Canadian Ghost Towns & Hauntings
This Nova Scotia town is known for a historic ghost ship legend in the Northumberland Strait.
What is Summerside / the Northumberland Strait?
This infamous Montreal area was the site of several unexplained fires and eerie sounds in the 1800s, earning it a haunted reputation.
What is Griffintown?
This night before All Saints’ Day was originally celebrated by Celts to mark the end of harvest.
What is Samhain?
Children often carried this simple item to collect Halloween candy in the early 1900s.
What is a pillowcase?
This black animal crossing a road at night is often considered a bad luck omen.
What is a black cat?
This Alberta hotel, built in 1888, is famous for a ghost bride seen on the staircase.
What is the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel?
In 1917, this Canadian city experienced one of the largest explosions in history, killing thousands and leaving many ghost stories.
What is Halifax (Halifax Explosion)?
These small, mischievous forest spirits appear in Mi’kmaq folklore.
What are the Mikmaq Little People?
This Canadian chocolate bar features peanuts, caramel, and chocolate — and has been around since 1910.
What is Oh Henry!?
These winged mammals live across Canada and help keep insect populations down.
What are bats?
This fortress in Halifax is said to be haunted by shadowy soldiers from past wars.
What is the Halifax Citadel?
This 19th-century Quebec woman, executed for murder, became one of the most famous ghosts in Canadian folklore.
Who is La Corriveau?
This Algonquin and Cree spirit is associated with hunger and winter night terrors.
What is the Wendigo?
These chewy, fruit-flavored candies were invented in Canada and sold in small rolls.
What are Wine Gums?
These wolves howl in packs and make Canadian forest nights eerie.
What are wolves?
In Ontario, this jail-turned-hostel is known for eerie footsteps in the hallways.
What is the Ottawa Jail Hostel (Carleton County Gaol)?
During the gold rush, many abandoned Yukon towns became haunted after miners mysteriously disappeared — one town is now a ghost town called this.
What is Dawson City?
The Inuit tell of these shapeshifting spirits who can appear as humans, animals, or mist.
What are the Ijiraq?
This sticky sweet treat is made by pouring hot maple syrup over snow.
What is maple taffy?
Inuit legends tell of these spirits that mimic human voices to lure travelers.
What are the Ijiraq?
This abandoned mining town in Newfoundland is often linked to ghost stories and unexplained lights.
What is Bell Island?
In Ontario, this “Devil’s Rock” is said to be cursed, with multiple stories of travelers disappearing in the 1800s.
What is Devil’s Rock (near Niagara / local legend sites)?
In Canadian folklore, these witches are said to ride brooms at night, often over lakes and forests.
What are flying witches?
This aerated chocolate bar with bubbles is a favorite across Canada.
What is Aero?
These glowing northern phenomena were once thought to be spirits dancing in the sky.
What are the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis)?