Resources for Urban Explorers in Canada

Whether you already live in Canada and like to explore or you are traveling through Canada and want to find places to explore and people to explore with... this post should help you track down resources online.

Groups and Resources for Canada

Flickr: Abandoned Canada Abandoned Canada

Flickr: Canadian Rural Ruins Canadian Rural Ruins

GhostTownsCanada.ca A photo gallery of Ghost Towns in Canada. Includes ghost towns that still have buildings, residents and those that are completely gone.

Canadian Military History by Bruce Forsyth A Short History of Abandoned and Downsized Canadian Military Bases.

List of defunct airports in Canada - Wikipedia List of defunct airports in Canada

Ghost towns in Canada Photographs and stories on ghost towns in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and the Northwest Territories.

Groups and Resources for British Columbia

Facebook: Haunted British Columbia Haunted British Columbia

Flickr: Abandoned British Columbia This is a place to share any photographs of places in British Columbia that have been abandoned.

Flickr: Vanishing Vancouver This group is for photos of disappearing aspects, or little fragments of the city that won't be around much longer.

Flickr: Vancouver "Then and Now" We'd like to get photos of Vancouver "then" and now. Archival, your parents' snapshots, whatever, and then a photo you've taken of the same area from the same angle as it stands currently...if possible, and placed side by side.

Groups and Resources for the Prairie Provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta)

Flickr: Abandoned Saskatchewan Abandoned Saskatchewan

Flickr: Saskatchewan Ghost Towns This group is about preserving a photographic legacy of Ghost Towns and near Ghost Towns in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada.

Flickr: Unseen Saskatchewan This group is about showing the hidden beauty of Saskatchewan. Whether it be rural decay, amazing skies, ghost towns, unique architecture or places in cities, towns and tourist areas that are rarely seen.

Flickr: Historical and Abandoned Alberta Post your photos of buildings located in Alberta that are abandoned and/or of historical significance.

Flickr: Historical and Abandoned Edmonton Historic, old or abandoned buildings in Edmonton, Alberta.

Flickr: Historical Calgary Gathering old photos of Calgary and area, and taking new photos of the same locations to illustrate the changes over time that our city has seen.

Groups and Resources for Ontario

Flickr: Ontario Rural Ruins Ontario Rural Ruins

Urbex Barrie Urban exploration blog from a Barrie based explorer.

The Exploration Project Blog from an urban explorer in Ontario.

Google Groups: Urbex Ontario Message board for urban explorers in Ontario. Must be approved to join - usually you need to be an active explorer and know someone who can vouch for you.

Urban Exploration Resource Part of the large UER site for the Ontario locations.

Ontario Ghost Towns and Abandoned Places Ontario Ghost Towns and Abandoned Places

Facebook: Abandoned Houses of Ontario Abandoned Houses of Ontario.

Flickr: Ontario Canada Farms Farms in Ontario, welcomes abandoned farm photos too.

Flickr: Northern Ontario Abandoned Abandoned Northern Ontario locations.

Flickr: Abandoned Ontario Abandoned Ontario

Flickr: The Decay of Quinte Ontario The decay of Quinte, Ontario.

Flickr: Abandoned Niagara Abandoned Niagara, Ontario.

Flickr: Thunder Bay in Decay Thunder Bay in decay.

Facebook: Ontario Ghost Towns and Historical Places Ontario ghost towns and historical places.

Exploring Ontario Rural Ruins I've been photographing Ontario rural ruins since 2006, when I bought my first digital camera. There is something I like about the old, abandoned places in city, town and farm which I can only try to show in photographs.

Vanished Ottawa Historical and vanishing Ottawa, Ontario.

Groups and Resources for Quebec

Flickr: Abandoned Quebec Abandoned Quebec

Flickr: Abandoned Montreal Abandoned Montreal

Flickr: Vanished Montreal / Montréal disparu Post pictures of places, buildings or streets that aren't there anymore or which have been totally transformed. You can also post vintages pictures of Montreal and ghost ads.

Flickr: Montreal, Avant et Maintenant Montréal is a changing city. Let's see the difference with before/now photos.

Groups and Resources for Atlantic Canada (East Coast)

Halifax Urbex Halifax Urbex

Facebook: Atlantic Canada Urban Exploration Atlantic Canada Urban Exploration

Groups and Resources in Northern Canada

Facebook: Abandoned Mines in Northern Canada Project Abandoned mines in Northern Canada

Flickr: Abandoned Alaska and Yukon Abandoned Alaska and the Yukon

Abandoned Mines in Northern Canada Searching for histories within Northern Canada's industrial landscapes.