Canada, the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, aka The Village, is a living history museum and recreation of a Ukrainian Canadian pioneer settlement complete with pioneer ghosts. A spectral wagon driver wheels through town looking for workers. Other strange activity, such as voices, apparitions, footsteps and spooky lights …
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EHP Rating: 57.1
Irving House
New Westminster, BC
The historic Irving house, built in 1865, was the home of Captain Irving and his family. Witnesses have felt a sensation of being watched and have reported strange noises, shivering walls, voices, and a strange indentation that appears in the master bedroom bed. The ghost of Captain Irving himself is …
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EHP Rating: 57.1
Nanton Auditorium Hotel
Nanton, AB
The historic Nanton Auditorium Hotel has a ghost named Rex Irwin, who died in a destructive 1983 fire. Rex is said to move furniture and emit a phantom aroma of smoke and alcohol.
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EHP Rating: 57.1
Odd Fellows Hall
Calgary, AB
The Odd Fellows Temple was once the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, built in 1912. A ghostly elevator operator has been spotted inside the building.
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EHP Rating: 57.1
Ottawa City Hall
Ottawa, ON
At Ottawa City Hall, employees have felt an invisible presence and noticed the sound of footsteps at night when no one was in the building.
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EHP Rating: 57.1
The Guilty Martini - Karma Lounge
Edmonton, AB
The former Guilty Martini, now the Karma Lounge and Nightclub, in a circa-1900 building that was once a carriage house, is haunted by Dapper Dan. Reports say Dapper Dan doesn't like the alcohol and loud music in the club, and he has been known to knock ashtrays over, pull employees' …
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EHP Rating: 56.3
William T. Ogden House - Stirling Haunted Mansion
Stirling, AB
Stirling Haunted Mansion is a privately owned home that's been a popular locale for ghost tours. Owners have reported electrical anomalies as well as several apparitions of a little girl, a teen girl, and an older lady and gentleman. The older man is believed to be William, the original owner, …
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EHP Rating: 56.0
Rock Haven Motel - Shoppers Drug Mart
Peterborough, ON
At the Rockhaven Hotel or Motel (now a Shoppers Drug Mart), a honeymoon suite was the site of a grisly 1960s murder. A man killed his wife when he learned she was carrying the baby of another man. The ghost of a crying woman and a crying newborn have been …
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EHP Rating: 55.6
Mackenzie House
Toronto, ON
Mackenzie House was the final home of William Lyon Mackenzie, Toronto's first mayor, who died in the house in 1861. It now operates as a historic house museum of 1860s Victorian life. Its three ghosts are thought to be an elderly lady in the Rose room, a bagpipes player, and …
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EHP Rating: 54.6
Watson's Mill
Ottawa, ON
The 1860 Watson's Mill, a working mill and museum that still sells stone-ground whole wheat flour, has a ghost story. The spirit here is Ann Crosby Currier, the wife of Joseph Merrill Currier, a mill co-owner. At a party there on March 11, 1861 to celebrate their honeymoon, Ann's dress …
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EHP Rating: 52.6
McGill Residence - Thompson Rivers University
Kamloops, BC
The McGill Residence is a student dorm. The buildings are not so old, but while I was TRU student I had creepy experience at one of the dorm buildings. It happened probably in 2007, Winter semester reading break. The property has 3 dorm buildings, I was lived in the center …
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EHP Rating: 50.0
455 Rue Saint Pierre
Montréal, Québec
455 Rue Saint Pierre, built in 1865, once belonged to American sympathizer Pierre du Calvert during the American Revolution. It has been visited by Benjamin Franklin as well as other famous folk, and is said to be haunted by the ghost of Pierre's wife Mary-Louise. The building was made over …
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Atlas Tube
Essex, ON
Atlas Tube is a steel mill that is rumored to be haunted by a 1990 worker who died when he lost control of a batch of steel tubes and was crushed. Late-night employees have seen a ghostly man leaning on the racks in Warehouse 3. He disappears when anyone gets …
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Bart's on Broad
Regina, SK
Bart's on Broad nightclub has a 100-year-old bar that was brought in from Butte, Montana, perhaps with a spirit attached...and I don't mean the drinking kind. Staff members have witnessed some strange things, including apparitions, objects that move on their own and a jukebox that played even though it was …
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Bekevar Church
Kipling, SK
Bekevar Church, a Hungarian Gothic Revival church with a cemetery, has a ghost that rings bells and creates mysterious smells.
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Château Laurier
Ottawa, ON
The Château Laurier is a gorgeous luxury hotel done in French Gothic style. Completed in 1912, it is believed to be haunted by the former owner of the hotel, Charles Melville Hays who unfortunately died just two months before it opened. He was returning from England on the Titanic to …
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Dawson City Museum
Dawson, Yukon Territory
Some visitors to this local museum have reported seeing apparitions out of the corner of their eye on the upper floor, while others claim to have heard strange noises. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Dredge No. 4
Yukon, Yukon Territory
Visitors have reported hearing screams from within the dredge, but upon investigation find nothing. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Manipogo
Division No. 18, MB
Manipogo is a serpentlike lake monster rumored to live in Lake Manitoba. Sightings of the water beast have been reported since 1908. Some folks believe it's a very large lake sturgeon or a leftover plesiosaur. Reports peg the monster at 12 feet to 50 feet long, brown, and humpy. Researchers …
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Middlesex County Courthouse
London, ON
The historic Middlesex County Jail and Courthouse (still used) is haunted by Marion "Peg-Leg" Brown, a farm-hand and cowboy from Texas. He had a wooden leg (hence his nickname), and scars over his eye and on his hand. Brown had fled to Canada after being arrested in 1898, for selling …
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Old City Hall
Calgary, AB
The historic 1911 sandstone city hall and clock tower used to be a jail, and it is said to be haunted by ghostly prisoners who have been seen walking through the building.
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Old Point Ellice Bridge
Victoria, BC
The red ghost lights that hover about 18" off the ground at Old Point Ellice Bridge are believed to be remnants from the May 26, 1896 disaster when Point Ellice Bridge collapsed into the Upper Harbour under a laden streetcar. Of the 143 on board, 55 were killed. The cause …
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC
The historic 1890s Parliament Buildings are open for tours year-round. One of the most well-known ghosts here is architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury, who chooses to remain here, where he is appreciated daily, instead of in England where he was buried in an unmarked grave after being beaten to death by …
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Royal Theatre
Victoria, BC
A ghostly man has been seen at the Royal Theatre, a 1913 opera house and concert hall. Some witnesses also have felt as if they were being stabbed.
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EHP Rating: 50.0
Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital
Weyburn, SK
Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital opened in 1921, the area's largest and most expensive building at the time. Apparitions of former patients are said to wander in the building, the grounds and even the tree branches. Screams, bangs, odd lights and shadow figures have been reported by witnesses.
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EHP Rating: 44.4
All Saints Cathedral
Halifax, NS
The historic All Saints Cathedral, which opened in 1910, is rumored to be haunted by a former dean. The ghostly clergyman is most often seen standing near the altar.
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EHP Rating: 44.4
Ryerson University
Toronto, ON
At Ryerson University, rumor has it that a ghostly white female figure, cold spots, wind gusts, light anomalies and whispered names have been seen or experienced near McAllister Studio.
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EHP Rating: 44.4
Sinnett
Lanigan, SK
Sinnnett was bustling little town that was established in 1905. But gradually business died off and folks moved away. The last Sinnett business closed in 1969, and only a plaque marks where the town once was. Well, the plaque...and a ghost car. Locals say a phantom car can be seen …
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EHP Rating: 42.9
Regina General Hospital
Regina, SK
Regina General Hospital is said to have apparitions of a couple different elderly nurses. One rushes through the halls with inhuman speed; the other appears behind people but disappears when they fully face her. There is also a ghost boy in one of the wings, plus other eerie phenomena that …
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EHP Rating: 40.0
Ghost Lights of Deline
Déline, NT
Unidentified flying object sightings have abounded in this area since WWII, the most of which occurred between 1995 and 1997. Witnesses claim to have seen or been followed by flashing lights that sometimes cause cars not to start. One report says there are numerous daily sightings.
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EHP Rating: 40.0
Roche Percee Mines
North Portal, SK
The Roche Percee Mines, once the site of labor strikes and grisly murders, are said to be haunted by Aboriginal spirits called rugaroos who can change into animals. Some visitors claim to have seen red eyes or even these spirits appear and change before their eyes. It is said that …
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EHP Rating: 38.5
Montmorency Falls
Québec, Québec
Montmorency Falls has a ghostly Lady in White (her dress is a wedding dress) seen through mist falling down the falls. The legend says she was engaged to a soldier when he was called away to battle and died in 1759. Grief-ridden, she went out every night and called his …
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EHP Rating: 37.5
Lennox Island
Prince County, PE
Lennox Island, in Malpeque Bay off the northwest coast of Prince Edward Island, is home to the Lennox Island First Nation people as well as the historic St. Anne Catholic Mission. It's said to be haunted by a vengeful spirit who may be the cause of disappearances in the nearby …
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EHP Rating: 33.3
Arctic Winter Games Arena
Iqaluit, NU
This old ice-skating arena is rumoured to be haunted, but the source of the haunting is unknown. Witnesses have reported hearing voices and loud banging noises, and seeing a tall shadowy apparition standing on the far side of the ice rink. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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EHP Rating: 25.0
Capital Twin Cinema
Listowel, ON
Capital Twin Cinema, aka Capital Theatre, has a ghost named Jessie Keith, a teenage girl who was attacked and murdered by a homeless man as she walked along the railroad tracks. Jessie Keith is also said to haunt her grave in the town cemetery.
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EHP Rating: 25.0
Wild Wing Newmarket
Newmarket, ON
Once Johnny Bourbon's and Kelsey’s Restaurant, Wild Wing Newmarket is reported to have a ghostly young woman who screams or quietly says "Help me."
