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Halloween Ideas and Events in Port Coquitlam
Nightmare on Rae Street's home-haunt display, the City's Halloween Howl at Hyde Creek, and this year's fireworks permit cutoff.
Written by Fern Kellaway
Port Coquitlam doesn't have a pumpkin patch or corn maze of its own, but between a genuinely famous home-haunt display and the City's own registration-based Halloween program, there's real, local programming worth planning around.
The short version
- When: Halloween is October 31; the home-haunt display runs most of the month before it.
- Nightmare on Rae Street: a long-running home-haunt display with animatronics and lights, raising donations for SHARE Society.
- Halloween Howl: the City's own family Halloween program at Hyde Creek Recreation Centre.
- Safety and fireworks rules: what the City actually publishes, and the fireworks permit cutoff time.
Nightmare on Rae Street
Nightmare on Rae Street, at 3313 Rae St, is a long-running home-haunt display that runs nightly through October, building to a peak display near Halloween itself with animatronics, skeletons, and lights. It's become enough of a community tradition that it collects donations for SHARE Society - worth a slow drive-by or walk-past even if you're not trick-or-treating on that street.
Halloween Howl
The City's own Halloween Howl is a multi-session, registration-based family program at Hyde Creek Recreation Centre with games and activities. Session dates and registration windows are posted on the City's own events page - sources online weren't consistent on this year's exact date, so check directly with the City closer to October rather than relying on last year's schedule.
Safety and fireworks rules
The City's "Stay Safe this Halloween" guidance covers flame-resistant costumes, keeping open flames away from decorations, and basic smoke-alarm and escape-plan reminders. Fireworks permits are valid until 3pm on Halloween itself, after which they're not permitted - worth knowing if anyone in the household was planning to set some off that evening.
Who wrote this
Fern Kellaway
Fern Kellaway grew up in Mary Hill, three streets from the rail corridor, and her grandfather worked the CPR yards for most of his life. She lives near Lions Park now and has walked the Traboulay loop weekly for twenty years, which is how she knows which businesses are still there.
