List of reportedly haunted locations in Canada

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This is a list of locations in Canada which are reported to be haunted. Many have been featured by television programs such as Creepy Canada, The Girly Ghosthunters and Mystery Hunters. It is in alphabetical order by province or territory, then by the name of the location.

Alberta[]

Banff Springs Hotel

Hotel Macdonald

• Banff Springs Hotel in Banff National Park is a reported location of multiple hauntings, including the ghosts of a young bride and a bellman.^[1][2][3][4]
• The Bowman Arts Centre in Lethbridge is reported by believers to be haunted by the ghost of a young Chinese girl who was beaten to death in the women's restroom after being mistaken as a boy for a boy in traditional Chinese attire.^[1]
• The now-decommissioned Charles Camsell Hospital is regarded by believers as one of Alberta's most haunted buildings. A former Jesuit College turned tuberculosis sanatorium, it was visited by the group Paranormal Explorers in 2005.^[5]
• Deane House in Calgary is reported by believers to be haunted. It was built in 1906 and served as the official residence of Richard Burton Deane, the Superintendent of the Royal North West Mounted Police.^[1][2] It was featured on Creepy Canada.
• The Edmonton General Hospital is a now closed and abandoned hospital that, according to believers, is a site of multiple hauntings.^[5][2]
• The Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton is reported by believers to be haunted, including a spectral horse that was dropped dead during the 1914 pouring of the building's foundation.^[5]
• The Firkins House of Fort Edmonton Park is considered by believers to be the home of a ventriloquist doll that suddenly materializes in cupboards, as well as a spectral small boy.^[5] It was featured on Creepy Canada.

Frank Slide area when it occurred in 1903

Lower reaches of the Frank Slide in 2012.

• Frank Slide in Crowsnest Pass was the site of a massive rockslide in 1903 that claimed 76 lives. Several of their bodies were never recovered.^[1][2]
• The old Grace Hospital in Calgary is reportedly haunted by the ghost of a certain Maudine Riley, who died in childbirth and whose family was believed to own the land when the hospital was being constructed. The hospital is still in operation.^[1]
• La Bohème Restaurant Bed and Breakfast in Edmonton. According to believing employees it is haunted by the spirit of the wife of a former owner who was murdered in a jealous rage.^[5]
• McKay Avenue School in downtown Edmonton. It is a museum that previously served as a school. It was the scene of the first two legislative sessions of the province. One particular entity according to believers is the spirit of a worker who perished in a fall during the construction of the building.^[5]
• The old Princess Theatre in Edmonton is claimed by believers to be haunted by a spectral bride who committed suicide by hanging in the 1920s after being cast off her loved one.^[5]
• Strathcona Museum and Archives is a former RCMP detachment that is considered by believers to be haunted.^[5]
• The abandoned Taber Hospital in Taber.^[1]
• Walterdale Playhouse in the district of Old Strathcona, Edmonton is reported by believers to be haunted, most notably by the ghost of "Walt," who was an old volunteer firefighter.^[5][6]

British Columbia[]

Empress Hotel

Hatley Castle

• British Columbia Penitentiary in New Westminster. The former penitentiary was active for 102 years, until decommissioned during the 1980s. Not much of the building is left, save for the Boot Hill graveyard.
• Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria. This historic mansion was constructed in the late 1800s as a family residence for the wealthy Scottish coal baron Robert Dunsmuir and his wife Joan. Robert died in April 1889, 17 months before construction on the castle was completed, and his sons Alexander and James took over the role of finishing the castle. Ghost sightings have been reported by believers.^[7][4]
• The Empress Hotel in downtown Victoria. One of the oldest hotels in the British Columbian capital, it was designed by Francis Rattenbury and opened in 1908. Undergoing two expansions (the first was in 1910-1912 and the second was in 1928), it welcomed several prominent personalities such as kings and queens and movie personalities of the 1900s. But believers claim of multiple paranormal activities, most notably of the hotel's designer (who was murdered in 1935), of a maid on the 6th floor, and of a construction worker who killed himself.^[7]
• The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in Downtown Vancouver. Opened in 1939, it is touted as one of Canada's grand railway hotels. Believers claim it is haunted by a "lady in red", which is said also by believers to be the ghost of a Vancouver socialite named Jennie Pearl Cox.^[7]
• Hatley Castle in Colwood. This castle, now home to the public Royal Roads University, is considered by believers to be haunted by a parlour maid named Annabelle and James Dunsmuir's son, James Dunsmuir, Jr.^[7][8] It was featured by Creepy Canada.
• Hycroft Manor, a mansion in the upscale Vancouver neighbourhood of Shaughnessy.^[7]
• New Westminster Secondary School in New Westminster. One of the largest high schools in British Columbia, it witnessed the drowning of a boy in the basement pool in the early 1970s. That boy is claimed, by believers, to haunt the high school.^[7]
• The Old Spaghetti Factory in the historic district of Gastown, Vancouver, is claimed by believers to be haunted, most notable is a phantom tram conductor that supposedly appears in an old trolley within the restaurant.^[7]

Tranquille Sanatorium in 1920.

• Tranquille Sanatorium, located near Kamloops, is also considered by believers to be haunted. It opened in 1907 as a tuberculosis sanitorium and witnessed the deaths of many of its patients.^[7][9]
• Vogue Theatre in Vancouver. Used for plays and concerts, it is reported by believers to be haunted.^[7]
• Waterfront Station, the main transit terminus in Downtown Vancouver, is considered by believers as the "most haunted building in Vancouver", with multiple reports of apparitions and furnitures moving in their own accord.^[7]

Manitoba[]

Fort Garry Hotel

• Burton Cummings Theatre in Winnipeg.^[2] It was featured by Creepy Canada.
• Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg. Specifically, believers claim Room 202 as the spot where a woman committed suicide after knowing her husband perished in an automobile accident. One such believer was former Liberal MP Brenda Chamberlain.^[2][10][4] It was featured by Creepy Canada.
• La Barriere Park in the Rural Municipality of Ritchot.^[10]
• Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in Winnipeg.^[10]
• St. Ignatius School in Winnipeg, said by believers to be the witness of the death of a little girl due to accident while playing in the playground.^[2]
• St. Norbert Monastery, a former Trappist monastery in St. Norbert that was set ablaze in 1983 and is now an arts and cultural centre.^[10]

New Brunswick[]

The Algonquin Resort.

• The Algonquin Resort in St. Andrews.^[11] It was featured by Creepy Canada.
• Blackville. The Dungarvon Whooper reputedly haunts this Dungarvon River, which runs in Miramichi near the Bartholomew River. It was featured by Mystery Hunters and Creepy Canada.
• Fireship of Baie des Chaleurs is a 16th-century ship of forty Portuguese settlers that was set afire by a British army.

Newfoundland & Labrador[]

• Wabana Iron Ore Mines on Bell Island. It was featured on Creepy Canada.

Northwest Territories[]

Nahanni National Park Reserve

• Nahanni National Park Reserve in Fort Simpson.^[12]

Nova Scotia[]

Inside the Citadel Hill in 2004.

Fortress of Louisbourg's fortifications

• Acadia University in Wolfville. An apparitional Baptist girl who found out about her pregnancy in the 12th century hanged herself in "The well", a large open area on the second floor (four-long) surrounded by banisters and under a candle light
• . Her ghost is most often seen by faculty staff members on the back stairwell at Seminary House's campus. Other paranormal activities are people having strange visions in this location, lights that turn on and off by themselves as well as doors opening and closing on their own, light anomalies, disembodied voices, objects moving by themselves and strange unexplained noises.^[13]
• All Saints Cathedral in Halifax. This church is allegedly haunted by one of the former deans. He is mostly standing at the altar.^[14]
• Bedford Basin in Halifax.^{[citation needed]} This site is reportedly haunted by spirits of Native Canadians, French, British and Canadian soldiers and family members. There are touches, pushes and pulls by invisible presences, light anomalies, apparitional footsteps, shadowy figures disembodied voices and other unexplained noises.
• Citadel Hill in Halifax.^{[citation needed]}
• Fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. This massive fortress, constructed during the 1700s, was featured by Creepy Canada.
• Seal Island, an island on the outermost extreme of Southwestern Nova Scotia, in Municipalité Argyle in Yarmouth County. There is a local legend of a ghost from a shipwreck during 1891, the SS Ottawa. A stewardess named Annie Lindsey was believed drowned when her lifeboat overturned. She was buried beside the East End church where her grave marker can still be seen today.^[15] but some believe that when the coffin was later disinterred, it showed evidence that she was buried alive. Her spirit is said to haunt the Seal Island villages.
• Young Teazer at Mahone Bay. Paranormal incidents have been reported by witnesses since it sunk on June 27, 1813. This ghostly burning schooner is seen by mariners on this bay. It is most often seen by visitors near the anniversary of this ship's fatal explosion in its historical location. Most witness reports state once seen it then just vanishes. It was featured by Creepy Canada.

Ontario[]

• Welland Canal, bridge 13 in Welland. This bridge is said to be haunted by canal workers who perished during its construction and no less than 7 people who have died trying to scale the bridge towers.
• Bytown Museum in Ottawa. This building is said to be haunted by Colonel John By, the builder of the canal, and his assistant General Duncan McNab. It was featured by Creepy Canada and The Girly Ghosthunters.
• Fort George in Niagara-on-the-Lake. It was one of Canada's strongholds during the War of 1812.^[16] It was featured by Creepy Canada and The Girly Ghosthunters.
• Gibraltar Point Lighthouse on Toronto Islands. The first lighthouse keeper, John Paul Radelmuller, was murdered by soldiers from nearby Fort York looking for bootlegged beer on January 2, 1815. These soldiers were charged with murder but eventually acquitted. A coffin was found during 1893 buried in the sand with a jawbone in it but it is not clear whether this was part of the lighthouse keeper's remains or not.^[4] It was featured by Creepy Canada.
• Grand Theatre in London. Ambrose Small's apparition reputedly roams this theatre. It was featured by Mystery Hunters and The Girly Ghosthunters.
• Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.^[17]
• in Kenora. It was featured by Creepy Canada.
• Ottawa Jail Hostel in Ottawa. It was featured by Creepy Canada, The Girly Ghosthunters and Mystery Hunters".
• Screaming Tunnel in Niagara Falls.
• Old Fort Erie in Fort Erie.
• Buck Hill in Round Lake, Ontario.
• Texas Road in Amherstburg.
• Weston & Highway 7 in Vaughan, Ontario (This site is allegedly haunted by a 19th-century little girl who lost her life in a fire.)
• Whitby Junction Station in Whitby, Ontario. Now an art gallery, said to be haunted by the former telegraph operator murdered at the railway station.^[18]

Prince Edward Island[]

• Ghost Ship of Northumberland Strait is described as a beautiful schooner that has three masts (sometimes four masts, as reports vary) with pure white sails, all of which become completely engulfed in flames as onlookers watch.^[19] There never seems to be a predetermined place for where the ship will appear.^[19] Sightings have occurred throughout the seasons, but seem to be more prevalent from September to November.^[20] These visions are also apparent before a northeast wind, and folklore has it that this brilliant ghost ship is a forewarning of a storm.^[20]

• The Kings Playhouse in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island is said to be haunted by a naval captain and other spirits lost at sea. Originally built in the 1880's, the Playhouse served as a townhall and recreational facility. After a devastating fire in 1983, the theatre was rebuilt but the hauntings continued. Spirits are said to often be seen near the stage, in the upstairs hallway, or heard whistling from afar.

Quebec[]

• Auberge Le Saint-Gabriel in Old Montreal. This site is allegedly haunted by a 19th-century little girl who lost her life in a fire.^[21]
• John Abbott College in Montreal. This building is about 100 years old. Spirits allegedly roam around in a specific area opening doors. Their spirits have been recognized by the janitors or guards, and by the students.
• McGill University in Montreal.^[22]
• St. John's Shrewsbury Anglican Church in Gore.^[23]

Saskatchewan[]

Government House with adjacent visitor and administration centre.

• Fort Battleford in Battleford.^[24]
• Fort San in Fort Qu'Appelle.
• Government House in Regina.^[25]
• St. Louis, a village near Prince Albert, in which believers claim witnessed a railroad accident that killed an entire family, and the suicide of the guilt-ridden engineer responsible for the mishap.^[4][2]
• St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon.^[26]
• Saskatchewan Hospital in North Battleford. The original buildings of the hospital from the early 20th century, in the adjacent census subdivision of the North Battleford Crown Colony, still stand and had witnssed the most distressing conditions brought forth by extreme overcrowding.^[2] The fate of the old structures remain unknown,^[27] as the newer and more modern hospital was opened in March 14, 2019.^[28]
• Souris Valley Mental Health Hospital, also known as Weyburn Mental Hospital, a now-demolished (since 2009) institution for mentally insane in Weyburn. One of the first institutions for such purpose in the 1930's, it was notorious for using cutting edge experimental medical treatments for people with mental health issues, including some of the controversial LSD treatments in Canada.^[2]

See also[]

• List of reportedly haunted locations in the United States
• List of reportedly haunted locations in France
• Reportedly haunted locations in the United Kingdom

References[]