4 Murder Mystery Games in Canada 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.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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3.Ottawa Mystery Quest: Self-Guided Detective Adventure

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

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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4.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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