Haunted Ottawa Jail Tour

Ghost Tours

Next Available: No Longer Offered
75 minutes
Adults $29.99, Youth (up to 14) $19.99
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OUR JAIL TOURS HAVE COME TO AN END. Join us on one of our other tours in Ottawa!

 Explore Ottawa’s famous haunted jail and real-life murder mystery! Tour the cellblocks where inmates of all kinds were once imprisoned. Retrace the final footsteps of the condemned as you walk from Death Row to the last working gallows in Canada. In 1869, was an innocent man executed for the murder of Thomas D’Arcy McGee, a popular Canadian politician? Does he still haunt the hallways of the jail to this day? Join us and find out for yourself. Not recommended for children under 10. Cette visite est également disponible en français.

🚨 Our Haunted Ottawa Jail Tour is ending as of December 30th, 2023. Watch the announcement by Haunted Walk Founder and CEO, Glen Shackleton. 💀

A Safe & Spooky Experience for All...

Our Haunted Jail Tour regrettably isn’t accessible as there are a number of stairs along the route – unfortunately, they didn’t design 19th-century jails to be easy to get around!

Funding provided by the Government of Ontario

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