Best Creative Agencies in Vancouver (2026)

Introduction

Vancouver has a compact creative agency scene with an outsized reputation, led by independents and integrated shops that work for West Coast brands and national accounts alike. The seven agencies below all have an active Vancouver office in 2026 and were chosen for recent work, 2025 and 2026 recognition, and the strength of their client rosters.

The past year was a strong one for the city’s best-known independent. Rethink, which runs one of its four offices from Mount Pleasant, topped Strategy’s Creative Report Card for the second year running and was named both Independent Agency of the Year and Independent Network of the Year at Cannes Lions 2026. Destination Vancouver moved its tourism work to Rethink this summer. Elsewhere, Omnicom’s acquisition of IPG, completed at the end of 2025, retired the DDB brand, which affected DDB’s Vancouver office. Client work here leans on tourism, credit unions, retail, food and drink, and the public sector.

Every agency on this list makes its work in Greater Vancouver. Network advertising offices, identity specialists and digital product studios have their own pages. The list runs in no fixed order of merit, since the right choice depends on your brief, budget and how you like to work.

The best creative agencies in Vancouver

1. Rethink

Independent · Mount Pleasant · rethinkideas.com

Rethink is an independent creative agency with offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montréal and New York. It ranked first among agencies in Strategy’s Creative Report Card in both 2025 and 2026, and at Cannes Lions 2026 it won Independent Agency of the Year and Independent Network of the Year, finishing third overall for Agency of the Year. The Vancouver office appointed Marika Wiggan as executive strategy director in May 2026.

Recent work includes IKEA’s “u up?”, Coors Light’s “Coors Lights Out” for Molson Coors, and “Recouver in Vancouver” for Destination Vancouver, a June 2026 campaign of short films that presents the city as a place to recover from burnout. YWCA Metro Vancouver appears among its award-winning clients for 2026.

2. Cossette Vancouver

Part of Cossette · Yaletown · cossette.com

Cossette is a Canadian integrated agency with offices in Montréal, Québec City, Toronto, Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver, where it works from Homer Street. The group placed first in design, second in media and third in digital at Strategy’s 2025 Agency of the Year, and ranked ninth on Strategy’s 2026 Creative Report Card. In December 2025 the Vancouver office hired Jordon Lawson, who spent nearly ten years at Rethink, as group creative director.

The Vancouver team’s 2025 work included McDonald’s Calgary Stampede campaigns, Curling Canada’s “Earn the Maple Leaf” and “We’ve Never Been Quiet”, and a campaign for Coast Capital. Other accounts run from the office include Tourism Yukon, BCLC and Granville Island Brewing, and it also works on national mandates with Cossette’s other offices.

3. Will Creative

Vancouver agency · Vancouver · willcreative.ca

Will is a Vancouver agency that ranked 78th among agencies on Strategy’s 2026 Creative Report Card, after 48th in 2025. Its executive creative director is Lisa Lebedovich, and its award-winning 2026 work was for Children of the Street Society, for whom it made a campaign warning teenage boys about sextortion.

London Drugs hired Will in June 2024 for its visual identity, integrated campaigns and creative development, and the agency’s 2025 back-to-school spot for the retailer ran across Western Canada. Earlier work for Destination Vancouver included the “Weekend Fling” campaign aimed at Californian visitors and an AR experience tied to HBO’s “The Last of Us”.

4. Pound & Grain

Est. 2010 · Mount Pleasant · poundandgrain.com

Pound & Grain has worked with clients from Vancouver since 2010 and also runs a Toronto office. It covers strategy, creative, digital innovation and media, which suits clients who want campaign ideas and the channels that carry them handled by one team.

Clients include TELUS, Arc’teryx, BCLC, SAP, Paramount and the BC Government. Recent projects include WorkBC campaigns for the provincial government, which support the goal of filling more than a million job openings in British Columbia over the next decade, continuing studies work for Langara College, and global social content for Paramount.

5. Spring Advertising

Independent · Mount Pleasant · springadvertising.com

Spring is an independent creative agency on East 5th Avenue with a long roster of British Columbia clients across hospitality, retail, finance and the non-profit sector. Its work runs from brand campaigns to identity projects, such as the branding for Holy Napoli.

Clients include YVR, BC SPCA, RE/MAX, Joey Restaurants, 7-Eleven, Corus Radio, Prospera Credit Union, Capilano Suspension Bridge Park and the David Suzuki Foundation. Most of its clients are British Columbia brands, which makes it a natural fit for regional campaigns.

6. ONE23WEST

Agency with Vancouver and Toronto offices · Mount Pleasant · one23west.ca

ONE23WEST, long known as 123w, describes itself as a brand transformation agency, with offices on West 4th Avenue in Vancouver and on Spadina Avenue in Toronto. Ontario Power Generation named it creative agency of record in March 2025, and it has since appointed a VP and managing director for its Toronto office.

In March 2026 it launched a full brand reset for Aquamar, the North American surimi seafood company, covering strategy, platform, identity and packaging under the line “Unfishingbelievable”. Its 2025 “H2Ottoman” project, a piece of furniture designed around water conservation, was covered in LBB.

7. Full Punch

Founder-led · Downtown · fullpunch.com

Full Punch was launched in 2019 by Mike Leslie and Chris Zawada and works from West Pender Street in Vancouver and from Edmonton. Its founders presented their process at The One Club’s Executive Creative Summit in Barcelona, and the agency publishes a steady stream of opinion pieces on creativity and advertising, three of them so far in 2026.

Its work frames each brand against a familiar category habit, with projects such as Denny’s vs. The Greasy Spoon and Parq Casino vs. Casino Cliches. Other clients include Chop Steakhouse & Bar, whose “Steak Masters” campaign returned in 2025, Conexus, Sandman Hotel Group and the Alberta Cancer Foundation.

What to look for in a Vancouver creative agency

Start with the shape of the brief. Several Vancouver agencies run national accounts from the city, while others are built around British Columbia clients in tourism, hospitality and finance. An agency that knows the provincial media market well can be the better choice for a regional launch, even where a larger shop has more awards.

Ask who will run your account and where they sit. Agencies with offices in several cities often share creative and strategy leads between them, and senior people moved between Vancouver shops in 2025 and 2026. It is reasonable to ask which team members are based in Vancouver and how much of their time your account will get.

Check how production is handled. Vancouver has a large film and post-production base, and most creative agencies here produce with outside production companies and post houses. Ask which partners the agency uses, who owns the footage and project files at the end, and how changes are priced once a shoot is booked.

Finally, look at the day-to-day process. Campaigns here often involve a client team, a media agency and a production partner at once, and feedback can scatter across email threads and shared drives. Agencies with a clear review and approval routine, and one place where clients can find the latest cut or layout, are easier to work with over a long relationship.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best creative agency in Vancouver?

There is no single answer, since the right agency depends on the brief. On 2026 recognition, Rethink stands out: it topped Strategy’s Creative Report Card and was named Independent Agency of the Year at Cannes Lions 2026.

Are there independent creative agencies in Vancouver?

Yes. Rethink and Spring Advertising both describe themselves as independent, and Full Punch is run by its two founders. Cossette Vancouver is part of a larger Canadian group with offices across the country.

What happened to DDB in Vancouver?

Omnicom retired the DDB brand after completing its acquisition of IPG at the end of 2025, which affected DDB’s Vancouver office. Network advertising offices are covered on the list of advertising agencies in Vancouver.

Which Vancouver agencies work on tourism campaigns?

Rethink created Destination Vancouver’s 2026 “Recouver in Vancouver” campaign, and Will Creative worked on earlier Destination Vancouver campaigns. Cossette Vancouver works with Tourism Yukon.

How much does a Vancouver creative agency cost?

Most agencies here work on project fees or monthly retainers, set by scope and the seniority of the team. Ask for a fee estimate that separates agency time from production and media costs, as production is often bought through outside partners.

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