11 Canada Escape Games You Can Book Today

1.Vancouver City Sightseeing Adventure: a murder mystery in Gastown

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 38 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $32Our pick

Meet your detective near Waterfront Station, then explore Gastown with a partner or group of up to six. Follow written clues, spot historic landmarks, and solve a murder in 90 minutes to two hours. The game is in English, mostly outdoors, and includes a 2 to 2.5 km walk. Detective Tanya Bennett may be your contact.

“Really good fun. Something you should do with your partner, test your understanding. Getting to know downtown was super cool too.”

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2.Montréal Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 25 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $15

Use the Explorial app to explore Montréal from Place d’Armes through Old Montréal, solving questions, finding landmarks, and completing photo tasks. The roughly two-hour route includes Notre-Dame Basilica, Bonsecours Market, Place Vauquelin, and La Grande Roue. You set the pace, take breaks, and play privately with your own group.

“Nice way to discover or rediscover Old Montreal. To do at our own pace with family or friends.Auto-translated”

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3.Street Art Exploration Game and Self-Guided Tour in Ottawa

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 20 reviews · 50 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes (approx.) · from $7Best value

Use the Questo app to follow a clue-based route through central Ottawa, stopping at murals such as The Living Room, Faith in Our Community, DaVinci, and the BLM mural. There is no guide, so you set the pace and play only with your own group. The route is listed at 50 to 80 minutes, but walking can take about three to four hours.

“I loved it! The 80min is definitely by bike though and NOT on foot. On foot I would count on 3h or so. Because it was much longer than expected, I didn't manage to finish it on scene, but I completed it by using Google street view xD The support was really good, it is difficult to go from the support back to the game though.”

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4.Private Vancouver Sightseeing Adventure: a Gastown murder mystery

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 19 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $31

Meet a costumed detective near Waterfront Station, split into teams, and follow a 2 to 2.5 km route through Gastown. Your kit includes maps, evidence files, clues, tools, and artifacts. You will solve puzzles, inspect city landmarks, and compete to earn your detective badge. The experience runs in English and requires a group booking.

“My wife and I did the Vancouver Outdoor Murder Mystery in Gastown during a trip from Phoenix, AZ. We absolutely LOVED IT. Such a fun way to see parts of the city, and work together to solve puzzles and challenges as a couple. It felt like we were on the Amazing Race. The program is really well done, and is challenging, but not impossible. It's more than just a scavenger hunt, and requires some thought and deduction to get things right. I would highly recommend this activity for anyone looking to do something fun in Vancouver.”

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5.Victoria Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $15

Use the Explorial app to guide your private group through central Victoria. Find landmarks, answer questions from signs and images, and complete creative photo tasks at your own pace. The route takes about two hours and includes the Fairmont Empress, Fan Tan Alley, Parliament Building, and other city sights.

“Fun adventure! Great way to learn a city while walking & having fun with family and friends. Looking forward to doing this in more cities!”

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6.Foxtrail Scavenger Hunt – Amphibious Trail Vancouver

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)

You’ll follow an English-language Foxtrail route from Yaletown, using a smartphone, physical clues, lockboxes, and hands-on puzzles to explore Vancouver at your own pace. The self-guided hunt lasts about three and a half hours, suits groups of up to six, and returns you to 1198 Mainland Street.

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7.Vancouver Old Town Treasure Hunt: Self-Guided Walking Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 12 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Use the Questo app to solve 14 puzzles across Vancouver’s old waterfront and Gastown. You’ll follow a story shaped by Gold Rush-era Vancouver, starting at the Marine Building and finishing near Maple Tree Square. The game runs in English, works offline, and lets you pause, use hints, or skip a tough clue.

“If you are not great at solving the riddle or question it is OK, there are hints and when needed hit the “skip” button and get the answer, easy peasy. It was a great way to explore the attractions at our own pace and learn about the history and culture, a big thumbs up!”

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8.Ottawa Mystery Quest: Self-Guided Detective Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 11 reviews · 3 hours 20 minutes to 3 hours 50 minutes (approx.) · from $8

This self-guided Ottawa mystery game sends you through downtown with a phone, a private-investigator storyline, and 10 puzzles. You begin near the Algonquin Land Acknowledgement and finish across the river at the Monument to the Algonquin Chief Tessouat. Plan on about 3 hours 20 minutes to 3 hours 50 minutes, with no guide or attraction admission included.

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9.Murder Mystery Detective Experience in Orillia ON

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 9 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $11

Use your phone to solve a fictional murder in Orillia with 16 characters voiced by professional actors. Choose a downtown walking map or an outskirts driving map, play on Normal or Hard Mode, and follow GPS clues to the Orillia Opera House, Port of Orillia, and Couchiching Beach Park. Plan for about 2.5 hours.

“I enjoyed it but when we got to the counting the windows I never counted the options given and I recounted it 4 times”

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10.Rockcliffe Ottawa: Exploration Game and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 9 reviews · 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $7

Use the Questo app to follow a one-hour to 90-minute walking story through Rockcliffe, Ottawa’s embassy quarter. Solve clues at Norwegian, Chilean, Dutch, Irish, Thai, Korean, Japanese, Danish, and American residences, with stops at Stornoway, Rockcliffe Park, the Rockeries, and Rockcliffe House. It is self-guided, in English, and costs $7.20 per person.

“This was a fun activity to do if you want to get a good walk and explore a new part of Ottawa. The challenges were much easier than I was expecting but I still enjoyed the experience.”

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11.Ottawa Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $9

Use the World City Trail app to follow a 2.4 km Ottawa route, solve observation-based riddles, and hear short stories about Parliament, the Rideau Canal, the National Gallery, and other sights. Start any time, pause for food or photos, and complete it in about two to two and a half hours.

“J'y suis allée en 1987 et la restauration n'était pas avancé comme maintenant et c'est tout simplement magnifique! Ni trop long, ni trop court.”

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