Vancouver Film & TV Tours

Some big projects filming in Vancouver at the moment. The Last of Us was seen filming near Gastown this week. We can’t wait to see the transformation on the big screen as Vancouver plays Seattle in this show.

Step into the world of Superheroes in TV on our new walking tour in Downtown Vancouver! Fans of the Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, Superman & Lois, DC Legends and many others, this tour is for you. 🦸‍♂️ Book today. ✏️ ✅ Link in bio

With the end of both writers and actors strikes, we have exciting news out of Vancouver with Season 2 of the hit series slated to begin production in January. We look forward to seeing many sets popping up across Vancouver in the new year.

Exciting news for the film industry out of Hollywood! We are excited to see more productions coming back soon to Canada with the end of both the writers and actors strike upon us now.

People are loving our new Haunting of Vancouver Film tour. Join us this Halloween and beyond, for a new type of haunt in Vancouver. An interactive tour where you explore historic and haunted locations in Vancouver and hear the real life ghost stories and dark history behind them. We also have a Hollywood North twist on top of this where we see the film locations from horror movies and shows shot in the area, all in one on this first tour of its kind. Tours run 4 days a week at dusk. Book today on our website. 🤯🤯 PS: do you notice something weird and spooky that has happened in the second last photo? No photoshop was done here 🤔

It’s been a busy month here in Vancouver on our Hollywood North Experience Tours and Supernatural TV Show Tours. With Tiff and Viff approaching, why not learn more about Canadas film industry with local actors. Tours will be operating as usual this fall, see you out there!

Critical times in the entertainment industry are upon us. This past week American Actors Union: SAG-AFTRA went on strike. They join the Writers Guild of America who have been on strike since May 2nd. This has resulted in a shutdown of the entertainment industry in the USA. Canada has also been affected due to its presence as a hub for American productions
and has all but come to a screeching hault.

Many of the issues of concern are consistent for both actors and writers. These include concern over AI replacing jobs, unfair base pay and lack of residuals for actors due to the prominence of streamer content and difficult requirements for actors to even receive simple things like health insurance. It’s a very difficult career to succeed in as an actor or writer and many are struggling to stay afloat. This strike is tough on them, everybody wants to get back to work, but when the conditions are fair. This is just the tip of the iceberg that the studio heads and streamers need to address to have everyone come back to work.

We Canadian actors and writers support our talented actors in writers in the USA. Vancouver Film & TV Tours and Toronto Film & TV Tours is owned and operated by local actors, providing them with valuable additional income during these trying and uncertain times. It’s also an opportunity for them to share their stories, passions and experience in working this industry with tourists and locals alike. We aim to educate the public on the industries current issue as well as showcase the countless projects shot in the past here, with an eye on a better future for all creatives alike. photo credit: Mike Blake, Reuters taken outside the Netflix offices in Los Angelis, California July 14th.

Our guests are loving our new Supernatural TV Show Tour. Come set foot at real life locations from the hit series on our 2 hour walking tour in Vancouver and learn about our huge local film industry. Link in bio, book today.

Check out our new tour: The Supernatural TV Show Tour, operating Tuesday and Sunday nights in Gastown. Come visit filming locations from the hit show with us and learn all about its part in Vancouvers MASSIVE film industry. Link in bio to book. 🔥 📸 •
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Featured in a article this week in ✅ Come check out our new 2 hour Supernatural TV Tour or the 3 hour Hollywood North Experience walking tours. Both take place several days per week and are in Downtown Vancouver where guests get to visit filming locations for hit shows and movies with local actors and directors. Come explore Hollywood North with us. Link in bio 🎥🔥

With Season 2 now out of the hit TV series on Showtime “Yellowjackets” we thought we would share some of the locations used in Vancouver. The pilot was shot in California 2019 and was on hiatus until 2021 due to the pandemic, the show then moved to the Vancouver area and has been shooting all over ever since. Do you recognize any of Vancouver in the hit series? Credit Atlas of Wonders Filming locations. You may even spot Vancouver Film & TV Tours founder in episode 3 “Digestif”

Big news out of Vancouver today with it being announced that HBO’s The Last of Us will shoot in Vancouver for part of Season 2. Courtesy of and

After filming season 1 in the Calgary area that saw overwhelming success , season 2 is meant to take place in the Pacific Northwest (namely Seattle) area. Vancouver had doubled as Seattle in several other shows and movies such as 50 Shades of Grey, 50/50, Izombie, Twilight, among others.

When it comes to tax incentives and strong US dollar, Vancouver is an economical option when it comes to making a budget go further for productions. Perhaps you’ll see a Last of Us tour in Vancouver one day. 🤩

Great to see an article on our company in major news outlet-Daily Hive. We have hired our guides and are ready for a launch of our new tour later this month. Daily Hive Vancouver

Now hiring: "Supernatural" super fan tour guide wanted in Vancouver | News Calling all "Supernatural" fans! A tour company in Vancouver is looking to hire someone who loves the show and the industry for a new tour.

Did you know? CW’s the Flash has filmed most of the series throughout Vancouver and the lower mainland. Many of Vancouvers landmarks were transformed into various places in the fictitious Central City.

Such examples were BC Place Stadium as STAR Labs and Central City Stadium, Vancouver Library as Central City Bank and STAR Labs, CBC Vancouver as the courtyard of STAR Labs and Vancouver Art Gallery Central City Downtown Plaza just to name a few.

After 9 seasons and nearly a decade of filming, the show is finishing up its final season this spring. Many other CW Series are finishing their final seasons in the city with the networks recent rebranding. This of course is making room for several new series on major U.S.A and Canadian Networks now filming in Vancouver, further cementing it as the go to place for the film industry. Check out our guide in season 8 and come learn about this show and many others on our Hollywood North Tour.

Vancouver Film & TV Tours was recently featured in the we are excited to be launching a new tour next month, all related to the hit tv series 🔥 stay tuned for updates on the new tour and the launch date.

Check out what our latest guests are saying after taking the Hollywood North Experience walking tour in Downtown Vancouver.

Ventured out on a Private TV tour, ended up on TV. Lots of great sets out there in Downtown Vancouver right now!

Did You Know? Adaptation of Alfred Hitchcocks classic film, Psycho, inspired the hit TV series Bates Motel. This series was shot in Aldergrove, BC (1 hour outside of Vancouver). The set was built on some land located at 1070 272nd St. Aldergrove. In between the shooting of the successful 5 seasons, the windows were boarded up to prevent any diehard fans from making the motel their own.

After the completion of the series, the set was torn down in February 2017. You may recognize the actor who played Norman Bates (Freddie Highmore) who currently stars in another hit tv series, also shot in Vancouver. This being The Good Doctor, where Highmore plays the lead- Dr. Shaun Murphy which is currently in Season 7.

All smiles while taking refuge from the rain! We are lucky to have the second mildest climate in Canada in the winter here in Vancouver. (Victoria is first) So bundle up in your best and grab an umbrella for good measure and let’s go explore this great city.

Our guests were excited to stumble across a set being constructed for CW’s The Flash today. Damaged cars and vans were set up ready for some stunts this evening. The area around Vancouver Library is a common film location for this show. Keep your eyes peeled for it on tv!

Some recent tours from the sunniest fall we have had in quite some time. Tours will still be operating during our winter months. See you out there and don’t forget your umbrella!

Happy Halloween from us at Vancouver Film & TV Tours! 🎃 Today, we celebrate some of the horror movies shot in Vancouver and surrounding area.

The classic horror comedy, Scary Movie used the exterior of Victoria Highschool on Vancouver Island. Fun fact, the fountain seen in the movie was not apart of the school but was created for the film to further spoof Scream. Other shots of this movie took place in Richmond on Moncton Street, such as the Movie Theatre scenes and where officer Doofy is revealed to be the mastermind behind the crimes.

In Friday The 13th, Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, Vancouver poses as New York City. It used an Alleyway in Gastown and Brittania Beach.

In Black Christmas, Coquitlams Riverview Hospital was used as the Clark Sanitarium in the movie. This location is a very common film spot.

In Cabin in The Woods, BCIT’s Aerospace technology campus and a home on 5th & Trafalger was used. Also, the woods was shot at Coquihalla Canyon Park.

Finally, Blade Trinity used Vancouvers iconic Marine building which is the scene where Blade jumps!

What’s your favourite horror movie you will be watching this weekend?

Fantastic group on the tour today. Here they visited a popular and unique film location-the Vancouver Public Library. Where they did a script read on location and saw the many projects filmed here over the years.

CONGRATULATIONS to our fantastic guides on their recent film and tv bookings. has just returned from Africa where he worked on a Kung Fu documentary. is currently shooting a tv series. New guide books a Movie of The Week. And the founder books a Christmas movie and role on a popular tv series. Our guides are experienced and knowledgeable in the industry and we can’t wait to show you all things film related in Vancouver!

A 90 minute drive from Vancouver, BC is the town of Hope. It served as the main filming location for the classic movie: Rambo First Blood starring Sylvester Stallone. This credit is a point of pride for many local residents and further displayed by a statue of John Rambo in the middle of town. Many Rambo fans flock to Hope every year and this past weekend, the movies 40th anniversary was celebrated.

The movie was meant to take place in the fictitious town of Hope, Washington rather than the real town of Hope, BC. The film also has strong Canadian roots as it was adapted by Canadian author’s David Morrell novel and directed by Canadian Ted Kotcheff. Many consider this movie the birth of Hollywood North.

Super September! The CW’s Superman & Lois have been filming in downtown Vancouver and our guests had the privilege of seeing some live sets. Always a pleasant surprise to get up close to see the working parts of the film industry first hand. •
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Did you know? The Percy Jackson franchise has a history of filming in Vancouver. From filming the first movie-Percy Jackson & The Lightning Thief filmed mainly in Vancouver in 2009 (which starred Pierce Bronson-James Bond himself as Mr.Brunner).

It then continued with the second film, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters which featured a variety of places in North Vancouver and downtown as well. One scene is meant to take place in Washington, DC but was actually filmed in Vancouver using a building a green screen/after effects. Our guide was an actor in the film. Today, this story continues with the new series by Disney + Percy Jackson and the Olympians filming in Vancouver this fall and this past summer. Stay tuned for more from this exciting series.
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A fan of Fifty Shades Of Grey, our guest was excited to do a special stop to visit the elevator from a certain steamy scene from the movie. It was shot at the Fairmont Hotel in Vancouver. The sequel Fifty Shades Darker also shot in Vancouver, specifically Gastown area!

Fun Fact Wednesday-Vancouver the Seattle stand in. The popular Netflix Movie The Unforgivable was shot just outside of Vancouver and in Chinatown and was interspersed with establishing shots of Seattle-where it’s meant to take place.

Our guests enjoy visiting three different neighbourhoods in downtown Vancouver with our fantastic guide Dan. Here they are in historic Gastown, the first neighbourhood in Vancouver which was founded in 1867. Our goal is to leave guests, whether they are locals or tourists to look not only at film but also the city in a different light. Do you know what controversial status used to stand where this picture is taken? Come learn all about this today!