The Billy Bishop Legion they say that is haunted by the spirit of an artist. That artist started a painting that hangs in the Hall, the painting was never finished due to the artists death. They seem to think that he hangs around the hall because he never finish the work and can't leave until it is finished.

Canada Magazine
Says just about every neighbourhood has an old, spooky house that the local kids steer clear of on Halloween night. But for some places in Canada, the creep factor is off the charts and otherworldly presences are a year-round occurance. Ghostly voices, strange visions and objects that move on their own are just some of the symptoms afflicting our country’s most ghost-friendly haunts. If you’re looking for an authentic encounter with the supernatural this All-Hallows, we’ve got you covered. Travel advisory: Don’t go alone.

Billy Bishop Legion Hall (Vancouver, B.C.)
Considered one of the most haunted places in the world by the editors of Ghostvillage.com, Royal Canadian Legion Branch #176 is allegedly haunted by the ghost of a painter and former legionnaire, Ted Hoskinson. His unfinished portrait of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery still hangs in the lounge’s northeast corner.

Some people have said:

“He came out and he was in a little bit of shock. I asked what was wrong and he said ‘when I walked in there, out of the corner of my eye I saw a little lady,’” she said. “When he turned his head to look at her she disappeared.”

In a separate incident, a visitor returned to the museum to ask if there had been a little girl in a costume there earlier.

“He explained that he was in the museum part and he looked and she was standing there near a mannequin that’s in a maid’s costume, and looked up at him and smiled at him,” Smith said.

The man didn’t think about it at the time, but asked his wife if she liked the little girl in the dress. His wife’s reply was “what girl,” Smith said, so the man came back and asked staff about it. They checked and found none of them had a girl at the museum that day.

Contact the Billy Bishop Legion for a tour and the halloween party at

1407 Laburnum Street
Vancouver, BC V6J 3W4, Canada

(604) 568-4130
(604) 568-4199
(604) 738-4142