The Charles Camsell Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, is regarded as one of the province's most haunted buildings. The hospital operated from 1946 to 1996, primarily serving Indigenous patients with tuberculosis. During the TB epidemic of the mid-20th century, many Indigenous patients were forcibly removed from their communities and transported to the hospital, where treatment could last months or years. Many patients died far from their families and traditional lands, and their experiences form part of the broader story of Indigenous health injustice in Canada.
Since the hospital's closure, the building has sat largely vacant, and paranormal reports have been extensive. Those who have entered the building describe hearing crying and coughing in the empty wards, seeing figures in hospital gowns standing at windows, and experiencing an overwhelming sense of sadness and displacement. Some Indigenous visitors have described sensing the presence of ancestors and hearing traditional songs within the building.
The hospital's haunted reputation must be understood within the context of the injustices suffered by Indigenous peoples in Canadian health institutions — the spirits are seen not just as ghosts but as testimony to unresolved historical wrongs.