List of ghost towns in Canada

List of ghost towns in Canada

A ghost town is a town that once had a considerable population, that has since dwindled in numbers causing some or all its business to close, either due to the rerouting of a highway, train tracks being pulled, or exhaustion of some natural resource.

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

Several abandoned Mennonite villages cross the southern part of the province.

Nova Scotia

*Africville
*Broughton
*Shannon Park

Ontario

Quebec

*Val-Jalbert
*Gagnon
*Joutel

Saskatchewan

External links

* [http://www.ontarioabandonedplaces.com/ Ontario Abandoned Places]
* [http://www.ghosttownscanada.ca/ Abandoned communities in Canada]


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