Ghost Tours in Canada: The Complete Summer Guide

Looking for the best ghost tours in Canada? Whether you’re planning a spooky getaway or exploring your own backyard, this province-by-province guide highlights the top haunted experiences from coast to coast. You’ll find tour locations, links, and brief overviews to help you choose the perfect chilling adventure. It’s the perfect starting point for discovering the country’s most spine-tingling stories and historic haunts. Curated by your spooky friends at The Haunted Walk (KingstonOttawa, and Toronto). 

Alberta

Banff Canmore Ghost Walks

Location(s): Banff & Canmore, AB

Website: banffcanmoreghostwalks.ca

Overview: Explore the haunting beauty of the Rockies on this chilling walking tour through Banff or Canmore, where true stories of murder, mystery, and the unexplained linger in the mountain air.

Calgary Ghost Walks

Location(s): Calgary, AB

Website: calgaryghostwalks.com

Overview: Explore Calgary’s haunted history with spine-tingling stories as costumed guides reveal the darker side of the city with glimpses into the mischief, mayhem, and murders.

Drumheller Guided Ghost Walk

Location(s): Drumheller, AB

Website: facebook.com

Overview: A walking tour throughout downtown Drumheller, which explores the history of the city as well as its ghostly inhabitants! Led by expert storyteller Lothar Malmberg.

British Columbia

Ghostly Walks (Discover the Past Tours)

Location(s): Victoria, BC

Website: discoverthepast.com

Overview: Victoria’s long-running ghost tour, known for expert storytelling and rich historical detail that brings the city’s spirits to life.

Ghostly Vancouver Tours

Location(s): Vancouver, BC

Website: ghostlyvancouvertours.com

Overview:Uncover Vancouver’s ghostly secrets on walking tours that explore haunted buildings, eerie alleys and historic neighbourhoods.

Lost Souls of Gastown (Forbidden Vancouver)

Location(s): Vancouver, BC

Website: forbiddenvancouver.ca

Overview: A theatrical ghost tour through Gastown’s shadowy streets, mixing true crime, hauntings, and dark history.

Manitoba

Broadway Ghost Walk (SquarePeg Tours)

Location(s): Winnipeg, MB

Website: squarepegtours.com

Overview: Hear stories about haunted locations along Broadway & Memorial Blvd, causes for paranormal experiences and more. Tour begins at the Manitoba Legislature and ends at the haunted Fort Garry Hotel.

New Brunswick

Calithumpians – The Haunted Hike

Location(s): Fredericton, NB

Website: calithumpians.com

Overview: A mix of spooky stories and theatre, this Fredericton tradition has delighted and haunted audiences for decades.

Newfoundland

St. John’s Haunted Hike

Location(s): St. John’s, NL

Website: hauntedhike.com

Overview: A Newfoundland classic, this tour explores St. John’s oldest streets with dramatic flair and gripping ghost stories.

Nova Scotia

The Halifax Ghost Walk

Location(s): Halifax, NS

Website: dustykeleher.com/the-halifax-ghost-walk

Overview: Canada’s oldest ghost walk, this tour combines historic tales and ghostly legends with the charm of Halifax’s waterfront.

Haunted Antigonish Ghost Tour

Location(s): Antigonish, NS

Website: novascotia.com

Overview: A local favourite that brings Antigonish’s haunted tales to life in a blend of folklore and factual mystery.

Haunted Lunenburg

Location(s): Lunenburg, NS

Website: lunenburgwalkingtours.com

Overview: Tales of hauntings, witches, and ghost sightings! While wandering past ornate houses by lantern light, you’ll hear about the hangings on Gallows Hill and uncover the tragedy of the widow’s watch in what is arguably Nova Scotia’s most haunted town.

Valley Ghost Walks

Location(s): Annapolis Valley, NS

Website: valleyghostwalks.com

Overview: Family-friendly, historical productions with Jerome the Gravekeeper and his ghostly friends throughout the streets and cemeteries of the Annapolis Valley.

Ontario

The Haunted Walk

Location(s): Kingston, Ottawa, Toronto, ON

Website: hauntedwalk.com

Overview: Canada’s most popular ghost tour company, offering immersive storytelling experiences in three historic cities. Explore haunted forts, theatres, and shadowy downtown streets with expert guides.

Ghost Tours of Fort George

Location(s): Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

Website: niagaraghosts.com

Overview: Experience Fort George after dark! Join us for a candlelit tour, where you will hear a score of ghostly accounts while being introduced to the fascinating history of the War of 181, haunted Fort George and Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Ghost Walks

Location(s): Hamilton & Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON

Website: ghostwalks.com

Overview: From Niagara to Hamilton, these expert-led walks reveal Ontario’s haunted heritage through engaging stories and eerie locations.

Pickering Museum Village

Location(s): Pickering, ON

Website: pickering.ca

Overview: Explore the darker side of Pickering’s past on a lantern-lit tour along the waterfront, where tales of crime, mystery, and the supernatural bring local history to life.

Discovery Harbour

Location(s): Penetanguishene, ON

Website: discoveryharbour.on.ca

Overview: Explore the haunting legends of this 19th-century naval site on a lantern-lit ghost tour, or delve into the secrets of spirit communication with an interactive séance experience that reveals the tricks and illusions behind historical séances.

Prince Edward Island

Secrets of Charlottetown Tours

Location(s): Charlottetown, PEI

Website: secretsofcharlottetown.com

Overview: Discover haunted stories and hidden history in PEI’s capital with theatrical flair and historical charm.

 

Québec

Haunted Montréal

Location(s): Montréal, QC

Website: hauntedmontreal.com

Overview: Research-driven and atmospheric, these tours explore Montréal’s haunted history by neighbourhood.

Fantômes Montréal Ghosts (Guidatour)

Location(s): Montreal, QC

Website: montrealghosts.com

Overview:A dramatic walking tour of Old Montreal filled with eerie stories and costumed characters.

Ghost Tours of Québec

Location(s): Québec City, QC

Website: ghosttoursofquebec.com

Overview: Stroll through Old Québec’s cobblestone streets by lantern light as you hear chilling stories from the city’s past.