Flock cameras in Vancouver
The live map below is centred on Vancouver, British Columbia, and shows every automated license plate reader (ALPR) reported there by the OpenStreetMap community, including Flock Safety cameras where the maker is tagged. Tap any glowing dot for details.
Short answer: none near Vancouver are tagged Flock Safety yet. As of September 15, 2026, volunteers have mapped 43 ALPR cameras within 40 km of Vancouver, and 4 were newly reported in the last 30 days. The operators most often recorded are University of British Columbia (30), Delta Police (1). Few are in downtown Vancouver itself; most are in the surrounding area.
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Vancouver in numbers
ALPR cameras around Vancouver, by the numbers
Counted from the same map data as the map above, within 40 km of downtown Vancouver (Metro Vancouver), as of September 15, 2026. A camera appears once an OpenStreetMap volunteer has mapped it, so every figure is a minimum.
43
ALPR cameras within 40 km
0 within 5 km of downtown
0
tagged Flock Safety
42 have any maker recorded
4
newly reported, last 30 days
5 in the last 60
93%
with the direction they face
recorded by the mapper
Cameras by area
| Area | Cameras | Flock | New, 60 d |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vancouver | 31 | 0 | 3 |
| Richmond | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Surrey | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Delta | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Burnaby | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| North Shore | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Westminster | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Coquitlam and Tri-Cities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Langley | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Each camera is counted once, with the nearest of these areas’ centres.
Which makers are on the map
| Maker | Cameras |
|---|---|
| Genetec | 41 |
| Axis Communications | 1 |
| No maker recorded | 1 |
Who the mappers recorded as running them
| Operator | Cameras |
|---|---|
| University of British Columbia | 30 |
| Delta Police | 1 |
| No operator recorded | 12 |
Operator is what the volunteer who mapped the camera entered. It can be wrong or out of date.
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Context
License plate readers in Vancouver: what to know
Fewer license plate cameras are mapped around Vancouver than around Toronto, and that is mostly a difference in how much of each has been documented, not a count of what is installed. Treat a low number here as an invitation to add what you have seen rather than as evidence of few cameras.
Metro Vancouver spans many municipalities and police services, so there is no single list. What is public comes from police annual reports, council documents, access-to-information responses and what people photograph from the street.
More: all of Canada, Toronto, the United States by state, what a Flock camera is and how to report one.
Flock cameras in Vancouver: FAQs
Are there Flock cameras in Vancouver?
None are tagged Flock Safety on the map yet. 43 license plate reader cameras are mapped within 40 km of Vancouver, most of them Genetec or Axis Communications, and 1 have no maker recorded, so the true Flock number may not be zero.
How many license plate cameras are in Vancouver?
43 ALPR cameras are mapped within 40 km of Vancouver, 0 of them within 5 km of the centre (September 15, 2026). 4 were newly reported in the last 30 days. These are cameras volunteers have mapped from public roads, so the real number is higher.
Where are the ALPR cameras in Vancouver?
By area, nearest first: Vancouver (31), Richmond (10), Surrey (1), then Delta. Each camera is counted once with its nearest area. The map above shows every one, and the Map style button switches to a heat map or street-level camera vision.
Who runs the license plate cameras in Vancouver?
Metro Vancouver is served by the Vancouver Police Department, municipal forces and several RCMP detachments, so cameras around the region can belong to different police services, to municipalities, or to private operators. Of the 43 cameras mapped within 40 km, 31 have an operator recorded by the volunteer who mapped them: University of British Columbia (30), Delta Police (1). The other 12 have none recorded. An operator tag is what a mapper entered, so it is a lead rather than proof.
Are Flock cameras legal in Vancouver?
Police use of license plate readers is not banned in Canada, but it is governed by privacy law: a lawful purpose, limits on how long plate data is kept and who can see it, and some openness about the program. In British Columbia the relevant law for police services is British Columbia's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), and the federal Privacy Act for the RCMP. Whether a particular program meets the rules is for the privacy commissioner and the courts. This is general information, not legal advice.
How do I find out if Vancouver's police use ALPR?
Send an access-to-information request to the police service's freedom-of-information office and ask for its ALPR policy, how many fixed and mobile readers it has and where, how long plate reads are kept, who the data is shared with, and any audits. Services may withhold some details, and a refusal can usually be appealed to the information and privacy commissioner.
Can I find ALPR cameras near me in Vancouver?
Tap "find cameras near me" on the map: it centres on your location and counts the mapped cameras within 5 miles (8 km). Your location stays in your browser. If you know of a camera that is missing, add it on openstreetmap.org and it appears here.
Can I get an alert when a new camera goes up in Vancouver?
Yes. Camera Watch emails you the day a license plate camera is newly reported within 1 to 25 miles (about 2 to 40 km) of up to three places you choose. It works for Vancouver addresses; billing is in US dollars and you can cancel in one click.
How accurate are the Vancouver camera counts?
They come from OpenStreetMap, where volunteers add cameras they have seen. The camera snapshot was built September 15, 2026 and the newly-reported list October 11, 2026. Newly reported means the day a volunteer added a camera, not the day it was installed, and a camera nobody has mapped is not counted, so every figure here is a minimum.