Where to Walk: the 7 Best Ghost Walking Tours in Canada

1.Old Montreal: Traditional Ghost Walk of the Haunted City

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 746 reviews · 1h 30m · from $24Our pick

Follow a costumed storyteller from Place Royale through Old Montreal for 90 minutes of ghost tales, grim history, and eerie city lore. Guides such as Alice, Constance, Lily, and Madame Morphine keep the mood theatrical in English or French. The walk suits families, friends, and curious first-time visitors.

“We did the tour with Margueritte an amazing story teller ! We were 2 families with 3 children so she had to be prudent the way she described the Stories. Both adults and kids were excited in the end! It’s an opportunity to do also a visit to the old town. We asked for a private tour and we did it in the morning. It was nice because we could see better the buildings !”

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2.Old Montreal Ghost Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 726 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $26

Meet at Place Royale at 8 pm for a 90-minute English ghost walk through Old Montreal. Guides such as Madame Morphine, Constance, Alice, Beatrice, and Franklin mix crime, witchcraft, fires, hangings, and ghost lore with theatrical storytelling before finishing near Bonsecours Market.

“Excellent! Alice was knowledgeable and enthusiastic, even though she’s done the tour many times. I liked the historical references of what life was like centuries ago and especially appreciated hearing about recent events and what unsuspected tourists experienced without knowing their current rentals had a ghostly history.”

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3.Ottawa: Haunted Night Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 341 reviews · 1h 15m · from $23

Meet your cloaked guide at 46 1/2 Sparks Street for a 75-minute evening walk through downtown Ottawa. Guides such as Monica, Jack, Nart, and Clare use lanterns, local history, and ghost stories to bring Grant House, Château Laurier, and other haunted sites to life.

“Liz is a great storyteller. She kept us on our toes. I did the night tour, which added more to the experience compared to the day tour.”

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4.Original Haunted Walk of Ottawa

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 284 reviews · 1 hour 15 minutes (approx.) · from $25

Meet your storyteller at 46 Sparks Street for a 75-minute evening walk through downtown Ottawa. Hear tales tied to the Château Laurier, Rideau Canal, Bytown Museum, and Lisgar Collegiate Institute. Guides such as Monica, Margo, Nart, and Laura add humor, local detail, and personal ghost stories.

“More a walk than ghost tour , the presenter was fun and bright but she couldn’t cover up for the fact that such a young city doesn’t really have that many ghosts so well over half of the tour is walking between locations followed by stories about someone seeing something . Struggle to recommend it”

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5.Dark History Nighttime Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 273 reviews · 1h 15m · from $20Best value

Walk Toronto’s older streets for 75 minutes with a cloaked English-speaking guide. Choose from the Original Haunted Walk, Campus Secrets and Spectres, or Spirits of the Distillery. Expect researched history, ghost stories, outdoor stops, and vivid storytelling from guides such as Cass, Dev, Jeff, Cole, and Caroline.

“As a born and bred Torontonian, now living out west, it was so interesting to find out more about the city’s ghostly past and to some extent, its present”

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6.Kingston: Haunted Night Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 144 reviews · 1h 15m · from $23

Follow a cloaked English-speaking guide from Ontario Street through Kingston’s Sydenham Ward. Hear stories of hangings, haunted hotels, grave robbings, and hidden burial grounds on a 75-minute outdoor walk with guides such as Alison, Rachel, Maya, and Ben.

“Rebecca wa# an amazing haunted tour guide. We had so much fun, even though it drizzled off and on. Rebecca was very conscious of everyone’s speed and ensured we crossed all the streets together and safely.”

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7.Banff Ghost Walks

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 122 reviews · from $30

Meet your guide at Good Earth Coffeehouse at 7 p.m. for a slow, outdoor walk through Banff’s downtown streets, river area, and haunted landmarks. Guides such as Sam, Jack, Mike, and Harriet combine ghost stories with local history. Expect cool weather, easy walking, and no indoor site access.

“Mike(Bob) did a good a job, very interesting stories, very cold walk. Wish we could go into the places during the tour.”

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