Grand Theft Auto games in Canada arrive typically around the same day as copies released to the United States
Canada is currently home to one Rockstar studio, Rockstar Toronto. They helped make the PC version of GTA IV & EFLC. There once was a Rockstar studio in Vancouver, but it merged with Toronto in 2012. Rockstar Vancouver was known for games such as Bully & the Max Payne series.
References in the Grand Theft Auto series
- GTA Vice City
- During an interview on VCPR, insane evangelist Pastor Richards complains that "our newspapers are run by Canadians with an agenda".
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Roman Bellic lists "scared Canadians" as one of the many types of females to hit on in Liberty City.
- In the game stats, in the "Miles Traveled" statistic, Liberty City to Canada can show up to demonstrate how long you traveled.
- Some predestrians mention the cities of Montreal and Toronto.
- Grand Theft Auto V
- There's a canadian flag at the Los Santos Country Club, along with the Russian flag, Union flag, European Union flag, Italian flag, Japanese flag & the American flag.
- While he rarley speaks about it, Protagonist Trevor Philips was born and raised in Canada, and is quite self conscious and insecure about his upbringings, and gets upset when people comment on his apparent accent *So much that it what caused his Rampage on Vagos members after they mocked his accent"