US Citizen that would like to apply for an L Visa in Vancouver Canada

Greetings,

Thank you for the great website. I've been going around in circles to see if I can apply in person for an L (Tourist) type at one of the Chinese Visa Application Service Centers. I'm not sure if I am eligible to apply at a Canadian service center as American.

Any thoughts? The Visa Service Center doesn't offer any answers and my online searches have proved fruitless so far. If I can apply in person in Vancouver versus flying to San Francisco that would be wonderful.

Thanks!