Life Unexpected was filmed in Vancouver in Canada.
Locations
2742 Cambridge Street
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H.J. Cambie Secondary
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Music Building (UBC)
Scene was shot Home of the University of British Columbia's music department.
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Deer Lake Park
Scene was shot Located next to the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Village Museum, & Art Gallery and featuring the popular Festival Lawn concert venue, Burnaby’s Deer Lake Park forms the artistic center of Burnaby as well as containing a number of picturesque paths and lawns.
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Pacific Yacht Charters
Scene where Ryan asks Cate to be honest with him while they are hosting an event for the radio show in pilot episode.
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339 Railway Street
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Fan Tower South
Scene where Lux heads over to her boyfriends house to meet with him and her old friend Tasha to tell them what has been happening with her in episode 1x02 “Home Inspected”.
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Lord Strathacona Elementary
Scene where Baze drops Lux off at school in a cab while drunk but she sneaks out behind his back in episode 1x02 “Home Inspected”.
Scene was shot The oldest remaining school in Vancouver, it consists of four buildings and an adjacent community centre. The first building was constructed in 1921 and is now a Vancouver heritage building.
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Main Street Dock
Scene where Lux walks along the water looking at her map in pilot episode.
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The Ironworks
Scene where Lux heads to the bar that Baze lives above to get him to sign the custody release paperwork in pilot episode.
Scene was shot A photography and event space just east of Gastown in the last remnants of an old ironworks dating back to the 1880s.
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Waterfront Station
Scene where Lux and Baze call Cate from outside the station to get her to sign the papers in pilot episode. Cate heads outside during a break on her show and ends up telling Jenny about sleeping with Baze in episode 1x02 “Home Inspected”.
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East Hastings Street (between Columbia & Main)
Scene where Lux Cassidy walks down the street in pilot episode.
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Riverview Hospital
Scene was shot Riverview Hospital is a psychiatric hospital which opened in 1913. The hospital expanded into a number of buildings until it eventually closed in 2012. The empty buildings have been used extensively for film in TV production. In 2017 demolition of the old structures started to make way for the construction of new mental health facilities on the campus.
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Vancouver Art Gallery
Vancouver Vancouver Art Gallery
Scene where Lux argues for her emancipation to the judge but she ends up releasing Lux into Cate and Baze's custody in pilot episode. Fern briefs Lux and her parents on the custody agreement in episode 1x02 “Home Inspected”.
Scene was shot The Art Gallery is housed in the former Provincial Courthouse, a Neo-classic building constructed in 1906. This is a Vancouver heritage building.