List of reportedly haunted locations in Canada

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]
  • 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 washroom after being mistaken as a boy in traditional Chinese attire.[5]
  • Calgary Stampede in Calgary.[6]
  • The now-decommissioned Charles Camsell Hospital in Edmonton 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.[7]
  • 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.[8] It was featured on Creepy Canada.
  • Edmonton General Hospital is a now closed and abandoned hospital that, according to believers, is a site of multiple hauntings.[9]
  • Fairmont Hotel Macdonald in Edmonton is reported by believers to be haunted, including a spectral horse that dropped dead during the 1914 pouring of the building's foundation.[10]
  • Fairmont Palliser Hotel in Calgary.[11]
  • 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. It was featured on Creepy Canada.[12]
  • 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.[13]
  • Hose and Hound in Inglewood.[14]
  • 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.[15]
  • Knox United Church in Calgary.[16]
  • Lougheed House in Downtown Calgary.[17]
  • 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.[18]
  • Prince House at Heritage Park in Calgary.[19]
  • 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.[20]
  • Strathcona Museum and Archives is a former RCMP detachment that is considered by believers to be haunted.[7]
  • 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.[7][21]

British Columbia

Empress Hotel
Hatley Castle
Tranquille Sanatorium in 1920.

Manitoba

Fort Garry Hotel

New Brunswick

The Algonquin Resort.

Newfoundland & Labrador

Northwest Territories

Nahanni National Park Reserve

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 19th 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.[62]
  • Alexander Keith's Brewery in Halifax. Alexander Keith is the main ghost who roams this historic brewery.[63]
  • All Saints Cathedral in Halifax. This church is allegedly haunted by one of the former deans. He is mostly standing at the altar.[64]
  • Bedford Basin in Halifax. This site is reportedly haunted by spirits of Aboriginal 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.
  • Five Fisherman Restaurant in Halifax. It was featured on Creepy Canada.
  • Fortress of Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. This massive fortress, constructed during the 1700s, was featured by Creepy Canada.
  • Peggys Point Lighthouse in Peggy's Cove.[65]
  • St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish.[66]
  • Savoy Theatre in Glace Bay.[67]
  • 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.[68] 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 sank 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.

Nunavut

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

  • Deblois Confederation Trail in Tignish.[87]
  • 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.[88] There never seems to be a predetermined place for where the ship will appear.[88] Sightings have occurred throughout the seasons, but seem to be more prevalent from September to November.[89] These visions are also apparent before a northeast wind, and folklore has it that this brilliant ghost ship is a forewarning of a storm.[89]
  • Holland Cove in Rocky Point.[90]
  • The Kings Playhouse in Georgetown is said to be haunted by a naval captain and other spirits lost at sea. Originally built in the 1880s, 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.
  • Scotch Fort Cemetery in Tracadie.[91]
  • West Point Lighthouse Inn in O'Leary[92]
  • Yeo House in Tyne Valley.[93]

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Government House with adjacent visitor and administration centre.

Yukon

See also

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