Canada's Favourite Spooky Slots and Halloween Costumes

We're officially in scary season, and Canadians across the country are preparing to celebrate Halloween by eating candy, donning costumes, and putting up spooky decorations.

Believe it or not, Halloween is also one of the most popular times of the year for casino fans (like us) too, with an abundance of spooky slots available to play at casino sites in Canada. Land-based casinos will be plastered with ghostly decorations, and we're even running a Halloween casino competition where you can win a $500 voucher. So yeah, casinos and Halloween go hand-in-hand. 

So that got us thinking: what are the best Halloween-themed slots for Canadians to play during the spookiest time of the year, and likewise, what do they like to dress up as to celebrate the festivities?

What are Canadians Dressing Up As For Halloween in 2024?  

We used Google Trends and other keyword search volume platforms to find out what Canadians are dressing up as for Halloween this year, breaking it down province by province to see how it differentiates. We looked at 21 different costume ideas to do this, based on the tried-and-tested classics as well as some more pop-culture costumes that we reckon will be popular this year (pooling Superheroes as one). 

To our surprise, the most popular Halloween costume this year in Canada was the Minions, which came out on top in terms of search interest. According to Google Trends, natives of Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan also chose the minion costume as their favourite this year. 

In second place was a Deadpool costume, perhaps unsurprisingly, given the film's timely release and Ryan Reynolds's Vancouver origin. British Columbia natives didn't show much solidarity, however, and didn't even have a Deadpool costume in their top three for 2024, instead preferring Dune, Ted Lasso, and Raygun costumes. 

The Terrifier costume, popularised by the recent release of Terrifier 3 (side note: one of the most messed-up movies we've ever seen), actually claimed the top spot for four provinces: Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, and New Brunswick. 

The Joker costume was third overall for Canadians this year, while Beetlejuice and Terrifier completed the top five—making it a clean sweep for film/TV-based costumes. 

The classic ghost costume was the most popular "traditional" Halloween costume, with skeleton, vampire, cheerleader, and superhero costumes also proving popular among Canadians. 

Meanwhile, Albertans are looking to dress up as Donald Trump this year if internet search trends are to be believed, while those in Quebec fancy themselves as Bridgerton characters on October 31. 

Top Spooky Slots in 2024

As we mentioned previously, casinos are no strangers to Halloween and it's the ideal time to try out some spooky slots you've never played before. As we're Casinos.com, we know a thing or two about slots - so let's take a look at some of the creepiest Halloween slots on the market for Canadians this year. 

1. Halloween Jack
2. Day of Dead
3. Tricks And Treats
4. Blood Suckers
5. Rags to Witches
6. Curse of the Werewolf Megaways
7. Mega Moolah The Witch's Moon 

Methodology

We used Google Trends to measure interest in 21 of the nation's favourite Halloween costumes. Superheros were one category. 

• Data was collected over a 12-month period from October 28, 2023 - October 28, 2024

When a province or territory had equal levels of interest for multiple costumes, search volumes for each using Semrush were measured in that area to determine a favourite. In some cases, where no search interest or volume presided, an "N/A" classification was given. 

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