A global digital entertainment sector with a 40-year history of pioneering technological innovation
Digital Entertainment & Interactive
When it comes to Digital Entertainment & Interactive (DE&I), these days the buzz is all Vancouver. Why? Because the city has the perfect ecosystem for harnessing digital potential — namely a strong artistic and creative workforce, thriving research and educational support, government incentives, an enviable location and more.
Vancouver has one of the top Video Game clusters in the world — one that includes major publishers such as, Electronic Arts (EA), Microsoft, Capcom and Nintendo.
Music Industry
Music creates jobs, stimulates tourism, helps build Vancouver’s unique identity, and fosters artistic growth. It helps to attract and retain talent, brings in investment from diverse and complementary creative industries, and opens up opportunities for a broad spectrum of genres, sounds, voices, communities, and artistic expressions to be heard.
From legends and music icons to rising stars and emerging bands, Vancouver is not only home to globally-renowned musical talent, but also to thriving underground, electronic, indie, punk, metal, hip hop, LGBTQ2S+, experimental, improvised, and Indigenous music scenes.
Film Industry
Vancouver is the third largest Film & TV production centre in North America. Has the largest cluster of top VFX and Animation studios in the world, including Sony Pictures Imageworks, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), MPC, Double Negative, DHX Media, Animal Logic and Bardel Entertainment.