Fairacres Mansion, aka the Ceperley Home or Burnaby Art Gallery, was built around 1910 and is said to be haunted by the ghost of Mrs. Ceperley.
Fairacres Mansion
Irving House
The historic Irving house, built in 1865, was the home of Captain Irving and his family. Witnesses have felt a sensation of being watched and have reported strange noises, shivering walls, voices, and a strange indentation that appears in the master bedroom bed. The ghost of Captain Irving himself is suspected to visit and make the imprint, as this was the bed in which he died.
Langham Court Theatre
Langham Court Theatre, a playhouse since 1929, is haunted by a ghost known as the Lady in the Loft, seen by both theater staff and patrons.
Parliament Buildings
The historic 1890s Parliament Buildings are open for tours year-round. One of the most well-known ghosts here is architect Francis Mawson Rattenbury, who chooses to remain here, where he is appreciated daily, instead of in England where he was buried in an unmarked grave after being beaten to death by his wife’s lover.
St. Ann's Academy
St. Ann’s Academy’s oldest building, the chapel, was constructed in 1858. It was moved to its present spot and the rest of the school was built around it in 1871. Witnesses here report such ghostly activity as dark figures in doorways and unexplained singing in the middle of the night.
Maritime Museum
Local lore has it that many ghosts visit the Maritime Museum, housed in a former courthouse building that includes Victoria’s original gallows. Some say the hanged men were buried on the grounds. Add to it that 135 people perished in the steamship Valencia wreck of 1908, and a few years later, a lifeboat full of skeletons was found by a fishermen. Oddly, the lifeboat vanished into thin air before authorities could get to it, only to be found again, empty, 27 years later. That lifeboat is on display at the museum.
Ross Bay Cemetery
The Victorian Ross Bay Cemetery has some well-known ghosts, like David Fee, killed on the St. Andrews Cathedral steps Christmas Eve 1890, and Isabella Ross, the first female BC landowner, who owned this land before the cemetery was here. An unknown elderly Victorian couple are seen on the cemetery’s west end. Ghost tours are given by the Old Cemeteries Society.
Hycroft Manor
Hycroft Manor is a 30-room, 20,000 sq. ft. mansion haunted by prankish spirits who flicker lights and close doors. Ghosts have been seen and heard here, including a World War I soldier, a nurse, a well-dressed woman, and a crying man.
Waterfront Station
Waterfront Station is a major transit hub said to be haunted by many ghosts. One is a 1920s lady who was seen dancing alone by a security guard. Another apparition was a group of three elderly ladies seen sitting on a bench. Furniture has been known to move by itself here as well.
University of Alberta - Pembina Hall
The University of Alberta’s Pembina Hall, built in 1914, is said to be haunted by a young nurse who died during an influenza epidemic. Stories say her beloved died around the same time she did, and her ghost is trying to find him.