The hundreds of productions who routinely shoot in British Columbia because it is a viable, competitive and cost effective centre for production.

In 2011, 281 motion picture projects were shot here generating in excess of 1.1 billion dollars in production spending. Major movies and television shot in BC recently: Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Sucker Punch, Tron, The A Team, Red Riding Hood, Diary of A Wimpy Kid, Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief, 2012, Night at the Museum 2, The Day The Earth Stood Still, X-Men 3, Juno, Fantastic Four, Fringe, Smallville, Stargate Universe, Supernatural, Caprica, Battlestar Galactica, The L Word – to name just a few.