Locked Canada

The staff is really friendly and helpful. First off, we arrived 10 min late and they didn’t give us a hard time. My team had a lot of fun trying the Z Apocalypse. It was hard as we expected and we got to the last room using up all our clues. Then we got stuck running like headless chickens and didn’t succeed. Our tip is to not overthink and only do what the clues tell you to do, otherwise you’ll end up doing nonsense that must look very funny to the staff. We would definitely come back and try again as it is a unique and entertaining team building experience.

We frequently come to Locked Canada, because it’s close to our house, and we don’t always enjoy driving all the way out to Richmond.
Service is pretty good; the staff are nice, friendly, and enthusiastic. The room set ups are average (not extremely elaborate and fancy, but also not totally cheaped out either). The quality of the puzzles depend on the room. Some rooms will have nicely laid out, logical puzzles, whereas other rooms might have difficult puzzles that require a bit of a reach to solve. I find the themes here a little darker/​scarier than at some of the other places.
Difficult to find free parking directly in the plaza, but there’s plenty of free street parking nearby.

*The Ruins*
I returned in hopes of having a better experience at Locked Canada, but I am sad to say my experience was not positive. I cannot do complicated math in my head (with no aid of pen, paper nor calculator). I cannot decipher a page of words with no writing apparatus. I also do not want to feel like I’m escaping from a room filled with styrofoam props. Never was I, even for one second, lost in the escape room like I was at Guess HQ. I felt like I was playing pretend with my friends. We were close to finishing, was just missing one code, which is an accomplishment on its own.
I’m sorry, Locked. I’ve tried you twice, I would love to come back again, but I am really really tired of opening boxes after boxes after boxes of things — my fingers got tired from turning all the numbers on those locks on the boxes.

The game master was the most enthused and animated of all the escape rooms I’ve been to. He did a really good job setting the game up. The rooms are more manual instead of the fancy laser or mechanical. I really like the fact that they took away the gimmicks and focused on the games and puzzles.

We had lots fun, didn’t finish but guess we’ll have to go again. It’s nice they have different rooms to choose from.

First time escape room enthusiast! I freaking love puzzles, and didn’t know escape rooms were a «thing» until the BF and I tried out Locked Canada in Vancouver. When I found this place online while planning out a weekend trip, I was stoked to see an activity for adults that involves mental agility and teamwork.
We tried the asylum escape room. If you’re easily scared, I would not suggest this room as it is very dark, pretty creepy, and you start the experience handcuffed to the wall. The puzzles and riddles got progressively harder as we went along, and when we were stumped we were able to ring for the puzzlemaster to give us a clue. We didn’t escape the asylum in time, but we had so much fun trying!
I will say this place was pretty difficult to locate, they could probably use a larger sign easier to see from the street. The décor within the rooms was reminiscent of a cheesy homemade haunted house, but it’s clear that the people designing the rooms put a lot of thought and effort into creating a full experience using what they have at their disposal. Definitely give it a shot if you are into puzzles and not too easily scared!

Came here on Halloween. It was my first time trying a escape room. Did the Crimson room. The group before us took a bit longer and we had to wait an extra 15 minutes. Once inside I was a little disappointed with the lack of flash lights and the confusion on what we were supposed to do. The time went by very quickly and we didn’t get very far. Not sure how I feel about the experience. Might come back and try another room.

This was my first escape room. Really fun and the clues were pretty challenging. We did zombie appocolypse and didnt finish but we got to the very last puzzle… sooo close. Great experience… highly recommended.

This is our new favourite thing in BC to do — its soooo fun! The crew is awesome and I have no complaints at all.
Best with 4 — 6 people and totally worth the money. :)

Awesome set up and very helpful staff! The puzzles are tricky but do able if you don’t over think it.

I’ve tried both the Ruins and Zombie apocalypse rooms. The Ruins was easier and my group was able to finish with a few minutes to spare. Although we were unable to finish the Zombie apocalypse room I think the puzzles were a lot more interesting. The staff is really friendly and helpful. I will definitely be back to try the Asylum room!

Loved it!
I’ve been to many escape rooms and Locked Canada really does it right! I only tried the asylum escape room there and I had such an amazing time, I brought someone with me there and got matched with another group of four to make a full group of six people. At first I thought: man I don’t wanna be paired up with strangers but was I ever wrong!
You automatically become friends in there, you’re all handcuffed to the wall and we are all trying to get free, I don’t think we’d ever get out if it were to be only the two of us.
Really great fun and great immersive ambiance. The staff there is very friendly and very enthusiastic. Free parking is also available right in front but it could get quite busy as there are other businesses and restaurants in the vicinity. If you come early, it’s pretty cool too because they have a waiting area with a bug flat screen TV with an Xbox you can play on a couch while waiting.
A great experience for all, including for first timers.

Friendly staff and great rooms!
Really enjoyed the enthusiasm the staff put behind the room and explaining things.

We returned for the Asylum room with a different group and had a great time. We didn’t beat the room, but had just the final one left unsolved.
The theming here was better than Ruins, though perhaps that was helped by the dim lighting and flashlights. In any case, it was plenty creepy. If you get asked if you want the full, scary experience, say yes!
Just like the last time, Asylum (higher difficulty rating than Ruins) was chock full of sometimes tough, but solvable puzzles. I really like the way they start you off with easier ones and get harder as you progress. Gets you into the right frame of mind, and gives you some early victories to give you confidence. What they might lack in production quality in the props they more than make up for in puzzles– it’s designed for a large quantity of puzzles, none of which are impossible, but you have to solve them quite quickly to get through to the end.
Again, the staff were really nice and helpful. We had the same guy as our game master, and he has just the right tone to guide you through a hint without just telling you straight out.
Will definitely return.

My boyfriend and I have been here a few times already and it’s always a real blast. The staff are energetic and helpful. A lot of groups come here, but I find it works well as a date place too. On your first, visit they will take a pic of you in the props and post on their Facebook page. We grabbed a 2 for 1 deal on SocialShopper and also by providing Locked with a Facebook review. There is free parking in the lot or on the street. However, unless you know the exact address, the location is hard to find ’cause the sign is hard to see from the road.

This is probably one of the best eacape rooms.
Staff: Friendly, courteous. They are really interactive and they don’t rush you like a lot of other places.
Location: Right on Kingsway and Knight, ample street parking if you can’t find a spot on the lot in the front. Last game is just before 10 so it’s open for late night people.
Themes: A mixture of old-​style puzzles and mechanical features. I especially loved their Apocalypse. A lot of scare factor in Asylum. Our group favorite.
I can’t wait until they come out with new rooms. We’re going to try their new Crimson room which is currently open to VIP members only, and we’re excited to see what else they will do with their other rooms.

I’ve tried Mary a while back. Unknowingly, we booked their most difficult theme, with a pass rate of 1%. While most of the puzzles were unique and quite challenging, it lacked electronics that could have been used to make the room scarier and more unique. Staff was friendly and courteous, and gave us five minutes extra time as we were very close to completing a puzzle. Although I’ve been to better room escape places in the past, I’ve definitely played ones that were alot worse.

Ahh! This was fun. A lot of coworkers had gone and mentioned that it was fun and challenging. This was first time at doing a maze with a group of people. There were 5 f us and had to wait for the previous group to finish.
The staff was courteous and explained the rules to us pretty clearly. I think once we got into the «maze» and the lights went off, we started scrambling for clues and struggle to get through the first stage because of certain teammates, who put a calculator in their pocket. LOL. Anyways, we got through 4 out of the 5 stages and were literally at the finish door and couldn’t finish.
I was impressed by the quality and the layout of the puzzle. it was well laid out and we did choose medium level difficulty, so i was pretty satisfied. The clues were not too easy, which made it fun. The puzzle had a theme, so it had continuity, so we maintained our interest.
Additional bionus! We got a «Buy one, get one free» for the next time! So that was really appreciated. Overall, great experience to go with friends or coworkers. Just make sure, eveyrone communicates all the clues they find!!!

[Locked out of Heaven]
You know those times when your team just clicks? When you know exactly what the others are thinking and doing without even talking to them? Well, that’s the exact opposite of what happened here. Half of us were room escape virgins but despite this, we all had a blast.
Locked Canada is one of the newer additions in an already-​saturated room escape market. They offer time in puzzle-​themed rooms such as Carnival, Asylum or zombie apocalypse. We opted for the zombie apocalypse room as it had an average difficulty rating. Things started off a bit slow but really progressed in the latter stages utilizing all three of our hints. We finally timed out while attempting to open the last and final door to freedom. All the puzzles were both logical and solvable — I absolutely hate it when I come across a particular riddle that is so illogical that you’re forced to use a hint.
So how does it stack up to the competition? My two favorites are still Lockdown and Guess HQ but Locked Canada comes in Top 5. LC’s props and décor aren’t as nice as the aforementioned two but it still delivers a solid experience from start to finish. The website lists Zombie Apocalypse as a «scare factor» of 5 but it isn’t really scary at all. The guy working there was extremely nice and gave us a few extra minutes as no one had a reservation after us. If you still haven’t tried room escapes, what are you waiting for?