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Toronto Ghost Hunt: Dark History Self-Guided Game

2 Hours Round trip from Toronto Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Self-guided dark history game through Old Town Toronto
  • 02 Solve puzzle challenges at major downtown landmarks
  • 03 Explore sites including Old City Hall, TD Centre, and St. Lawrence Market
  • 04 Discover real stories tied to Toronto’s hidden past
  • 05 Start anytime and play at your own pace
  • 06 Outdoor walking route through Toronto’s historic core

Discover a darker side of Toronto on this self-guided ghost hunt through the city’s historic core. Using the free Questo app, you’ll follow clues, solve puzzle challenges, and unlock stories inspired by real events as you walk through Old Town at your own pace.

Along the way, explore landmarks such as Nathan Phillips Square, Old City Hall, the TD Centre, Fairmont Royal York, Hockey Hall of Fame, St. James Cathedral, and St. Lawrence Market. With no fixed schedule and no live guide, this outdoor experience offers a flexible way to uncover Toronto’s hidden history through storytelling and gameplay.

Discover a darker side of Toronto on this self-guided ghost hunt through the city’s historic core.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
City Toronto
Languages English, French

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

Originally installed for the 2015 Pan American Games as a temporary attraction meant to be dismantled in November 2016 at the earliest, the City of Toronto decided to continue to operate the sign after it became popular with tourists and residents.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Toronto's Old City Hall was one of the largest buildings in Toronto and the largest civic building in North America upon completion in 1899. It was the burgeoning city's third city hall. It housed Toronto's municipal government and courts for York County and Toronto, taking over from the Adelaide Street Court House.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.The Toronto-Dominion Centre, or TD Centre, is an office complex in the Financial District of downtown Toronto owned by Cadillac Fairview. It serves as the global headquarters for its anchor tenant, the Toronto-Dominion Bank, and provides office and retail space for many other businesses. The complex consists of six towers and a pavilion covered in bronze-tinted glass and black painted steel. Approximately 21,000 people work in the complex, making it the largest commercial office complex in Canada.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Between the towers are two large expanses, collectively known as Oscar Peterson Place. The northern space contains a more formal tract of granite, while the southern space contains the lawn and features The Pasture, a sculpture by Saskatchewan artist Joe Fafard, who died in early 2019.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Through a history of nearly 90 years, the Fairmont Royal York has played host royal guests, heads of state, celebrities, superstars of sport, and millions of others. It has been a crucial lynchpin in the history of Toronto luxury.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.Its first permanent building opened at Exhibition Place in 1961. The hall was relocated in 1993, and is now in Downtown Toronto, inside Brookfield Place, and a historic Bank of Montreal building. The Hockey Hall of Fame has hosted International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) exhibits and the IIHF Hall of Fame since 1998.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.The King Edward Hotel was designed by Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb and Toronto architect E.J. Lennox for developer George Gooderham's Toronto Hotel Company, and was granted its name by namesake King Edward VII. The structure opened in 1903 with 400 rooms and 300 baths, and it claimed to be entirely fireproof.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.The Cathedral Church of St. James is an Anglican cathedral in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the location of the oldest congregation in the city, with the parish being established in 1797.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.St. Lawrence Hall opened in 1850 and was Toronto's first large meeting hall. Named for Canada's patron saint, it was for many years the centre of cultural and political life in Toronto, hosting many balls, receptions, concerts, exhibitions and lectures.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.The St. Lawrence Market South building is a major public market building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southwest corner of Front and Lower Jarvis Streets. Along with the St. Lawrence Market North and St. Lawrence Hall, it comprises the St. Lawrence Market complex.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Toronto 1 city · 2 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • Self-guided dark history game through Old Town Toronto
  • Puzzles at Nathan Phillips Square, TD Centre, Hockey Hall of Fame & more
  • Gripping story driven by Toronto's real dark history and hidden secrets
  • Real history at every stop — Chinese Head Tax, 1904 Great Fire, public hangings
  • Flexible scheduling — start anytime, pause and resume, play at your own pace

What's Not Included

  • Live tour guide (fully self-guided via the free Questo app)

Know before you go

  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • To unlock the experience in the Questo app, go to and add your booking number and e-mail address. Then, download the Questo app and create a new account with the e-mail address you used for unlocking.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Toronto, CA
Tour start
Toronto, CA
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 2 hours finish where they began, in Toronto.

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