Quick Info: Movies Filmed in Ladner, BC
- What: A heritage fishing village that film crews use as small-town America on screen
- Where: Ladner Village, 48th Avenue and Delta Street, Delta, BC
- Best known for: Hallmark Christmas movies, Fifty Shades of Grey, The Adam Project, Resident Alien
- Cost: Free to walk around
- Good for: Movie fans, Hallmark fans, a small-town stroll, photography
- Pair with: Diefenbaker Park, Boundary Bay and Centennial Beach
- More in Delta: Delta guide
Ladner Village is a former fishing village on the Fraser River in Delta, about 25 kilometres south of Vancouver. Its heritage main street, Delta Street and 48th Avenue, reads as small-town America on screen, which is why film crews keep coming back. Hallmark has shot a run of Christmas movies here, and the same streets have stood in for a hardware store in Fifty Shades of Grey, a motel in The Adam Project, and the town of Patience in Resident Alien. One thing Ladner is not: the Green Hills of Sonic the Hedgehog. That was Ladysmith, on Vancouver Island, not Ladner.
[PHOTO 1: Ladner Village main street, Delta Street and 48th Avenue]
Hallmark Christmas Movies in Ladner Village
Ladner Village is one of Hallmark's favourite Christmas sets in BC. In 2017 alone, Hallmark used the village for four Christmas movies, and eight productions filmed here over 27 days that year. The reason is simple: the heritage storefronts on Delta Street already look like a Christmas card, and the crew only has to add snow.
Finding Santa (2017) took over Delta Street between Bridge Street and 48th Avenue for a parade and a Christmas Candlelight Stroll. The Christmas Ring (2020) used the Delta Police community station as the Pine Grove Gazette, and was filmed in summer, with the streets watered down between takes to look like melted snow while actors were given ice packs and portable fans to keep cool. A Maple Valley Christmas (2022) filmed in July 2022 and wrapped on July 27, with storefronts dressed for Christmas in a late-July heat wave and the lead character's home scenes shot in the village.
Other Hallmark titles shot in the village include Christmas Duet, A Joyous Christmas, Miss Christmas, Harvest Love (2017) and Happy Howlidays (2024). One title, Christmas in the Air, is listed by the Delta Optimist as a Ladner shoot while another source places it in Steveston. The village puts on its own real Christmas too, with the annual tree lighting festival in late November at 48th Avenue and Delta Street (2026: Thursday, Nov 26).
[PHOTO 2: Ladner Village Hardware storefront, 4821 Delta Street]
Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
The Claytons Hardware scene in Fifty Shades of Grey was filmed at Ladner Village Hardware, 4821 Delta Street. Christian Grey shows up at Ana's work and buys rope, cable ties, masking tape and coveralls, then walks her out to the car. The crew spent six days preparing the store and filmed here for two days, using the back of the shop and the front entrance. The aisle from the trailer is still intact at the back of the store.
[PHOTO 3: Sundance Inn and Pub, 6574 Ladner Trunk Road]
The Adam Project (2022)
The Pine Ridge Motel, where the two Adams hide out in The Adam Project, is the Sundance Inn and Pub at 6574 Ladner Trunk Road. Ryan Reynolds filmed scenes here in the week of February 15, 2021, and the motel's big neon sign is the giveaway in the film. The movie is a Netflix time-travel story with Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner and Zoe Saldana, and the Ladner motel is one of its most recognisable BC locations.
[PHOTO 4: Downtown Ladner dressed as Patience, Colorado]
Resident Alien (TV, Season 4)
Resident Alien dressed downtown Ladner as Patience, Colorado for the season opener of its fourth and final season, filmed in December 2024, with star Alan Tudyk directing the opening episodes. Ladysmith on Vancouver Island played Patience's main street most of the time across the series, but Fort Langley and Ladner were the mainland stand-ins, and the show's sound stages are in Delta. The series follows an alien, played by Tudyk, who passes himself off as a human in the small Colorado town.
Juno (2007)
Juno filmed along Deltaport Way near the 46A Street farm overpass, on the Ladner boundary. It is the scene where Juno pulls over in tears. The film's "Summer" title card was filmed at Diefenbaker Park. See our Diefenbaker Park guide for the park itself.
More TV in and around Ladner
Ladner Village doubled as a Pacific Northwest community in the TV series Wolf Lake, home to a secret community of werewolves, and the heritage section of the village became a small town for the Outer Limits episode "Inconstant Moon". Supernatural filmed at Boundary Bay, and Snakes on a Plane (2006) shot the snake dealer's greenhouse and barn on the Tsawwassen-Ladner boundary near Deltaport Way and Arthur Drive. The X-Files and Smallville filmed scenes in nearby Tsawwassen and along Deltaport Way. See our Boundary Bay Regional Park guide and our Centennial Beach guide for the area.
Visiting Ladner Village
Start on Delta Street between Bridge Street and 48th Avenue, the stretch from Finding Santa's parade scenes, then walk 48th Avenue to the Delta Museum and Archives, in the 1912 former city hall on Delta Street. The building has played a courthouse, a police station, a medical building, a library and a city hall on screen, and the town clock outside is one of the oldest in the Lower Mainland. The village is a working main street, not a set: the hardware store, the motel and the museum are all real businesses in daily use, so visit during business hours and be respectful of customers and staff. Pair the walk with Diefenbaker Park and Boundary Bay, both a short drive away. See our Delta guide and our movies and TV shows filmed in Vancouver guide for more.
Frequently asked questions
What movies were filmed in Ladner, BC?
Hallmark Christmas movies including Finding Santa, The Christmas Ring and A Maple Valley Christmas, plus Fifty Shades of Grey, The Adam Project, and Juno scenes along Deltaport Way.
Was Sonic the Hedgehog filmed in Ladner?
No. The first film's Green Hills was Ladysmith on Vancouver Island, and the sequel's Green Hills was Fort Langley. Ladner and Ladysmith are different towns with similar names.
Where is Ladner Village?
48th Avenue and Delta Street in Delta, BC, on the Fraser River about 25 kilometres south of Vancouver.
Where was the Fifty Shades of Grey hardware store?
Ladner Village Hardware at 4821 Delta Street, standing in for Claytons Hardware.
Where was The Adam Project motel?
The Sundance Inn and Pub at 6574 Ladner Trunk Road, standing in for the Pine Ridge Motel.
Can you visit the filming locations in Ladner?
Yes. Ladner Village is a public main street, free to walk around. The shops, the motel and the museum are real businesses in daily use, so visit during business hours and be respectful of customers and staff.
For more screen locations around the region, see our movies and TV shows filmed in Vancouver guide and our Delta guide.
More Hollywood North
Ladner is one stop on a much bigger filming map. See what else was shot around Metro Vancouver, or keep going in Delta.
