Halloween excitement builds across Canada with pumpkin harvests in time for Halloween fall fun. As the fall colours diminish, a new set of colours emerge in time for on of the kids and adults favourite times of the year.
Halloween events have started in many attractions, historic buildings and locations.
Halloween fun across Canada in various Canadian Provinces:
Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec
ONTARIO
HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS and MARSH MONSTER MYSTERY
Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
Midland, ON
October 27, 2012 (Saturday Only)
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Marsh Monster 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Cost: General Admission (Marsh Monster $5.00)
The Wye Marsh is hosting a variety of spooktacular events. All Guys and Ghouls welcome and activities include: Haunted House, scavenger hunt, arts and crafts, pumpkin bowling and more. If you are up for the challenge, stick around Saturday evening for the Marsh Monster Mystery, who will help us solve it this year
Contact: Information at 705-526-7809 or email - info@wyemarsh.com
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Haunted Harbour
Discovery Harbour
Penetanguishene, ON
October 25, October 26 & October 27
Walk the candlelit trails through a 19th century naval historic site to see what is lurking in the dark and buildings. A spooky evening for the entire family! A special “haunted house” for those 10 and up looking for a frightfully good time.
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Haunted Trail and Mad House
Haiburton Forest & Wild Life Reserve
October 27, 2012
Join Haliburton Forest staff if you dare for a bone chilling night of tricks and treats! As the stars align and the impending All Hallows Eve approaches the unrested spirits of Haliburton Forest are strong and walk the thin line between this world and the next. Please wait for your ghostly hosts at the Wolf Centre parking lot to escort you through the trail up to the spine chilling mad house! Be prepared for the scare of your life! The forest is dark at night!
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Haliburton, ON
More information on the Haliburton Highlands
Muskoka Heritage Place
Great Pumpkin Trail
Huntsville
October 31, 2012
Annual favourite where trick or treaters follow the lit footpaths to decorated pioneer buildings where they receive their treats. All this in a vehicle free environment.
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Huntsville, ON
Halloween at Dynamic Earth
Sudbury
October 26–28, 2012
Tour the 'Tunnel of Terror' if you dare. For families with kids 12 and under, visit the above-ground fairy tale enchanted forest where you will venture on a quest like no other! Show up in costume to win spooky prizes at Northern Ontario's Halloween Headquarters!
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MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie
The Youth Advisory Council Halloween Coffeehouse
October 26, 2012- 6:00 pm $2
Join us in your costumed best! Enjoy live bands, acoustic and spoken word performances by talented youth from across Simcoe County. The Council will host a variety of activities to include a Halloween costume contest, youth art exhibition, button-making, face-painting, food and of course coffee! A prize will be awarded for the best costume.
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Halloween Spooktacular – October
Barrie City Hall (70 Collier Street) – Downtown Barrie
Contact (705) 734-1414 for Date
Have a ‘spook’tacular time with a variety of activities and attractions to celebrate Halloween. Activities will include a Costume Contest (for children 12 and under), a Pumpkin Decorating Contest, Free Face Painting, Free Wagon Rides, and Free Hot Apple Cider.
Friday Fright Night
Barrie Public Library
Friday, October 26, 2012 7pm-8:30pm
Have some spooky fun celebrating Halloween at the Downtown library when it’s closed! The Fright Night will feature “The Amazing Frank Clarkson” magic show at 7 p.m., crafts and other spooky activities! Children are welcome to wear their Halloween costumes. No registration required. Recommended for ages 6 years and up, parents must accompany any children 9 years and younger to the event
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Haunted Walk's Halloween Season
Ottawa
October 20-27 & November 3, 2012
Join us for the spookiest time of the year on our special Halloween tours. Various departure times in English and French each evening.
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Saunders Farm
Haunting Season
Munster, ON near Ottawa
September 29-October 31, 2012
For young children: Mazes, Harvest Hayride, Famer Bill’s Barnyard Tree House, Captain Aidan’s Playful Pirate Ship, Kid’s Discovery Barn, Pumpkin Patch.
Older Chilren: Barn of Terror, Field of Screams, Haunted Hayride, Gathering of the Ghouls, aMAIZEing Corn Cannon
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Haunted Walk Kingston
September 3 – October 31, 2012
Join us for The Original Haunted Walk of Kingston through the streets of the limestone city, or Ghosts of the Fort which explores the haunting at Old Fort Henry
Fort Fright Carnival of Carnage!
Kingston
September 22– October 31, 2012
Our scare attraction comes alive Wednesday - Saturday Evenings after dark... our ghouls come to life after the sun goes down!
Hotels on-line Kingston, ON
Thunder Bay Haunted Corn Field
Gammondale Farm
Thunder Bay
October 12-27, 2012 (Fridays and Saturdays)
Dare to be Scared! 'High Startle! NO GORE!' The nightmare lasts about 1 hour! How fast can you run? Daring souls under 18 must come with a brave adult 21 or over!
Canada’s Wonderland- Vaughan
Halloween Haunt –Friday, Saturday & Sundays in October 7 pm to midnight
The Asylum, Mother Noose, Clowns of Midnight, Miner’s Revenge, Red Beard’s Rage, Cornstalkers, Bloodshed, Castle Carnage
The Halloween Haunt is not part of park admission and costs extra
Halloween Family Fun Event
Camp Spooky: Saturdays & Sundays in October 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
It's Halloween fun for the whole family! The Halloween Family Fun Event is included with park admission.
Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre
Night at the Museum
October 20, 2012
Fun and spooky night of thrills and chills at the Bruce County Museum! Children ages 8-12 can come and experience the unforgettable, an overnight stay in the Museum!
ALBERTA
Boo at the Zoo welcomes ghosts and goblins to Calgary’s most spooktacular family Halloween event.
Calgary Zoo
October 26-28, 2012
Daytime Events Oct 30): 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Evening Events (Oct 28 & 29) : 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm (gates close at 8:00 pm)
Most terrifyingly, the Calgary Zoo is happy to announce that the evening thrills of Boo at the Zoo are BACK! There is a Zombie Walk in Prehistoric Park for those who dare to enter, as well as a separate toddler-friendly area! On Sunday, October 28th get ready for a day of goolishly exciting games and Halloween fun. You’ll find many of the same activities as the night events, other then Zombie Land and a few other more fearful ones.
Coffee & Scream Annual Halloween Party
Calgary
Sunday October 28, 2012 9:30 am -5pm
555 Northmount Dr NW
Sign up your little pumpkin at Coffee & Scream for our Annual Halloween Party! Your little one (suitable for 2-6 year olds) will take part in crafts, games, story time, snacks, indoor “trick or treat” and a costume parade to show off their costumes. The cost is $13.00(plus GST) per child and there are 4 time slots from which to choose. The cost is $13.00(plus GST) per child and there are 4 time slots from which to choose. The cost is $13.00(plus HST) per child and there are 4 time slots from which to choose. Parents are welcome to stay. Call (403) 210-2020 to book.
Haunting Halloween at Village Square Leisure Centre
October 31, 2012 5pm-7pm
Join Village Square Leisure Centre for creepy crafts, ghostly games, fun ghouly activities and more. Dress in your best costume to win prizes.
MANITOBA
Assiniboine Zoo
Safeway Boo at the Zoo
October 18-28, 2012
This year, Safeway Boo at the Zoo has new and enhanced displays – including Transylvania and African Safari – with more interaction, and chills and thrills that will be even more spinetinglingeriffic! Back by popular demand are the Pirates, the Lost Word, Alice Wonderland and many more.
Hours are 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Monday through Thursday & 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Birds Hill Provincial Park's Halloween at the Hill
Every year, Birds Hill Park, hosts Halloween at the Hill. It is a one day, free, interpretive event in October. Face painting, ghost stories, campfire, hay rides, and a ghost walk are among the activities offered. Dress up, bring a flashlight and meet at the Birds Hill Park Ranch.
Halloween Activities at Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre
October 28, 2012
Oak Hammond Marsh
Oak Hammock Marsh hosts Halloween activities, this year a Halloween party. For this family event dress up and enjoy a costume parade, scavenger hunts, pumpkin carving, stories, presentations and face painting. .
Haunted Forest at a Maze in Corn
October 5-28, 2012
Adolphe
The A Maze in Corn offers The Haunted Forest, in October. Definitely this outing is geared for adults and older kids. If considering taking a younger child, then it would be better to attend during the daylight hours. Take a guided walk down the Haunted trail with one of the resident creatures of the Haunted Forest. Their haunting humor will entertain you and the Forest will reach out to get your screams. So, come prepared to be scared!
Murray's Maze at Boonstra Farms
Stonewall
October 12-18, 2012
Boonstra Farms, located in Stonewall Manitoba, offers a Halloween Maze, Murray’s Maze, in October. The daytime is better for families with young children. To get really spooked go after dark.The Halloween Maze features the Tower of Terror! complete with a fog and light show to go along with the scary music. The Tower of Terror takes on a whole new aspect after dark and a word of warning that the atmosphere may scare small children. Keep a close eye out; there are monsters stalking their prey in the maze at all times!! The daytime is more family oriented including hayride and petting zoo
Lower Fort Garry Ghost Tours
October 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27, 2012
Lower Fort Gary Natonal Historic Site of Canada; St. Andrews
Lower Fort Gary National Historic Site of Canada, Manitoba, offers Ghost Tours in October. This is a candlelit tour, sure to be spooky, and including hot chocolate, stories and a bonfire.
QUEBEC
Jardin Botanique de Montreal
Botanical Gardens
October 4-31, 2012
Le Grand Bal des Citrouilles
The Great Pumpkin Ball
Hundreds of decorated pumpkins will be all decked out for the Great Pumpkin Ball. Come admire the wacky, creative efforts of their talented designers in this one-of-a-kind exhibition in Montréal.
October 6 to 31, 2011 - 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. - Main Exhibition Greenhouse.
Le Grand Mascarade, Le Fete de L’Halloween.
Borough of La Haute-Saint-Charles
October 31, 2012
This event will take place on the 31st of October. . Once a year, October 31, the "disappeared" from the Atlantic Ocean make their reappearance, to become a fantastic open-air theater.
La Ronde will be hosting its Halloween FrightFest
Montreal
October 6-28, 2012
Every weekend October 6-28 La Ronde morphs into a truly scary venue with its different activity zones. The traditional, ever-popular Haunted House will be back to scare visitors out of their wits! Frightful fun for everyone!
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