Original Haunted Walk: Ottawa's Spine-Chilling Tour

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Embark on a spine-chilling adventure through Ottawa’s haunted history. Join the Original Haunted Walk and uncover hair-raising ghost stories from the area’s most haunted spots.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Haunted Walk of Ottawa - Our tour guide will meet you at our ticket office to start the night.
Ottawa - Our storyteller will lead you by lantern light to some of the most haunted spots in downtown Ottawa and share the chilling ghost stories.
Rideau Canal National Historic Site - See the historic Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage…

What's Included

Professional guide

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

Experience the 75-minute walking tour of Ottawa that has been captivating visitors and locals alike for more than 20 years. The Original Haunted Walk is led by the best of local storytellers, dramatists, and amateur historians, sharing some of the most hair-raising and spine-chilling real-life ghost stories from the area. Follow along as they lead the…

Location

46 Sparks St.

Sparks Street

Tour departs from Haunted Walks ticket office, located just steps from Parliament Hill in Downtown Ottawa

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Rob_s

Dec 28, 2024

Fantastically spooky - Absolutely fantastic and memorable, the guide was extremely knowledgeable and entertaining. I would highly recommend this walk to everyone heading to Ottawa, if not for the spooky tales, then for the history behind everything.

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Kathleen_w

Dec 22, 2024

Some chilling and hair-raising tales - Wonderful ghost tales narrated by an experienced tour guide. Her knowledge and personality contributed that much more to the period costume she wore. Perfectly sized group which made the experience even better. We soldiered on in very chilly weather (mid-late Dec).

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A3714cvjp

Dec 20, 2024

Haunted tales under the Christmas lights. - The Haunted walk was fantastic. We really enjoyed it! Caroline, our guide was wonderful and has a real knack for telling the tales of the haunted buildings and areas in downtown Ottawa. It was a very cold but we dressed appropriately. We love seeing all of the beautiful Christmas lights in many of the parks and on the buildings too. We will definitely do another Haunted tour with them!

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Zoe_l

Nov 16, 2024

Interesting stories, great way to spend an evening - Informative, humorous, at the same time respectful to the deceased. I am sure the guide has told the same stories a million times before already, but they still managed to make everything engaging. Thumbs up!

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Cayla_r

Oct 13, 2024

Best time ever! - Monica our tour guide was amazing and was so informative about the history of the ghosts with bringing enthusiasm!

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Shannon_j

Oct 7, 2024

Amazing fun! - Felix was out tour guide and the stories and walk were fab! Highly recommended even on a rainy night!

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Explore68210405781

Nov 11, 2024

good - it was very fun and interesting but it was kinda long and it was very cold and wet outside but i guess that was not the haunted walk's fault. some of the stories where interesting but some of them where

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Emilie_d

Oct 23, 2024

Great tour - Tour was enjoyable and well guided, and the guide was clearly experienced in doing that. Stories were interesting and our guide always found stairs or benches so we could sit during the tour, which was greatly appreciated. However, this tour is more about the stories (ghost, paranormal) than anything fact-based about the buildings or monuments.

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Curlysgirl

Oct 22, 2024

Once was enough for us - I enjoyed being able to view the sites in downtown Ottawa like the Chateau Laurier, Centennial Park and Rideau Canal. Our guide was very organized and friendly and you could tell she really enjoyed doing the tours. The ghost stories aren't that scary and maybe it's the skeptic in me wondering how true some of them were. I wasn't that captivated and had a hard time paying attention to everything she was saying. I found them a bit drawn out and long at points. The tour was ruined for us by someone bringing a toddler and letting them run loose at each location. The child was yelling and making lots of noise jumping all over the place. The parents didn't seem that concerned about this kid running everywhere. I wish they wouldn't allow people to bring kids that young because it ruined the whole spooky mood that was supposed to be on the tour. It was also a very large tour with at least 25 people. I wish it had been a bit smaller.

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Ian_b

Oct 2, 2024

Haunted Walk - No memorable events - no ghosts met! On many other walks of infamy and strange events, this one had very little substance and was conjecture. I am sure over 150 years, Ottawa must have had many grisly events occur but nothing was told of murders and unusual city happenings.

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