Vancouver Studio Zone
The boundary as the agreements actually write it, with the named exceptions and the published measuring points.
The boundary is built and reviewed. All nine segments are assembled from committed provincial, municipal and BC Hydro data and were checked by a person against the written definition. To check a location, use the Studio Zone Checker.
The zone on a map
The drawn line is the reviewed boundary the checker runs against — the written definition below remains the authoritative version. Base map tiles load from OpenFreeMap; this reference map never sees anything you type into the checker, so scouted locations stay on your device.
The boundary, segment by segment
Wording follows the BCCFU Master Agreement 2025–2028 and the UBCP/ACTRA BCMPA, which agree. Where the DGC agreement differs, it is noted below.
- westData sourced, awaiting review
On the West, the shoreline
Coastline retrieved from the BC Freshwater Atlas and committed (421 features). This is the shortest and least specific segment in the definition: it does not say how far north or south the shoreline runs, or how islands are treated. THE BOWEN ISLAND QUESTION, evidenced 2026-08-31 by visual read of the agreement's own incorporated map (BCCFU printed page 172): Bowen is drawn on the map but the heavy zone-boundary line does NOT enclose it — the boundary follows the mainland shoreline to Horseshoe Bay, and the only marks touching Bowen are ferry dashes. The parties also showed they exclude ferry-only land explicitly when they mean to (the Greater Victoria confirmation, 5.01(b): only land accessible 'without the assistance of a ferry'). DGC 22.1(a) uses the same bare 'the shoreline' with no clarifier. The mainland-walk exclusion this checker applies therefore matches the agreement's own map; treated as evidence supporting current behaviour, with Alex's confirmation as the final word.
- northData sourced, awaiting review
from the northern municipal boundary of the District of West Vancouver eastward along the northern municipal boundary of the District of North Vancouver
Metro Vancouver Administrative Boundaries, reprojected from UTM to WGS84 and committed at src/lib/zones/data/. Corroborated independently: the BCCFU's published Highway 99 zone-edge coordinate lands 32 m from the District of West Vancouver boundary, which is what the agreement's wording predicts. Awaiting human review.
- northData sourced, awaiting review
to the end of the road at Seymour Dam
27 DRA road-end candidates committed. The anchor is the northernmost endpoint of the Seymour Valley Trail family — the road up the valley to the dam; Mt Seymour Rd (paved, but a different mountain) is recorded as rejected. Chosen in vancouver-zone.geojson, awaiting human review.
- northData sourced, awaiting review
then continuing eastward to the eastern shoreline of Coquitlam Lake
Coquitlam Lake retrieved from the BC Freshwater Atlas and committed. The Seymour Dam anchor fixes the latitude, and the assembler separates the lake's EASTERN shore from the polygon and walks it south. Note the DGC variant below. Awaiting human review.
- eastStated exactly
On the East, 122 degrees/45 minutes longitude southward
= -122.75° longitude
122°45′ W is exactly −122.75. Encode as a meridian.
- eastData sourced, awaiting review
to a point of intersection with the 5L82 BC Hydro power line, then southeast following that power line
Committed as BC Hydro circuit 5L082 (the dataset zero-pads the agreement's 5L82), identified by the agreement's own geometric tests: it crosses 122°45′W at latitude 49.3248 and reaches Minnekhada's north edge. Both are asserted against the committed data. Awaiting human review.
- eastData sourced, awaiting review
to a point intersecting the end of the paved road at the northern boundary of Minnekhada Park, then continuing east to the western shore of the Pitt River
37 DRA candidates committed with road surface carried. The anchor is the paved endpoint nearest the committed 5L082 centreline (Quarry Rd, 273 m) — the agreement's own test, since the line must intersect the paved road end. Chosen in vancouver-zone.geojson, awaiting human review.
- eastData sourced, awaiting review
then following the western shore of the Pitt River to a point directly north of 200th Street in Langley, B.C.
Pitt River retrieved from the BC Freshwater Atlas and committed (3 features, measured extent latitude 49.2282 to 49.8515). What remains is judgement: separating the WESTERN shore from the whole polygon and terminating it at the longitude of 200th Street, Langley. Most of the retrieved river lies north of anything the zone uses.
- southStated exactly
On the South, the Canada/U.S. border
= 49° latitude
The Canada–US land border in British Columbia is the 49th parallel. Encode as latitude 49.0.
One difference between the agreements
DGC BC Collective Agreement 2025-2028, Article 22.1(a), words the north-east corner differently: “then eastward from that point along the same parallel line of latitude to the intersection of the eastern boundary”. Extends the northern boundary east to 122°45′ instead of stopping at the eastern shore of Coquitlam Lake. It is a small wedge of mountain and unlikely to hold a location, but it is a real difference and is not being averaged away.
The address rule
For clarity, along the Studio Zone's eastern boundary, the area encompassing all east-west street addresses below 20000 is within the zone.
Evaluated from the resolved street address, not from the polygon. Where the two disagree, the result must say which rule decided it.
Named exceptions
Properties and roads the agreements call out by name. These beat both the address rule and any drawn line.
Golden Ears Bridge and its approaches
Inside the zone, notwithstanding the eastern boundary and the address rule.
In: BCCFU 2025-2028 · UBCP/ACTRA BCMPA 2021-2024 · DGC BC 2021-2024
Studio at 20175 100A Avenue
20175 100A Avenue, Langley, BC V1M 3X6
Inside the zone despite an address at or above 20000.
In: BCCFU 2025-2028 · UBCP/ACTRA BCMPA 2021-2024 · DGC BC 2021-2024
Two studios at 20146 100A Avenue
20146 100A Avenue, Langley, BC V1M 3G2
Inside the zone despite an address at or above 20000.
In: BCCFU 2025-2028 · UBCP/ACTRA BCMPA 2021-2024 · DGC BC 2021-2024
Studio parking, 203 Street
9758 203 Street, Langley, BC V1M 3E3
Parking for the 100A Avenue studios. Inside the zone.
In: BCCFU 2025-2028 · UBCP/ACTRA BCMPA 2021-2024 · DGC BC 2021-2024
Studio parking, 102B Avenue
20395 102B Avenue, Langley, BC V1M 3H3
Parking for the 100A Avenue studios. Inside the zone.
In: BCCFU 2025-2028 · UBCP/ACTRA BCMPA 2021-2024 · DGC BC 2021-2024
Virtue Ranch — 51 km and 51 minutes outside
The agreement fixes the distance outright. Any routed calculation for this property is wrong by definition — return the stated figure.
In: DGC BC 2021-2024 — and not in the others.
Published measuring points
The BCCFU publishes fixed coordinates for Highway 99 and states that it uses them to calculate travel out of the zone. On that corridor the measurement starts here, not wherever a route happens to cross the line.
Highway 99 northbound
49.40757, -123.24159
Published by the BCCFU as the point it uses to calculate travel out of the zone.
Source: bccfu.com/zone-maps, retrieved 2026-08-02
Highway 99 southbound
49.40758, -123.24173
The southbound carriageway, roughly 15 m from the northbound point.
Source: bccfu.com/zone-maps, retrieved 2026-08-02
How this page is built
Everything above is transcribed from agreements we hold copies of, and each item carries its citation. Nothing here is inferred, and no boundary has been drawn.
When a map does appear it will be a geographic interpretation of the language above. Where the map and the agreement differ, the agreement governs.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence — Metro Vancouver.