The Lisgar Collegiate Institute is one of the creepy buildings in town. If you take a look at the dusty windows from the upper floor you will notice that there are no classrooms. The top floor is used for storage only, because everybody is scared of going there alone. This area was closed, some years ago, for staff and students due to the paranormal activities observed there.

The Ottawa Normal School is today part of Ottawa City Hall. It was built in 1874 and served as a private school in the 1900s. However, the janitors repeatedly reported strange events happening at night - temperature falling below freezing levels, unusual figures materializing. Some say the paranormal activity was one of the main reasons the school had to close.

Friday's Roast Beef House, besides being a nice restaurant, is haunted by Sir James Alexander Grant, the building’s former owner. This doctor was famous for his eccentric behavior. The paranormal activities began when Friday’s Roast Beef House opened in 1972. The restaurant staff said they were hearing heavy breathing and coughing, coming apparently from an asthmatic person. Well, Alexander Grant suffered from asthma.

Located at Nicholas Street, between Wilbrod Road and Laurier Avenue East, Carleton County Gaol (jail) was the first penitentiary facility built in the Ottawa area. This three-and-a-half-storey building, featuring Italianate style, was architected by Henry Horsey and finished in 1862.

After being a prison for almost one and half centuries, it now houses a youth hostel. The building is renowned for its historical, architectural and contextual value, and serves as a live illustration of what the local prison system was like in those days. Carleton County Gaol is situated near many important buildings of the city, such as Carleton County Courthouse.

Throughout its history, the jail had held perpetrators of all stripes – from small time offenders to brutal murderers. The most prominent of Carleton's inmates was Patrick Whelan, who in 1869 was hanged here to death for killing Thomas D'Arcy McGee. This was the last public execution performed in Canada and was witnessed by more than 5,000 people.

In 2002, The Ottawa International Hostel was renamed The Ottawa Jail Hostel and designated a historic landmark. Although converted into a hostel, after renovation some of the cells were preserved in their original state so that the visitors could see the gruesome conditions in which the prisoners had been kept.

The Carleton County Gaol is notorious as one of the ghostliest sites in Canada, reportedly for having had too many innocent souls locked inside and held in appalling conditions (without bath or daylight, and with only one meal a day). Some of these people were tortured to death; others, in solitary confinement known as "The Hole", were stripped naked, chained to the walls and left in complete darkness. After the jail's closure in 1972, a number of reports have come in about unexplainable happenings and supernatural activity observed in the building. One such occurrence was the ghostly presence of a little girl and an old man witnessed by several people.

As soon as you enter the building, you can't help feeling a deep sense of sadness, gloominess and distress. Whilst in here, prepare to be scared by some of the horror stories told by the guides about haunting incidents that have taken place in this former jailhouse. By all means, visiting Ottawa's premium jail is an unforgettable experience which one definitely must have, provided the one is not fainthearted.

D'arcy McGee's Irish Pub is a perfect spot to relax after a scary and creepy tour. You can exchange some ghost yarns with your friends or with the other patrons of the pub. However, don’t relax too much – it is said that sometimes the murdered Irish Nationalist D'arcy McGee hides in the dark corners of the pub.

The Chateau Laurier Ottawa is one of the key attractions in the city. Designed in the Châteauesque style, this historic and stylish hotel stands at the intersection of Rideau Street and Sussex Drive. The Château was built between 1909 and 1912. Originally, it was planned to occupy part of the land belonging to Major’s Hill Park. However, that decision caused controversy and the then Prime Minister of Canada, Wilfrid Laurier, had to step in and assist in finding an alternate place for the project. In appreciation of his efforts, the newly built hotel was named Laurier.

Initially, the hotel's opening was scheduled for 26 April 1912 and was to be attended by Charles Melville Hays, president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway whose construction company ran the project. Hays was returning from Europe to Canada for the opening ceremony on RMS Titanic and tragically died when the boat sank on her maiden voyage on April 15. The ceremony was, thus, delayed and took place two months later in the presence of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.

After the inclusion of Grand Trunk in the Canadian National Railway, the Château Laurier was designated as the most significant hotel in Ottawa and hosted heads of states, celebrities, royalties, and political personalities. Canadian Prime Minister R.B. Bennett also lived here from 1930 to 1935. In 1999, the hotel's name was changed to Fairmont Hotels and Resorts.

The place is said to be haunted as many guests have admitted to seeing here the ghosts of Charles Melville Hays and a small child. They also claimed to have heard supernatural voices, experienced unexplained shivering and even had the sensation of being watched whilst on the premises.

The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada has put the hotel among the top 500 buildings constructed in the country over the past millennium. It is also known as the "the third chamber of Parliament" for having housed many important meetings of prominent politicians and other famous personalities, and also due to its proximity to some of Ottawa's major sites, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Rideau Canal, the Parliament Hill and others.

Located just below the Parliament Hill, the Bytown Museum is a small museum in Ottawa. Accommodated in the city's oldest stone building, it contains more than 7,000 artifacts. The museum collections narrate the story of the Canadian capital and its citizens, from ancient Bytown to present day Ottawa, with a special emphasis on the construction of the Rideau Canal. Designed by Thomas McKay, the museum was inaugurated by Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa (WCHSO) in 1917 to display the artifacts the society had collected over the previous 19 years. The Bytown Museum was moved to its present location in 1951, to the building initially used as a storehouse and treasury during the construction of the Rideau Canal. Men were permitted into the society in 1956, upon which its name was changed to Historical Society of Ottawa (HSO). The Bytown Museum is dedicated to hosting programs designed to help local and foreign visitors to learn more about the rich culture and history of Ottawa. Pursuant to this objective, the museum gathers, stores, studies and maintains artifacts representative of the culture and heritage of the city. In order to enable a foreign visitor to fully appreciate the history of Canada, audio tours of the museum have been made available in 6 different languages - English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Mandarin and German. You can choose one of these languages and have an informative tour of the Canadian heritage and culture. If you seek to enrich your knowledge of Ottawa, then look no further than the Bytown Museum.