List of filming locations in the Vancouver area

Vancouver, British Columbia has a large film and television production industry, which earned it the nickname "Hollywood North." It often serves as a substitute location for other cities and locales. Here is a list of some of the places in and around Vancouver that are identifiable in released films and television series:

Village of Anmore

Buntzen Lake

• The 4400 (TV series)
• Smallville (TV series)
• Supernatural (TV series)
• Dark Angel (TV series)
• The X-Files (TV series)
• Freddy Vs. Jason
• Pathfinder
• Lake Placid (1999)
• Stephen King's It

Heritage Woods

• John Tucker Must Die

Bowen Island Municipality

• The Russia House
• The Fog (2005 film)
• The Wicker Man (2006 film)

Britannia Beach

• Final Days of Planet Earth

City of Burnaby

Simon Fraser University in Burnaby.

The Bridge Studios

• Stargate SG-1
• Stargate Atlantis
• Black Christmas (2006)
• John Tucker Must Die (2006)
• Passengers (2007)
• Juno (2007)
• see The Bridge Studios article for full listing

BB Studios (Beresford Street Studios)

• Smallville

First Avenue Studio

• Married Life

BCIT

• Supernatural

Burnaby City Hall

• Snakes on a Plane

Burnaby Hospital

• Stargate SG-1
• Supernatural
• White Noise

Burnaby Mountain

• Stargate SG-1

Burnaby Mountain Secondary School

• The Invisible

Burnaby Village Museum

• Supernatural

Central Park

• Stargate SG-1
• Juno
• Smallville

Deer Lake Park

• Final Destination 3
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)

National Nikkei Heritage Centre

Extras outside the National Nikkei Heritage Centre during a break in filming, for Psych.

• Psych

Simon Fraser University (SFU)

• Agent Cody Banks
• Andromeda
• Antitrust
• Battlestar Galactica
• Fallen
• JPOD
• Personal Effects (film)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)
• The Fly II
• The Groundstar Conspiracy
• The Sixth Day
• The X-Files
• Spy Game
• Stargate SG-1
• Viper

Metrotown

• Life-Size
• The Never Ending Story 3

Lougheed Town Centre

• Freddy Got Fingered
• While She Was Out

City of Coquitlam

Chimo Pool

• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Centennial High School

• Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem

Coquitlam City Hall

• Davinci's Inquest (court scenes are in the council chambers)

Coquitlam Centre

• Juno

Mundy Park

• Deck the Halls

Riverview Hospital

• Crease Clinic
  • Case 39 (in production)
  • Dark Angel
  • Jennifer's Body (in production)
  • Romeo Must Die
  • Supernatural
  • Smallville

Various Locations

• The Day The Earth Stood Still

Corporation of Delta

Ladner

• Three Moons Over Milford
• She's the Man
• Eureka (TV series)
• Shooter (2007 film)
• Trick 'r Treat (2007 film)
• Juno

Tsawwassen

• X-Men: The Last Stand
• Totally Awesome
• Jumanji
• Smallville

Annacis Island

• Paycheck
• Fantastic Four

Town of Hope

• First Blood

Township of Langley

Aldergrove

• Dragon Boys
• Smallville (TV series)

Fort Langley

• Air Bud: Spikes Back
• Hope Springs
• The Fog (2005 film)
• Thomas Kinkade's Home for Christmas
• Alice, I Think (TV series)
• Taken (TV series)

Langley City

• The Butterfly Effect
• Whistler (TV series)
• Flash Gordon (2007 TV Series)

District of Maple Ridge

Unknown/Various

• Rumble in the Bronx

Bordertown

• Bordertown
• BloodRayne II: Deliverance
• Merlin's Apprentice

Thornhill/Whonnock

• Jumanji

District of Mission

Stave Falls Dam

• We're No Angels

Ruskin Dam

• The X-Files
• The Invisible
• Smallville (Season 6) Prototype
• Smallville (Season 6) Phantom
• Smallville (Season 7) Bizarro
• Canes

St. Mary's Indian Residential School

• Battlestar Galactica

City of New Westminster

Unknown / Various

• Final Destination 3
• Rumble in the Bronx
• Carpool
• Quantico (Pilot) (Criminal Minds working title)
• Amber Frey: Witness for the Prosecution (2005 TV movie)
• Pryor Offences (TV Pilot)
• Shooter
• Exorcism of Emily Rose

3rd Street

• Bird on a Wire

Front Street / Downtown

• I, Robot (film)
• Cats and Dogs 2 (film)

Holy Trinity Cathedral

• Deck the Halls

New Westminster Secondary School

• 21 Jump Street (TV Series)

Paramount Theater

• Stephen King's It

Queen's Park

• Married Life
• Miracle

Old Terminal Pub

• Dead Like Me (TV series)
• Supernatural (TV Series)
• Watchmen

Westminster Quay

• My Life Without Me

Woodlands

• Stephen King's It
• Dark Angel (TV series)
• The X-Files (TV series)

City of North Vancouver

Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver City.

Boulevard Park

• The 4400
• Good Luck Chuck

Lonsdale Quay

• Agent Cody Banks
• Dead Like Me
• Tru Calling

North Shore Auto Mall Sign

North Shore Park / North Shore Auto Mall

• Psych

Pier 97

Fantastic Four

District of North Vancouver

The Cleveland Dam in North Vancouver District.

Cleveland Dam

• Smallville
• Along Came A Spider
• Eraser
• 6th Day
• The Invisible
• Supernatural
• The_Fugitive_(1993_film)

Cates Park

• Killer Instinct

Edgemont Village

• Double Jeopardy

Grouse Mountain

• The X-Files

Lions Gate Studios

• Smallville
• Scary Movie IV
• The 6th Day
• Elektra
• The Fog
• Josie and the Pussycats
• Reindeer Games
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
• Willard

Lynn Canyon Park

• X-Men: The Last Stand

Mount Seymour Provincial Park

• Pathfinder
• The X-Files
• Stargate SG-1
• M.A.N.T.I.S.
• MacGyver
• Atomic Train

Mount Seymour

• Snow Buddies

City of Pitt Meadows

Swan-e-set Golf & Country Club

• Brotherhood IV:The Complex

City of Richmond

Vancouver International Airport in Richmond.

Fantasy Gardens

• Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge
• Killer Instinct
• Postal

Gateway Theatre

• Psych
• Smallville

McMath Secondary School

• The Sixth Day

Minoru Park

• Smallville

Sand Dunes

• Battlestar Galactica
• RV
• Beyond Top Secret
• 10.5

Richmond Centre

• Dead Like Me

Steveston

• Supernatural
• Killer Instinct
• Scary Movie
• Taken
• Three Moons Over Milford
• X Files
• Dreamcatcher (film)

YVR

• Good Luck Chuck
• Are We There Yet?
• The Cleaner
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
• Final Destination
• Passengers
• Firewall
• Flight 93 (TV film)
• The L Word
• The Lizzie McGuire Movie
• Snow Dogs
• The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (film)
• Supernatural
• First Kiss (Japanese Drama)

Lansdowne Park Shopping Centre

• Josie and the Pussycats (film)

District of Squamish

• Walking Tall
• Pathfinder
• Men in Trees
• Supernatural

City of Surrey

Cloverdale's welcome sign: "Home of Smallville!"

Cloverdale

• The 4400
• Hot Rod
• Smallville
• Postal
• Bionic Woman
• It Came From Beyond Space

Central City Shopping Centre

• Fantastic Four
• Smallville
• Painkiller Jane
• Cat Woman
• I, Robot (film)

Guildford Town Centre

• The Evidence

Clayton Heights Secondary School

• Saved!

North Surrey Secondary School

• Agent Cody Banks
• Jennifer's Body (In production)

SFU Surrey Campus

• Chaos (2006 film)

Softball City

• Juno

City of Vancouver

Unknown / Various

• Mystery Date

2400 Motel on Kingsway

• 3000 Miles to Graceland
• Supernatural

BC Place Stadium

• Butterfly on a Wheel
• Paycheck
• The Sixth Day
• Smallville
• Two For The Money
• Fantastic Four
• MacGyver

Burrard Station

• Paycheck
• Edison Force
• The Dead Zone

Burrard Street Bridge

• Fantastic Four

Canada Post: downtown office

• Ecks vs. Sever
• Smallville

Chinatown, Vancouver

• Killer Instinct
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• Rumble in the Bronx
• Unforgettable
• X-Files

David Thompson Secondary School

• 21 Jump Street
• Psych

Eric Hamber Secondary School

• Juno
• 21 Jump Street

Gastown

• Supernatural
• Catwoman
• Good Luck Chuck
• I, Robot (film)
• Sliders
• The NeverEnding Story (film)
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
• Legends of the Fall
• Romeo Must Die
• They Wait
• Kingdom Hospital
• Flinch (film)

General Motors Place

• MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate
• The X-Files
• The 6th Day
• The 6th Man
• Air Bud

Government of Canada Building

• Good Luck Chuck
• Smallville

Granville Island

• Good Luck Chuck

Henry Hudson Elementary School

• Daddy Day Care
• Dark Water

John Oliver Secondary

• 21 Jump Street
• Safety Glass

Kerrisdale

• Josie and the Pussycats (film)
• Little Man

Kitsilano Secondary School

• That Cold Day in the Park
• Two for the Money
• Good Luck Chuck
• Santa Clause 2
• John Tucker Must Die

Lord Byng Secondary School

• Hollow Man 2
• Masters of Horror
• The Boy Who Could Fly
• 21 Jump Street
• The X-Files

Magee Secondary School

• Split Decision

Marine Building

The Marine Building, known more famously as the Daily Planet offices in Smallville.

• Battle in Seattle
• Fantastic Four
• Life or Something Like It
• Smallville
• Timecop
• Blade Trinity

Molson Canadian Brewery

• Battlestar Galactica

Mount Pleasant

• Mount Pleasant

Nat Bailey Stadium

• Martian Child

Oakridge Centre

• 21 Jump Street
• Dead Like Me

One Wall Centre

• X-Men: The Last Stand
• The Core

Pacific National Exhibition

• Rocky IV
• Cats & Dogs
• Final Destination 3
• Miracle
• Riding the Bullet
• Fear
• Kyle XY
• Are We There Yet?
• The L Word
• Best in Show

Plaza of Nations

• Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century
• Stargate SG-1
• The Outer Limits
• X-Men 2
• Fantastic 4 - After Johnny Storm won the motorcycle contest.
• Final Destination 2

Queen Elizabeth Park

Queen Elizabeth Park

• The Boy Who Could Fly
• Stargate SG-1

Ridge Theatre interior and Ridge Bowling Alley interior

• Out of the Blue

Robson Square

• The 4400
• Chaos Theory
• Smallville
• X-Men: The Last Stand
• The X-Files
• Runaway
• Stargate SG-1
• Shoot to Kill

Royal Bank of Canada in Downtown

• Supernatural

St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church

• Dark Angel
• Supernatural

St. George's School (Vancouver)

• 21 Jump Street
• MacGyver
• Neon Rider
• Smallville
• The X-Files

Simon Fraser University Downtown Campus

• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Stanley Park

• That Cold Day in the Park
• Shadow of the Hawk
• Mr. Magoo
• The X-Files
• The Sixth Day
• Stephen King's It

Templeton Secondary School

• Smallville
• Kyle XY
• Aliens in America
• Safety Glass
• Bionic Woman
• Personal Effects
• Gym Teacher
• Spectacular!

Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park

• Taken
• Good Luck Chuck
• The X-Files
• Josie and The Pussycats (film)

Vancouver Art Gallery

• Elegy
• The Accused
• Battle in Seattle

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Vancouver Art Gallery

• The Core
• The Deal
• Night at the Museum
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
• Smallville
• Stargate SG-1
• The X-Files
• X-Men: The Last Stand

Vancouver Film Studios

• Battlestar Galactica
• Chronicles of Riddick
• In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale

Vancouver Public Library

• 88 Minutes
• Battle in Seattle
• Battlestar Galactica
• Mr. Magoo (film)
• The Sixth Day
• Smallville
• Ecks vs. Severs
• Stargate SG-1
• The Dead Zone

Vancouver Technical Secondary School

Vancouver Technical Secondary School

• Paycheck
• Scary Movie
• She's The Man
• Smallville
• Spectacular!
• Supernatural

Vanier Park

• Romeo Must Die
• MacGyver (TV series)
• The 4400 (TV series)

West Point Grey

• Life-Size

Windermere Community School

• 21 Jump Street
• Bionic Woman

Yaletown

• 88 Minutes
• Good Luck Chuck
• Rumble in the Bronx
• Stargate SG-1

University Endowment Lands (Greater Vancouver Regional District Electoral Area A)

University of British Columbia (UBC)

Filming signs for The 4400, near the Rose Garden Parkade at UBC.

Wind Chill filming on the UBC campus on Main Mall at Agricultural Road.

The Chan Centre at UBC standing in for The 4400 Center, during filming for The 4400.

• Belkin Art Gallery
  • Killer Instinct
• Buchanan Building block and Buchanan Tower
  • The Exorcism of Emily Rose
  • The 4400
• Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
  • Bionic Woman
  • Stargate Atlantis
  • The 4400
  • Try Seventeen
  • Battlestar Galactica
  • Antitrust
  • Fantastic Four 2
  • The Dead Zone (TV Series)
  • Josie and the Pussycats (film)
  • All I Want
• Chemistry Building
  • Kingdom Hospital
  • Supernatural
• Forest Sciences Centre
  • The 4400
• General Services Administration Building
  • Taken
• Geography Building
  • The Butterfly Effect
• Green College
  • Good Luck Chuck
• Kenny Building
  • The Exorcism of Emily Rose
• Koerner Library and Square
  • 88 Minutes
  • The Butterfly Effect
  • Smallville
  • Wind Chill
  • Battlestar Galactica
• MacMillan Building
  • The Exorcism of Emily Rose
• Old Bus Loop
  • The 4400
• Rose Garden
  • The 4400
  • Battlestar Galactica
• Thunderbird Stadium
  • She's the Man
• TRIUMF
  • Pathfinder
• War Memorial Gym
  • Taken

University Hill Secondary School

• Jennifer's Body

University Marketplace

• The 4400

Thunderbird Stadium

• She's the Man

District of West Vancouver

Panorama Studios

• McCabe & Mrs. Miller

Park Royal Shopping Centre.

Park Royal Shopping Centre

• Life-Size

Collingwood School

• The Last Mimzy

City of White Rock

• Psych
• The X-Files
• Juno (film)

Other

• Stargate: The Ark of Truth — The Table, Garibaldi Lake, Whistler, Tantalus Range, Pemberton Icefield etc.

British Columbia Interior

Barkerville

• Kootenay Brown
• Harry Tracy, Desperado
• Klondike Fever

Fort Steele

• Snow Queen

Fraser Canyon

• The Grey Fox
• The Pledge

Kamloops

• Cadence
• Firewall
• An Unfinished Life
• Battlestar Galactica

Kelowna

• Fido
• Say Yes & Marry Me
• WWF Smackdown
• X-Weighted
• The Hillclimb
• The Legend of Simon Conjurer
• Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
• The Projectionist
• The Scarecrow and The Rainbow Kid
• Stolen Lives
• The Tattoo
• Time Runner aka In Exile
• Tomorrow's Memoir
• The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
• What Are You Anyways?

Lillooet

• The Pledge

Lytton

• The Pledge

Nelson

• Roxanne

Pemberton

• The Journey of Natty Gann
• Mile Zero
• Ski Hard aka Downhill Willie aka Ski Nuts
• The X Files: I Want to Believe
• The Grey Fox

Penticton

• My American Cousin

Princeton

• The Pledge
• The Grey Fox

Stewart

• Baby This Is for You
• Bear Island
• Eight Below
• Iceman
• Insomnia
• The Thing

Summerland

• My American Cousin
• Time Runner

Vernon

• Fido

See also

• Metro Vancouver
• Hollywood North

External links

• British Columbia Film Commission
• Smallville filming locations
• The Richard Dean Anderson Web Site
• Robert Altman's Vancouver