One of Ontario's Most Haunted Buildings

Originally functioning as a prison from 1862 to1972, the HI-Ottawa Jail Hostel had a long history of mistreating its inmates before it became the comfortable and friendly hostel you see today: that's 110-years' worth of accumulation of disgruntled past residents who still insist on hanging around.

Read on for some of our guests' best ghost stories, and some recently published articles in the media:

Ghost stories | Stories in the media | Around the World: Haunted Hostels

Guests get rattled | Hostel Hosts Harmless Ghost

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