One of the best places for children to dress up in costume and visit at night in October is the Haunted Village at Burnaby Village just before Halloween.
In 2024 the outdoor museum is open on select days between October 23rd and 27th (which is much shorter than in previous years).
TIP: Other top kid-friendly Halloween attractions in the Lower Mainland include the HowlOver Canada film at FlyOver Canada, the Ghost Train at Stanley Park and Canyon Frights at Capilano Bridge. There are also family-friendly activities at Britannia Mine and other museums and pumpkin patches and corn mazes at Fantasy Farms, Maan Farms, Taves Family Farms and the Greendale Acres in the Fraser Valley).
For ideas on other great places to take children this Halloween season, see our article about Vancouver Halloween Activities for Kids. To see what else the City of Burnaby has to offer during October click Burnaby Halloween Festival.
To learn more about Burnaby Village in late October, continue reading.
This article contains the following information about Haunted Village:
Location | Admission | Activities | Tips & Advice | Other Information
Halloween at Vancouver’s Burnaby Village
In 2024 the Legends, Tales and Other Stories Halloween event takes place from October 23rd to 27th. Daily hours are from 4:00 to 9:00 pm.
Although Halloween is traditionally supposed to be for children, most haunted house venues in the Lower Mainland are scary even for adults. They aren’t always so suitable for young children.
Burnaby Village, however, is one of the few really good places where kids can have fun and see Halloween scenes without getting totally freaked out. There is some spooky stuff, yes, but all within reason.
HORROR MOVIES IN BURNABY
The Vancouver Horror Show is a film festival that showcases horror movies. This year the festival takes place in Burnaby, at Metrotown, from October 18th to 20th. The films also screen at Cineplex International Village in Vancouver from October 25th to 27th.
Haunted Village Location
Located at 6501 Deer Lake Avenue, the Burnaby Village Museum is at the edge of Deer Lake Park. The park is a nice place for a walk before dark and pretty with its fall colours this time of year.
Admission at the Haunted Village
Although Burnaby Village is free in the summer and in December for the Christmas season, there is a charge during special occasions, including at its Haunted Village special event.
The cost in 2024 is about $10 for adults, seniors and youth, and $5 for children ages 2 to 12. Kids under two years old have free admission.
Haunted Village Activities
During its short Halloween season, Burnaby Village is full of Halloween decorations. Most of the buildings are closed, but inside all the windows are spooky sights to see.
In 2024, Burnaby Village’s Legends, Tales and Other Stories attraction is where you could find all sorts of visual displays based on famous storybooks. You can expect to see scenes from Alice in Wonderland, The Monkey King, Sleeping Beauty, and other cultural stories.
This year’s Halloween event also features performances by the Vancouver Circus School, along with several bandstand parties for all to enjoy. Costumes are encouraged.
In previous years, there were also trick-or-treating candies for children and free carousel rides for everyone. However, things have been different since COVID-19. Carousel rides were unavailable in 2023. Trick-or-treating may or may not happen this year either. Exact details are to be confirmed.
Haunted Village Tips & Advice
Below are some more useful pieces of advice and information.
TIP #1: If you have kids, be sure to go on the carousel ride in years when it’s offered. It’s not every day that the rides are free and unlimited. Do, however, expect there to be a lineup. Note: The carousel didn’t happen during last year’s event.
TIP #2: There are some scary scenes in various display windows some years, but there isn’t the usual gore you’ll find at most haunted houses elsewhere. If you have particularly timid children it’s not difficult to avoid most of the spookier stuff, so in general it’s a pretty good kid-friendly place to go.
TIP #3: The Halloween event at Burnaby Village is very family-friendly. Expect most of the children there to be somewhere between about age 3 and 11, with 5 to 10 probably being the perfect age for the event.
TIP #4: Parking in the area isn’t great. If the main parking lot is full there is sometimes parking along the road on Sperling Avenue nearby, or just a short walk up the same street in the Deer Lake parking lot. For other suggestions, see Overflow Parking for Burnaby Village just in case.
TIP #5: Don’t forget to wear your costume! Lots of other kids will be dressed up too. Think of it as a dress rehearsal for trick-or-treating on October 31st.
TIP #6: If the forecast is for rain, then don’t forget your raincoats and umbrellas. Although it’s a museum, everything is outdoors (and even more so than in the summer).
Other Information
For more information about the place at Halloween, see the Burnaby Village Museum website.
To learn more about the museum in general, check out Burnaby Village, or for the museum in December see Heritage Christmas.
To see what else is on offer during the Halloween season in Burnaby, click Burnaby Halloween Festival.
For other child-friendly Halloween attractions in Metro Vancouver, check out Vancouver Children’s Halloween Activities.