Surrey is big enough to have several genuinely established Halloween attractions of its own, from a haunted house that has been running for 25 years to a handful of working farms with pumpkin patches.

Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors

After 25 years, Cougar Creek’s House of Horrors at 12530 72 Avenue is still running five separate haunted houses on one property. For 2026 it is open from October 2 to November 1; check its site for nightly hours and tickets.

Pumpkin Patches

Surrey has several working farms open for the season: Hazelmere Pumpkin Patch (18507 20 Ave, South Surrey) with wagon rides, a mini corn maze and farm animals; the Port Kells Nurseries Pumpkin Patch (18730 88 Ave), open daily 9am to 6pm through October 31, with a hay bale maze, a cedar hedge maze and a Pumpkin House photo spot ($6.99, pumpkin included); and Rondriso Farms (8390 172 St) for U-pick pumpkins.

BOO-seum Halloween Party at the Museum of Surrey

The City's own Halloween round-up runs to more than one event: the BOO-seum Halloween Party on Saturday, October 24, 1 to 4pm at the Museum of Surrey, 17710 56A Avenue; a free family Halloween event at Newton Seniors Centre the same morning at 9:30am; the Fleetwood Family Dance on Friday, October 30, 6 to 8:30pm; and Halloween in the Urban Forest at Clayton Park on Saturday, October 31, 10am. The BOO-seum party is free; the Fleetwood Family Dance is $10 with registration. The Museum also runs sensory-friendly trick-or-treating on Friday, October 30, 4 to 8pm, also free, for families who want a calmer version of the night.

A bowl of Halloween sweets and a lit carved pumpkin on a front step of a Surrey British Columbia house at dusk, warm porch light, autumn leaves on the step

The City's Halloween activities in Surrey roundup lists more. Separately, Historic Stewart Farm in South Surrey runs the free Count Quackula Scavenger Hunt, Tuesday to Sunday, noon to 4pm, through October 31.

Fireworks Rules

Surrey does not allow fireworks to be sold or set off without federal certification and a Surrey Fire Service permit, and anyone under 18 cannot possess them. Ahead of Halloween and Diwali the City has announced active enforcement, with fines from $400 up to $50,000 — see the City's fireworks enforcement notice.

Homemade Halloween costume craft supplies laid out on a workbench in a Surrey British Columbia home, paper bats, orange paint, glitter glue and cardboard under a warm lamp

Costume Ideas That Don’t Take a Costume Shop

The best Halloween costumes are usually the ones that come together from what’s already in the closet, plus one or two things from a dollar store or thrift shop.

Group costumes: pick a theme everyone can interpret loosely (a deck of cards, a box of crayons, a bag of jellybeans) rather than matching outfits, which is easier for mixed ages and budgets.
Layer for the weather: late October evenings are cold and often wet, so build costumes around a warm base layer and a jacket that can be part of the look, rather than fighting the costume to add one later.
Face paint over masks: masks limit peripheral vision and breathing, which matters more when kids are crossing streets after dark. Face paint (or a costume with an open, unrestricted mask) is safer for trick-or-treating.
Light it up: a strip of battery-powered LED lights sewn or clipped onto a costume, or a glow stick worn as a necklace, does double duty as both a design element and visibility for drivers.

Trick-or-Treating Safety

Halloween falls on the same date every year, but the basics are worth repeating each fall:

A living room in a Surrey British Columbia home decorated for Halloween, paper bats hanging from the ceiling and lit carved pumpkins on a shelf

It gets dark early. Sunset on October 31 is around 5:55pm in Surrey, so trick-or-treating happens almost entirely in the dark.
Be seen. Reflective tape, a flashlight or glow stick, and light-colored costume elements all make a real difference to drivers.
Walk, don’t dart. Cross at corners and crosswalks rather than between parked cars, and treat every driveway as if a car might be pulling out.
Go in a group. An adult or older sibling with younger trick-or-treaters, and a plan for where to meet up if a group splits up, covers most of what can go wrong.
Check the treats before eating. Look for anything unwrapped, torn, or unfamiliar before kids dig in, especially for children with allergies.
Drivers: slow right down. Residential streets fill with excited kids who aren’t always watching for cars. Halloween evening is one night a year worth driving noticeably slower than usual.

At-Home Halloween Ideas

Not every household is out trick-or-treating, and even the ones that are usually have some daylight hours to fill first.

Pumpkin carving (or painting): painting is a mess-free alternative for younger kids, and both are easy to turn into a family activity with newspaper down and a good knife for the adults.
Bake something seasonal: pumpkin seeds roasted with salt (or a spice mix) turn carving into a snack, and simple recipes like caramel apples or spiced cookies don’t need much more than what’s already in most kitchens.
A Halloween movie night: something age-appropriate and a bowl of the candy that didn’t get handed out is a reasonable plan B for a rainy evening.
Decorate the porch: a jack-o’-lantern, some string lights, and a bowl left out for trick-or-treaters when you’re not home all go a long way for very little effort or cost.