This year, TikTok expanded its downtown Vancouver offices from a co-working space to an entire floor of the 32-storey office tower at 595 Burrard St., which boasts 16,000 square feet of space.

The Canadian government has ordered the wind-up of TikTok in the country, citing national security risks. The company has been ordered to shut down its Canadian subsidiary, TikTok Technology Canada, and close its offices in Toronto and Vancouver, following a national security review.

This move follows Canada's earlier steps in February 2023, when it banned TikTok from all government-issued devices over similar security concerns.