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Vancouver

largest city in the province of British Columbia, Canada

Canada · 49.2608, -123.1139

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Vancouver is recorded as a filming location for 491 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level: somewhere in Vancouver, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 59 more.

3 productions were filmed at 51 places inside Vancouver rather than at Vancouver itself: listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“However, unable to find suitable locations for many scenes, he decided to "go where the good forests are" and moved production to Vancouver.”
The X-Files (1993–2018) · Wikipedia

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Vancouver
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies and TV series filmed in Vancouver

The 60 most widely covered are above. The other 431 filmed in Vancouver:

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Vancouver as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

And 335 more, per Wikipedia:

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Vancouver

3 productions shot at 51 places inside Vancouver, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Vancouver itself.

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Vancouver, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement: two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

And 4 more, per Wikipedia:

Drawn from this place

Anime whose Japanese Wikipedia article names Vancouver as a real place their setting was modelled on. Nothing was filmed here and no story happens here: somebody drew it from here. That is the weakest claim this atlas makes about a place, which is why it sits under its own heading, and each production’s page links the article the claim came from.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Vancouver?

888 productions are recorded as filmed in Vancouver, 3 of them at places inside it, including The X-Files (1993–2018), 2012 (2009) and Deadpool (2016). 394 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Vancouver?

The X-Files (1993–2018), covered by 90 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Vancouver?

Vancouver is in Canada. Its coordinates are 49.2608, -123.1139. The day trip guide for Vancouver, Canada lists 211 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Vancouver?

Vancouver General Hospital (under 1 km), Cambie Bridge (1 km north), Plaza of Nations (2 km north), Emily Carr University of Art and Design (2 km north-east) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Vancouver, Canada: 211 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.