Quick Note
The Maple Ridge Film Office regularly collects, analyzes, and reports data pertaining to the City’s filming activity and initiatives. Such findings help identify achievements and advancements in #MapleRidgeFilm, as well as devise improvement strategies for future projects and procedures. Our community is an integral element of the City's film development, and we want you to share in our successes as we continue to build our local creative industries!
2024 Film in Review
A 3-minute video showcase of 2024's #MapleRidgeFilm highlights!
What Filmed in Maple Ridge in 2024?
Title & Film Dates | Cast | Synopsis | Locations to Look Out For |
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(March 21 - April 22) |
| Brian accepts a playdate invitation from a fellow stay-at-home dad who turns out to be a loose cannon. |
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(February 6 - March 13) | When twin brothers Bill and Hal find their father's old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths begin. |
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(November 13 - 26) | A teenage werewolf falls for a girl, who helps him find a way to become human. | ||
(October 16) | A grieving family move to a new town after a tragedy, only to find sinister secrets lurking in the woods behind their house. | Hammond Community | |
(September 18) | Throughout recorded history, entire civilizations have mysteriously disappeared. For two sisters living in the modern-day aftermath, daylight is their only refuge. | Haney Home Hardware | |
(July 26 - August 2nd) | On the night that Our World and the Mirror World slip out of sync, a troubled teenager loses his father in a car accident… only to discover his reflection managed to survive the crash. | Lynda Jane Readings | |
Riding Shotgun (April 19 - May 10) | TBA | Coming Soon |
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A Family Affair (September 23 - October 3) | TBA | Coming Soon | |
I Will Survive (November 12 - 13) | TBA | Coming Soon |
Title & Film Dates | Cast | Synopsis | Locations to Look Out For |
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(April 25 - July 30) | After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope. |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Season Two (October 3) | A young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save the world, and fight against an enemy bent on stopping him. | Bordertown Community | |
(August 1) | A wildly talented girls high school soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness. |
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(July 31 - August 6) | Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them. | Hammond Community | |
(February 29 - March 1) | The world's most famous superhero and comic books' most famous journalist face the pressures and complexities that come with balancing work, justice, and parenthood in today's society. | Golden Ears Bridge | |
Tracker: Season One - "St. Louis" (January 11 - 22) | The odds are stacked against Colter as he is tasked by a convicted murderer's teenage daughter to track down a missing witness who could prove her dad's innocence. |
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Tracker: Season One - "Camden" (February 14 - 20) | Colter tracks down a dockworker who went missing two weeks before his wedding following a confrontation with his past. | ||
Tracker: Season One - "Into the Wild" (March 14 - 15) | Colter journeys into the wilderness to track a father's missing adult children who were last seen in a plane that was lost during a storm with a mysterious client on board. |
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Tracker: Season One - "Off the Books" (April 4 - 10) | Colter is forced to team up with his estranged brother, Russell, who enlists his help to track down a former army buddy who's gone missing after several weeks of paranoid behavior. |
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Tracker: Season Two – “Out of the Past” (July 19 - 20) | While investigating the strange disappearance of a family in the backwoods of Arkansas, Colter's shocking discovery about the mother's past leads him into the world of organized crime. | The Ridge Community | |
Tracker: Season Two – “Preternatural” (September 5 - 6) | Colter takes a job locating a missing teen with a unique spiritual gift in an inhospitable mining town. | Production Playground | |
Tracker: Season Two – “Trust Fall” (September 20 - 21) | While searching for missing campers, Colter meets a retired police officer who believes a serial killer is on the loose. |
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Tracker: Season Two – “Episode 10” (November 7 - 16) | TBA | Coming Soon | |
Tracker: Season Two – “Episode 12” (December 6) | TBA | Coming Soon | |
(April 8) | A troubled detective and an enigmatic arson investigator will follow in the footsteps of two serial arsonists. |
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(July 17 - September 6) | A National Parks Service agent investigates a brutal death. | Eagles Hall | |
(July 25 - August 21) | An over-the-hill ex-golfer, fired from his job, sees hope in coaching a troubled teen prodigy after his wife leaves him, staking his future on the youth's success. | Whonnock Lake Park | |
(August 1 - November 9) | A small team of investigators are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that's not supposed to exist. |
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(May 17) | Nikki Batista joins the Philadelphia Police Department's Missing Person's Unit to help others find their loved ones at the same time that she is looking for her missing son. | Mini Mall Storage | |
(September 5 - December 3) | A rookie agent working in Surrey, her hometown, faces the limits of the judicial system as she battles to exonerate her politician father. |
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(September 10) | A spirited con woman and a demoted by-the-book detective are given the chance to redeem themselves. The catch? They must find a way to work together each using their unique skills to solve crimes. | Webster's Corners Community | |
(March 20) | The story of Melissa Jesperson-Moore, who at age 15 discovered that her father, Keith Hunter Jesperson, was the serial murderer known as the Happy Face Killer. | Port Hammond Community |
Title | Synopsis | Locations to Look Out For | Film Dates |
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Yoga Teacher Killer: The Kaitlin Armstrong Story | Pro-cyclist Moriah Wilson's death is investigated as a potential murder when all signs to point to yoga teacher Kaitlin Armstrong killing the young woman in a jealous rage for having an affair with her boyfriend. | February 26 - March 6 | |
Devil on Campus: The Larry Ray Story | Larry Ray moves into daughter's dorm, manipulates her friends by exploiting insecurities, promises personal transformations through disturbing psychological tactics aimed at gaining control over vulnerable students. |
| April 4 - 11 |
Husband, Father, Killer: The Alyssa Pladl Story | Alyssa has a relationship with abusive Steven as a teen, has his child but gives it up for adoption. Years later, their daughter seeks them out, and Steven manipulates her into an affair, neglecting his family. |
| July 29 - August 16 |
Pitfall | After a young man gets separated from his friends in the woods, he falls into a 10-foot-deep pit of spikes, impaling him through his leg and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident. | BCIT Woodlot 0007 | August 6 - 13 |
Hunting Housewives | Four housewives plan a weekend getaway, but end up stranded in the wilderness. |
| April 17 - 26 |
Tipline Mysteries: Dial 1 for Murder | A cryptic call about a planned jewelry heist draws a Detroit Free Press tipline operator, Maddie Moore, into a dangerous homicide case alongside a newly promoted detective. |
| January 22 - 29 |
Signed, Sealed, Delivered: A Tale of Three Letters | The POstables are back identifying the intended recipients of a trio of dead letters which have a surprising, personal impact on all of them. |
| April 23 - 30 |
Curious Caterer: Forbidden Fruit | A caterer's date turns awry when the singer at the event she's catering gets electrocuted, making it a crime scene she has to help investigate. | Maple Ridge Florist | August 7 - 8 |
One Bad Apple: A Hannah Swensen Mystery | Hannah Swensen has been asked to teach a baking class at the college in town, but her equipment is tampered with, causing an explosion that the fire department rules an accident. Soon, a colleague ends up dead and Hannah begins to put together the puzzle of the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder. | January 26 - February 2 | |
A Sprinkle of Deceit: A Hannah Swensen Mystery | Hannah and Chad flirt with their own paths to solve the same murder while working to clear a colleague who is implicated in the crime. |
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Cooked to Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery | Hannah's set to marry Ross, but a dessert contest turns sour when celebrity chef Duquesne is murdered. Juggling nuptials and competition, she must unravel the mystery in Lake Eden. | Chameleon Restaurant | November 8 - 9 |
A Pie to Die For: A Hannah Swensen Mystery | After her honeymoon, Hannah is eager to settle into married life, but plans are derailed when her mother’s neighbor, a former stage star, is found murdered in the condo below. | The ACT Arts Centre | October 15 |
The Girl Who Wasn’t Dead | 15-year-old Erica vanishes, believed a victim of a serial killer, but emerges at her murder trial 3 years later. |
| July 10 - 22 |
I Thought My Husband’s Wife Was Dead | After 5 years of being missing and officially declared dead, a homeless Tori tracks down her husband, Leo, only to learn he is now married and expecting a baby. Soon, everyone's lives are upturned. |
| May 13 - 31 |
Nobody Dumps My Daughter | After Jimmy breaks up with Theresa, her obsessive mother tries desperately to reunite them. |
| July 30 - August 9 |
Mommy Meanest | A teenage girl is relentlessly cyberbullied, but the worst is yet to come when she finds out who is actually sending the horrific texts. |
| January 24 - February 11 |
Season's Greetings From Cherry Lane | Three families in 1951, 2003, and 2024 share a home, each striving to preserve the Christmas spirit despite life's challenges. |
| June 28 - July 16 |
Happy Holidays From Cherry Lane | Three families in 1960, 1998, and 2015 share a home, each striving to preserve the Christmas spirit despite life's challenges. |
| July 31 - August 13 |
Deck The Halls on Cherry Lane | Three families in 1966, 1981, and 2000 share a home, each striving to preserve the Christmas spirit despite life's challenges. |
| August 19 - September 10 |
We Three Kings | Retired musician Lincoln, a record store owner and father to estranged sisters Lydia, Gracie, and Abigail, conspires with friend Genelle to reunite them for Christmas after their mother's passing. |
| September 26 - 30 |
Private Princess Christmas | Princess Violet of Wingravia must complete a tough leadership boot camp in Colorado or risk losing her throne to her uncle. | October 11 - 12 | |
Christmas with the Singhs | Holiday traditions and cultures collide when Asha and Jake meet their families. | September 9 - 14 | |
This Time Each Year | A year after their separation, Lauren and Kevin focus on raising their young son Charlie together. However, Kevin harbors a desire to make them a whole family again. |
| July 15 - August 2 |
A Reason for the Season | In order to earn her trust fund, Evie is tasked with granting Christmas wishes to the people who saved her life on the night of her birth. | Planet Ice | July 2 - 3 |
Santa Tell Me | When Olivia finds an old letter from Santa promising she'll meet the love of her life by Christmas Eve - and that his name will be Nick - she's stunned to meet not one, but three guys named Nick. As she navigates these holiday romances, Olivia also finds herself drawn to her charming co-worker, Chris, throwing her magical Christmas quest into question. |
| February 5 - 6 |
Santa Who? | Coming Soon |
| October 1 - 7 |
The Next Christmas Classic | Coming Soon |
| August 13 - 23 |
A Dad for Christmas | Coming Soon |
| April 19 |
Return to Sender | When a weathered old envelope appears in the mailbox of Meg's new apartment marked Return to Sender, she joins the building manager Ollie along with podcaster Ellen and partner Pete to find out who sent this mysterious love letter. |
| June 10 - 17 |
The Real West | A family vacation to a working Ranch introduces Professor Rebecca to Jake West, a handsome cowboy who never settled down. |
| August 9 - 12 |
The Wish Swap | When Casey and Henry celebrate their birthdays at the same restaurant, they make birthday wishes at the same time, which are granted. However, they end up getting each other's wishes. | November 18 - 20 | |
Lift To Love | Coming Soon | October 19 - 23 | |
Return To Office | Coming Soon |
| November 12 - |
And Love Knocked | Coming Soon |
| December 12 - 18 |
Brookswood | Coming Soon | March 18 - 26 |
Title | Locations to Look Out For | Film Dates |
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A Safe Distance |
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The Battle of GT Road | Production Playground | November 2 - 3 |
Principesa | June 20 | |
All That Lies Beneath | Whonnock Lake Park | October 29 |
Moving To Japan |
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Abaayo | Whonnock Lake Park | August 19 |
Love Again | Albion Community | June 6 |
Street Dreams | Albion Community | December 1 - 2 |
Title | Locations to Look Out For | Film Dates |
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Lincoln | September 18 - 19 | |
Vessi | Whonnock Lake Park | February 7 |
Jeep | Hammond Community | August 1 |
Kia |
| January 8 |
Subaru | Webster's Corners Community | April 22 |
Chevy | Serpentine Cedar Roofing | October 20 |
Sony PlayStation | Webster's Corners Community | November 4 |
Save-On-Foods | Planet Ice | April 23 |
FortisBC | Yennadon Community | January 10 |
Walmart | Albion Fairgrounds | July 25 |
Amazon | Ag & Food Exchange | October 14 |
Project Pixel | Haney Community | May 11 |
Project Victory | Whonnock Lake Park | May 23 |
Annual Film Report
Download a copy of our 2024 Annual Film Report to learn more about how #MapleRidgeFilm has been a key area of the City’s economic and community development this past year.
The report, strategies, and ensuing work are aligned with Council’s Strategic Priorities and Strategic Goals as we continue to work to meet the needs of the community now and into the future.
#MapleRidgeFilm Holiday Movies
Since 2016, Maple Ridge has hosted more than 100 holiday-themed film productions now airing around the world. Check them out below!
Previous Years' Productions
2023
Title & Film Dates | Cast | Synopsis | Locations to Look Out For |
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Longlegs (January 17 - February 17) | In pursuit of a serial killer, an FBI agent uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree. |
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Dear Jassi (March 27 - April 5) | A young couple desperately want to be together but are separated due to time, distance, and societal expectations. | ||
Ruthless Bastards (November 2 - 8) | Two former gangster enforcers, filled with hate for one another, partner to take on one last assignment that could cost their lives. |
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The Big Whoop (Feb 16 - March 19) | A washed-up clown act finds themselves in over their heads when a priceless stolen artifact ‘belonging’ to a dangerous criminal land in their possession. |
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Title & Film Dates | Cast | Synopsis | Locations to Look Out For |
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Goosebumps: Season Two (January 23 - March 18 | A horror series telling the story of a group of five high school students who unleash supernatural forces upon their town. Now, they must work together in order to save it. | ||
Sight Unseen: Season One (August 4 - September 21) | Former homicide detective Tess Avery, diagnosed as blind, teams up with Sunny Patel, a remote seeing-eye guide and agoraphobe, to bring down killers who elude the police in this high-stakes detective thriller. |
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Tracker: Season One – “Mt. Shasta” (December 23) | Colter races against the clock to find the missing teenage son of Reenie's close friend Erika. | Hammond Community | |
Fire Country: Season Two (March 1) | A young convict joins a firefighting program looking for redemption and a shortened prison sentence. He and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region. | Golden Ears Park | |
Wild Cards: Season One (September 11) | A spirited con woman and a demoted by-the-book detective are given the chance to redeem themselves. The catch? They must find a way to work together each using their unique skills to solve crimes. |
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Curious Caterer: Fatal Vows | Goldy Berry, a caterer and amateur detective, is recruited to provide food for a sizable wedding. | April 21 | |
Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home | A former Army surgeon moves back to her hometown and joins a practice of family doctors, but when she's drawn into solving the mysterious death of a patient, her quiet life becomes upended. | December 14 - 16 | |
Carrot Cake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery | A skeleton found in Lake Eden reveals the true identity of a beloved resident. |
| February 27 - March 6 |
A Zest for Death: A Hannah Swensen Mystery | No one is more shocked than Hannah Swensen when her mother finds the dead body of the homeowner -a frequent patron of The Cookie Jar - while looking for a home for her sister, Michelle. | June 22 - 28 | |
Murdaugh Murders: The Movie | South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh becomes the prime suspect in the double homicide of his wife and son. | July 6 - 7 | |
The Cases of Mystery Lane | Alden and Birdie Case find a new way to keep the mystery alive. Alden takes classes in hopes of becoming a private investigator, and Birdie may hold the keys to solve one of his mysteries. |
| January 20 - 24 |
What Comes Next | Seventeen-year-old Tanya starts dating an older family friend who had an affair with her mother Laura years ago. Secrets are revealed, changing Tanya and Laura's relationship. | Haney Community | August 22 - 30 |
Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story | A man who calls himself Amish Stud plots with his mistress to murder his wife, to the horror of his conservative Amish community. |
| April 14 - 18 |
How She Caught a Killer | Detective Linda Murphy, a newbie of the police academy, accidentally hears her boss, Detective David Goodman, talking about a serial murderer in the area who appears to be targeting sex workers. |
| May 10 - 17 |
Christmas on Cherry Lane | Over the holidays, three couples at different stages of their lives traverse significant life turning moments at 7 Cherry Lane. | The Ridge Community | June 12 - July 1 |
Creating Christmas | Harper, an aspiring illustrator, is collaborating with a demanding book author. When he insists on her working through Christmas in a quaint town, she must use the town's holiday celebrations to break him out of his writer's block. | January 31 - February 11 | |
A World Record Christmas | An autistic boy attempts to break a world record on Christmas Eve, uniting his family and community in the process. Inspired by real events. | Planet Ice | March 21 |
Bringing Christmas Home | A professor of military history teams with an antique store owner to find the original owner of a historic WWII uniform and the love letters left in its pockets. |
| June 13 - 24 |
Mistletoe Connection | It's Christmas, and Kate runs a nostalgic gift shop in a neighborhood that has just been slated for redevelopment. A chance encounter on the bus with Mark sets off sparks for them both. | July 6 - 23 | |
Christmas Angel | A mega star, with the world at her feet, is unraveling at the core. When her car breaks down and a stranger offers to help her, a whole new chapter in her life starts. |
| March 21 - April 5 |
It’s a Wonderful Knife | After saving her town from a psychotic killer, Winnie Carruthers' life is less than wonderful. When she wishes she'd never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe where without her, things could be much, much worse. |
| March 29 - April 7 |
Worth the Wait | An interwoven story about life, love and modern romance |
| May 15 - June 1 |
Big Sky River: The Bridal Path | Tara, now settled in Montana and dating Cowboy Boone, works to bring their family lives together but tensions arise, as blending their families will be more of a challenge than anticipated. | June 5 | |
The Professional Bridesmaid | When a professional bridesmaid books a high-profile wedding, she must keep her true identity a secret, not only from the wedding party but also from the handsome reporter covering the event. | January 30 - 31 | |
The Wedding Cottage | A wedding guide creator must convince an uninspired artist and owner of a special wedding cottage to renovate the run-down cottage to host a contest winning couple for their dream wedding. | Lynda Jane Readings | February 6 |
Wedding Season | A journalist finds herself on back-to-back bridesmaid duty for her three best friends. Needing a date, she pairs up with a photographer who is the brother of one of her friends. | April 11 - 14 | |
Dream Moms | Two moms whose Broadway dreams got deferred, enter a TV talent show competition together and learn that it's never too late to become what or who you want to be. | February 13 - 21 | |
Make Me a Match | Follows Boom, the son of a matchmaker, and Vivi, a creative executive at a dating app company, as they encounter while Boom's mom tries to find the right match for Vivi. | Lynda Jane Readings | April 6 - 11 |
Love and Jane | Lilly, a hopeless romantic and literary enthusiast, is surprised when her wish to talk to her favorite author comes true and Jane Austen herself appears in her life. | May 15 - 20 | |
Round and Round | Rachel's stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents' Hanukkah party. Can Zach, the "nice boy" Grandma's trying to set her up with, help her make it to tomorrow? |
| June 12 - 27 |
The More Love Grows | Helen is blindsided when her husband asks for a separation. With the help of a friendly vet and a rambunctious stray dog, she rediscovers her strength and begins to rebuild her life. | Albion Community | June 15 - 24 |
Hearts in the Game | Publicist Hazel has to rehab the image of MLB player Diego, who just so happens to be her former flame! |
| February 21 - March 11 |
Love at the Bootcamp | When a scattered marketing exec is tasked with helping an unpopular small-town bootcamp turn its image around, she finds that the strict, regimented ways of its owner might just be the perfect 'fit' for love. | May 23 - 25 | |
A Whitewater Romance | Maya attends an exclusive business retreat in the Rocky Mountains where she meets a man who's a competitor. As they're forced to pair up, an unlikely connection begins to evolve. | WildPlay | October 17 |
First Kiss | Coming Soon | May 17 - 26 | |
Love is in the Air | Coming Soon | Whonnock Lake Park | June 22 |
Title | Synopsis | Locations to Look Out For | Film Dates |
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Drake - “Another Late Night” | The official music video for Drake's "Another Late Night" |
| August 31 - September 1 |
Blink | Chronicles a family's global trip before their children lose vision to a rare genetic disorder, capturing their journey to experience the world's beauty while they can still see it, and preparing for an inevitable future. | Golden Ears Park | April 1 |
One Day This Kid | Hamed, a young Afghan Canadian boy, struggles to come to terms with being gay against the disapproval of his immigrant parents. |
| September 5 |
The Lost Salmon | An Iranian international student living in Vancouver must navigate the challenges of cultural assimilation while facing the emotional turmoil caused by political unrest in his home country. |
| July 2 - 5 |
Hollow | A girl discovers her lover is really-truly-empty inside. | Under The Tree Childcare Centres | March 5 |
An Evening Miracle | Julianna visits her single mother from out of town only to meet the cowboy from her childhood dream for the first time, but he's already taken. | Silver Valley Community | June 17 |
Boldly Originals Music Video | Coming Soon | Whonnock Lake Park | August 20 |
Parvaaz | Coming Soon | Whonnock Lake Park | December 3 |
Heatstroke | Coming Soon | Production Playground | August 1 |
Title | Locations to Look Out For | Film Dates |
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Expedia | Golden Ears Park | November 15 |
A&W | A&W | June 12 |
Big O Tires |
| November 12 - 13 |
HP | Whonnock Lake Park | July 13 |
Acura | Golden Ears Park | November 1 |
Hyundai | Golden Ears Park | December 13 |
Canada Post | Golden Ears Park | February 1 |
Comcast | Burger King | April 17 |
LL Bean | Whonnock Lake Park | August 24 |
Blue Ribbon | Haney Place Mall | July 12 |
Red Wing Shoe | Noble Custom Cut Ltd. | August 10 |
Article X Hosting and Entertainment | The Ridge Community | August 30 - September 1 |
Lactaid |
| June 27 |
Project Z | Whonnock Lake Park | April 26 |
Charity Livestream | The Ridge Community | October 27 - 28 |