Can Am Importique

I love going here! We rent from them for theme parties occasionally. I recommend going here on a lazy weekend, it is so fun to wander around all of the props.

If you have ever wondered where that giant dinosaur statue came from in a movie you recently saw, or where all of the Xmas decorations get stored for made-​for-​TV-​movies that are shot locally, you should plan a day trip to Can Am.
Can Am is the prop rental facility in Vancouver for all of the movies, commercials and sitcoms that are filmed here. Don’t get me wrong, there are a TON of things that (TV shows especially) will buy and use for the duration of the show, and possibly sell when shooting is complete. For a party monster like me however, this is a great place to rent specific things for a theme party. The items can be a bit pricey to rent, and you will probably need a friend with a truck to pick up all of your decorations, but people will walk away from your party thinking you are the hostess with the mostess! It gets even better when they recover from their hangover and look through their pictures of the previous evening and wonder where they were!

I have attended a few events at Can Am now, and it is definately a unique setting — in fact it actually is a unique setting each time you go as they decorate the studio/​party space with different themes and props each time.
Their business in addition to hosting parties and renting the studio for productions is selling and renting movie props. The warehouse is huge and packed with all sorts of things from furniture to bar signs and paintings to random knick knacks which makes it entertaining unto itself to wander around.
My only complaints really is as it is a warehouse the heating/​cooling in winter in summer — I know they have limitations with that though. Also, some areas of the upstairs I was concerned about the stablity of the floor. Also might not be the best place to bring kids who have a tendency of taking off. I tend to wander off not paying attention and my boyfriend lost me at one point.