Vancouver & British Columbia
Software development in Vancouver, and wherever your team works.
Elarion is based in downtown Vancouver. Discovery happens on site — at your office, your mill, your depot, wherever the work is actually done — and the build runs remotely, led by the analyst who sat in the room.
For an analysis-led practice that matters more than it sounds. The real requirements are in how people work, and that is easiest to see in person.
Who comes to us in Vancouver
Four kinds of buyer, each with a page that goes further.
Operations leaders
The business runs on spreadsheets and SaaS tools that do not quite fit. We build custom operations software around how the work is actually done, usually as a custom web application integrated with the ERP rather than replacing it.
Founders and executives with a build in trouble
A vendor that did not deliver, an inherited codebase, a project over budget. A fixed-fee code audit and assessment comes first; the options and the decision come after.
Law firms and regulated practices
Case management, document workflows and AI that answers from your own sources, with audit trails, retention rules and Canadian privacy law designed in.
Enterprise and public-sector project leaders
Requirements analysis, functional design documents and software development RFP specifications that vendors can quote consistently and a board can approve.
What happens on site
In Vancouver, elsewhere in BC, or wherever your team is. Discovery travels; the build does not need to.
- Process walk-throughs
- Watching the work done where it is done — the dock, the depot, the counter, the back office — because the workarounds nobody mentions in a meeting are visible on the floor.
- Stakeholder workshops
- The people who do the work and the people who approve the budget in the same room, so disagreements surface while they are cheap to settle.
- Specification walk-backs
- The finished specification taken back to the people it describes, and agreed in person before anything is built.
- Handover and training
- Training delivered where the system will be used, to the people who will use it.
Where we have worked in BC
Roles held by our lead analyst at British Columbia organisations — career history rather than an Elarion client list. Each sector links to what we do in it now.
- Transportation
- TransLink · BC Transit · DDS WirelessPlatform upgrades, payroll and reporting migration, fleet maintenance and work orders, paratransit scheduling.
- Public sector
- BC Pension Corporation · First Nations Health Authority · BC Liquor Distribution Branch · University of British ColumbiaEnterprise automation, a CRM migration, a province-wide supply chain transformation, and a Workday–Planon integration.
- Forestry & manufacturing
- Canfor · Western Forest ProductsJD Edwards supply chain enhancements, LumberTrack and Dynamics 365 across multiple mills, and governed AI pilots.
- Retail
- Lululemon AthleticaA Dynamics 365 CRM implementation and conversational automation for customer service.
BC rules, designed in
Private organisations
British Columbia’s Personal Information Protection Act governs most private-sector work in the province, with PIPEDA applying to federally regulated and cross-border activity.
Public bodies
BC public bodies work under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Collection limits, retention and audit go into the specification, ready for your privacy review.
Where data lives
Hosting region, retention and access are decided in the specification rather than left to a default, including Canadian hosting where your obligations call for it.
More in our guide to privacy by design for custom software in Canada. Not legal advice: confirm the position with your privacy officer or counsel.
Questions buyers ask
- Do you only work with Vancouver businesses?
- No. We are based in Vancouver and work with clients across Canada and the United States. Discovery happens on site wherever your team is; the build runs remotely.
- Can you come on site for discovery?
- Yes — for analysis-led work it is the default. Anywhere in BC and beyond; travel for discovery is agreed up front as part of the scope.
- Do you work with BC public bodies?
- Yes. Our lead analyst has worked inside BC transit agencies, a pension corporation, a health authority, a provincial distributor and a university, and knows how public-sector governance and procurement work.
- What time zone do you work in?
- Pacific Time, with calls scheduled to suit clients in other time zones.
What we do, wherever you are
Meet in person, or start with a call.
30 minutes, free. Bring the problem, or the specification you already have.