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Filming in Ontario

Pinewood Toronto Studios is the destination facility for domestic and international film and TV producers shooting in Toronto. Close to the airports and Downtown Toronto there’s no better place to set the stage for your story.



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Global destination for 
Film and TV production

Boasting a wealth of local creative talent and skilled technicians, Ontario offers some of the world’s best and most varied locations. Toronto easily doubles for other major North American cities such as NYC, Chicago, Detroit or LA.

With generous and bankable federal and provincial tax incentives, Toronto is one of the most popular global destinations for film and TV production.

Benefits
  • 12 direct flights per day to Los Angeles
  • Over 80 flights daily between Toronto to NYC
  • 90 minutes by air from NYC
  • Generous and bankable federal tax incentives
  • Provincial incentives and low production costs
  • Wealth of local creative talent and skilled technicians
  • Diverse locations
  • Toronto can double for NYC, Chicago, Detroit or LA
    Downtown Toronto dressed as NYC
    The Distillery District is a unique and versatile setting for any type of production
    Residential street in St James Town with a mix of apartment buildings, older midscale homes, row houses and townhouses.
    Urban downtown Toronto features many office buildings and skyscrapers
    Rogue Beach Park features a marsh area on the north side of the entrance road and a white sand beach
    Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres are formal ornate theatres with opera boxes and a bird cage ticket office
    The BMO Field is an open-air soccer-specific stadium with metal bleachers and seats

Generous and bankable tax incentives

Toronto offers generous and bankable tax incentives – from two levels of government. Both the Ontario (provincial) and Canadian (federal) governments operate rich incentive programs for film and television production expenses.

expenses include
  • Labour
  • Equipment purchase or rental
  • Visual effects (VFX)
  • Computer animation
  • Canadian content (CanCon)

All applicable tax credits are bankable with Canadian financial institutions and are managed swiftly and accurately so that you can have access to financing for your production while it’s in progress.

Generous and bankable tax incentives

Ontario services a 21.5% tax credit for eligible film and television productions. The federal government also offers an additional tax credit of 16% for service productions.

Domestic and Co-Productions

For domestic productions and co-productions, Ontario provides a 35% tax credit on eligible Ontario labour expenditures with an additional 10% regional bonus. The federal government also offers 25% (for domestic productions) on Canadian labour costs.

VFX and Animation

An additional 18% is provided for eligible labour on VFX and animation activities in Ontario including on-set labour costs for green-screen shooting.

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Atom Egoyan

Toronto is absolutely film friendly and these are the best crews one could imagine

Director, Writer, Producer

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