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The 15 Canada Escape Games Tours That Earn Their Hour

52 tours  ·  from $7 a head

The 15 best canada escape games tours you can book today, with what each costs a player, how long it runs and the team size it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.

Vancouver City Sightseeing Adventure: a murder mystery in Gastown - Gastown’s cobblestones, saloons, and famous corners
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Vancouver City Sightseeing Adventure: a murder mystery in Gastown

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

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

You’ll meet a detective near Waterfront Station, then walk 2 to 2.5 km through Gastown in a team of two to six. Expect a 90-minute to two-hour English puzzle game with clues, local sights, and a final score. Detective Tanya Bennett and her team run the experience.

“We believe this mystery murder game has the potential to be an excellent activity to acquaint players with the interesting history and sights of the city of Vancouver; however, we found the game clues to be confusing and quite time consuming. We believe the game requires much more than 2 hours to complete for participants to realize the benefit the game seeks to provide for city visitors. It is obvious a lot of time and creative thought were put into developing this game concept; we would encourage the game developers to simplify and refine the game and continue to make it available as a fun, exciting way to explore the…”

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Montréal Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour - Following the waterfront to Grand Quai
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Montréal Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour

2.Montréal Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour

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

Use the Explorial app to guide your private group through Old Montreal. Solve questions, find landmarks, complete photo tasks, and learn about places such as Notre-Dame Basilica, Place Vauquelin, Bonsecours Market, and La Grande Roue. Plan on roughly two hours, with breaks whenever you like.

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

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Street Art Exploration Game and Self-Guided Tour in Ottawa - Starting at Avenue Laurier
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Street Art Exploration Game and Self-Guided Tour in Ottawa

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

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

Use the Questo app to follow clues through central Ottawa, from Ottawa Mural and The Living Room to BLM, DaVinci, and KindComments murals. You set the pace, solve story-based challenges, and explore with only your own group. Plan for much longer on foot than the advertised 50 to 80 minutes.

“I'd say this activity is best done by bicycle or scooter, unless you want a very long walk. The estimated time given is definitely for bicycle or scooter, not for walking time. We walked it, and it took about four hours. Lovely way to explore some neighborhoods we would not otherwise have seen as tourists, and the murals are amazing!”

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Private Vancouver Sightseeing Adventure: a Gastown murder mystery - Following the route through Gastown
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Private Vancouver Sightseeing Adventure: a Gastown murder mystery

4.Private Vancouver Sightseeing Adventure: a Gastown murder mystery

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

Join a costumed detective near Waterfront Station for a two-hour, screen-free mystery through Gastown. Your private group gets maps, evidence files, tools, and artifacts, then races in teams along a 2 to 2.5 km route to solve the case.

“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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Victoria Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour - Finding Fan Tan Alley
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Victoria Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour

5.Victoria Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour

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

Use the Explorial app to explore Victoria from the Steamship Terminal, solving location-based questions and creative photo challenges as you walk to sights such as the Parliament Building, Fairmont Empress, and Fan Tan Alley. The private, self-guided experience takes about two hours, with breaks whenever you like.

“We had lots of fun playing this game! Victoria is a lovely place, and it was cool to play this. Thanks”

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Foxtrail Scavenger Hunt - Amphibious Trail Vancouver - How the puzzle system works
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Foxtrail Scavenger Hunt – Amphibious Trail Vancouver

6.Foxtrail Scavenger Hunt – Amphibious Trail Vancouver

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

Start in Yaletown and follow a three-and-a-half-hour Foxtrail route using your smartphone, physical clues, mechanical games, and team puzzles. You set the pace, discover familiar and lesser-known Vancouver spots, and return to the starting point. English instructions, groups of up to six.

“This tour is for sale on Tripadvisor but the truth is, it doesn’t exist! We paid to do this tour yesterday, drop over an hour into the city, did the first clue, and then the next clue, which was supposed to be a lock box with a map in it, was empty! The proprietor at the store said that they no longer support the tour! Why is it still up for purchase? The local contact info and email address don’t respond, so I called Tripadvisor/Viator and after nearly 30 min, the only result was that they’d contact the tour provider to confirm if we would qualify for a refund. My…”

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Quebec City Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour - Starting at the Samuel-De Champlain Monument
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Quebec City Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour

7.Quebec City Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Walking Tour

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

Use the Explorial app and an access code to guide your private group through Quebec City for about two hours. Solve questions, follow map clues, and complete photo tasks at landmarks including the Champlain Monument, Petit-Champlain, Place Royale, and Quebecois murals. Pause whenever you like.

“You need data on your phone. We paid for 2 tickets but once we got there, my husband couldn't play because he didn't have data. We paid for him to play and couldn't play. It was disappointing.”

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Foxtrail Scavenger Hunt - Compass Trail Vancouver - From downtown streets to overlooked corners
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Foxtrail Scavenger Hunt – Compass Trail Vancouver

8.Foxtrail Scavenger Hunt – Compass Trail Vancouver

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 14 reviews · 3 hours (approx.)

Foxtrail Compass sends you through Vancouver’s Yaletown area on a self-guided hunt of mechanical puzzles, physical clues, codes, and app-based challenges. You set the pace, work in a group of up to six, and return to the starting point after roughly three hours.

“This is very poorly maintained. We couldn't finish because of missing/unreachable clues. DO NOT RECOMMEND! When we arrived at the first stop, they didn't have lanyards for us. Not a huge deal. We set out to continue our hunt. When we got to the parking lot, we searched & searched for the clue that was supposed to be on the fence. We never found it. We finally checked the hints & compared the picture on the hints to where this box should have been. It's not there, it's been removed. This was a letdown, we had spent a lot of time circling this lot. A few in our bunch were…”

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Old Town Quebec Secrets: Private Exploration Game and Tour - Tourny Fountain opens the route with art and clues
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Old Town Quebec Secrets: Private Exploration Game and Tour

9.Old Town Quebec Secrets: Private Exploration Game and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 13 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $9

Explore Old Quebec with the Questo app, solving location-based clues at fountains, gates, churches, monuments, and Place Royale. This private, self-guided game takes about 90 minutes, works offline, costs $9.29 per person, and lets you start or pause when convenient.

“This was my favorite thing we did in Quebec City. I love architecture and sight-seeing, my husband loves history, and we both love solving riddles and puzzles. This was the PERFECT was for us to see the city and this game took us to locations we might not have seen otherwise!”

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Vancouver Old Town Treasure Hunt: Self-Guided Walking Game - Waterfront Station and Canada’s railway age
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Vancouver Old Town Treasure Hunt: Self-Guided Walking Game

10.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 follow a 90-minute, self-guided route from the Marine Building through Gastown. Solve 14 puzzles, learn about Vancouver’s Gold Rush era, and pause or resume as you like. It runs in English, works offline, and suits private groups.

“This was a fun way to check out GasTown in Vancouver. We had a bit of trouble downloading the game onto more than one phone so we all had to share. Also, we got hung up on one clue and there was no way to continue. But still fun for a few hours of exploring.”

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Ottawa Mystery Quest: Self-Guided Detective Adventure - City Hall and the National Arts Centre
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Ottawa Mystery Quest: Self-Guided Detective Adventure

11.Ottawa Mystery Quest: Self-Guided Detective Adventure

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

Use your phone to play a private detective game through central Ottawa. You will solve 10 clues at City Hall, Parliament Hill, the War Memorial, Rideau Canal, and more, moving at your own pace. The route ends across the river at the Tessouat sculpture in Gatineau.

“we indicate to go to an address on departure for pick-up. No precise time and no one on site when we could just start the puzzle. the address was not easy to find. Why not simplify by saying city hall. The number of kilometres to cover would have been good information to know for someone like me who is mobility impaired. When I saw that the end ended on the side of gatineau. We did the part that was getting closer to the byward market and we finished it there.Auto-translated”

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Kingston Self-Guided Walking Tour & Scavenger hunt (updated) - Waterfront sights, towers, and the first history lessons
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Kingston Self-Guided Walking Tour & Scavenger hunt (updated)

12.Kingston Self-Guided Walking Tour & Scavenger hunt (updated)

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 10 reviews · 2 hours (approx.)

Start at Kingston City Hall and follow a 2.8 km self-guided route to City Park, the waterfront, museums, monuments, and historic buildings. Your phone supplies clues and challenges in English or French. Plan about two hours, use mobile data, and expect an outdoor-only experience for up to six people.

“Very good tour. Good history lesson. Finding parking can be hard. We ended up parking on the street. A little difficult to start it but we did figure it out.”

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Murder Mystery Detective Experience in Orillia ON - Stop one: Orillia Opera House
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Murder Mystery Detective Experience in Orillia ON

13.Murder Mystery Detective Experience in Orillia ON

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

You solve a fictional murder around Orillia using a mobile app, live GPS directions, and audio from 16 professional actors. Choose a downtown walking route or an outskirts driving route, play on Normal or Hard Mode, and pause whenever you need.

“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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Rockcliffe Ottawa: Exploration Game and Tour - Lisgar Road’s Diplomatic Residences
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Rockcliffe Ottawa: Exploration Game and Tour

14.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 clue trail through Ottawa’s Rockcliffe Park. You’ll pass ambassadorial residences, Stornoway, Rockeries, and Rockcliffe House. It is self-guided, English-only, and best done in daylight with a charged phone.

“This was a great experience, we loved the walking, the story and the facts. I would even do it again.”

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Old Quebec Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour - Dufferin Terrace and Château Frontenac
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Old Quebec Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour

15.Old Quebec Scavenger Hunt and Highlights Self Guided Audio Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 8 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $6Best value

Use the World City Trail app to guide yourself through a 1.5-kilometer route past Place Royale, Château Frontenac, Dufferin Terrace, Petit Champlain, and more. Solve observation-based riddles, hear short audio stories, and pause whenever you like. Bring a charged phone and mobile data.

“Wonderful experience...Value for money. I saw the Chateau Fontanac tour for US $25 separately. $8 for 10 Landmarks was more than a deal! Puzzle at different landmarks incorporated English, Science and History. Great teaching fun tool for my children. Great historical lesson for me to indulge in Quebec city.”

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