Burnaby is a film hot spot, with various production studios and natural landscapes. Burnaby has been the set for well-known films including Juno, She's the Man, The A-Team and Happy Gilmore.
Simon Fraser University's Burnaby Mountain brutalist architecture also makes for the perfect sci-fi set: hosting productions like Battlestar Galactica, Stargate SG-1 and the X-Files.
Many films are produced in local studios — Burnaby has about 60 per cent of the studio spaces around the Lower Mainland, according to the city.
Learn more about filming in Burnaby on the .
What's filming in town now? Have you seen any of these actors out and about?
When Calls the Heart (Season 11)
What happens when a wealthy young schoolteacher moves out to a coal mining town in the west? This show weaves historical drama and romance together.
- Starring: Erin Krakow, Martin Cummins, Pascale Hutton
- Location:
- Wrap date: Nov. 7
Wild Cards (Season 1)
A Vancouver-based featuring a gruff cop and bubbly con woman.
- Starring: TBD. Directors include James Genn, Lee Rose, Shawn Piller and Winnifred Jong.
- Location:
- Wrap date: Oct. 27
Sight Unseen (Season 1)
A blind former homicide detective tracks down her unsolved cases with the help of a visual assistance guide, according to .
- Starring: TBD. Directors include Sharon Lewis, John Fawcett, Jem Garrard and Rachel Talalay.
- Location:
- Wrap date: Nov. 15
Allegiance (Season 1)
Set in Surrey, the show follows a Sikh police rookie as she navigate her loyalties between her job, her country and her family.
- Starring: TBD. Director David Frazee.
- Location:
- Wrap date: Dec. 11
TV movies filming
- 31 Second Chances (dir. Lucie Guest)
- Magic in Mistletoe (dir. Paula Elle)
- Whitewater Romance (dir. Jason Bourque)
Wrapped since August 2022
- Longlegs (with Nicolas Cage)
- The Big Whoop
- Goosebumps – Season 1 (Working title: Port Lawrence 93)
- Yellowjackets – Season 2
- The Good Doctor – Season 6
- A Million Little Things – Season 5
- Alaska Daily (with Hilary Swank)
- Straight Man – Season 1
- Buddy Games 2
- The Power – Season 1
- The Watchful Eye – Season 1
- Family Law – Season 3
- The Dating Game (dir. Anna Kendrick)
- Valiant One
- When Calls the Heart – Season 10
- School Spirits – Season 1
- Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Season 1 (Working title: Mink Golden)
- Worth Something (dir. Todd Holland, new media TV movie)
- Calamity Jane
- Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery
- In the Walls
- The 12 Dares of Christmas
- The Spin Cycle
- Never Let Go (with Halle Berry)
- Bad Genius
- Final Destination 6: Bloodlines
- All My Friends Are Dead
- Worth the Wait
- Fourth Down and Love (dir. Allan Harmon)
- Love at the Bootcamp (dir. P.J. Naworynski)
- Murdaugh Murders (dir. Greg Beeman)
- Switched (dir. Monika Mitchell)
- The Girl Who Caught a Killer (dir. Robin Hays)
- Final Destination 6: Bloodlines