Where was A Christmas Story filmed?
1983 film by Bob Clark
A Christmas Story (1983) was filmed at 2 places in the United States and Canada: Toronto and Cleveland. Every place comes from Wikidata.
Filming locations
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Towns & cities
Cleveland
United States
City in and county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
“While shooting scenes in both Cleveland, Ohio, and Toronto, Ontario, in early 1983, Clark told a reporter that it had taken him a considerable number of years to get the film into production.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
Toronto
Canada
Capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
“The Christmas tree-purchasing scene was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, as was the sound stage filming of interior shots of the Parker home.” Wikipedia
Also per Wikipedia's Locations section
Wikipedia’s Locations section names 4 more places. Each links to the sentence that says so.
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Streets & squares
Public Square
United States
Square in downtown Cleveland, United States
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Towns & cities
Tremont
United States
Place in Ohio listed on National Register of Historic Places
“In addition to the scenes involving Higbee's, the exterior shots (and select interior shots where Ralphie lived, including the opening of the leg lamp) of the house and neighborhood, were filmed in the Tremont section of Cleveland's West Side.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
St. Catharines
Canada
City in Ontario, Canada
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Landmarks & buildings
A Christmas Story House
United States
House where the 1983 film was filmed, now a public museum in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Places whose own article says it was shot there
3 places say on their own Wikipedia pages that this film was shot there. Not on the map: each quote is linked so you can check it.
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Towns & cities
Tremont
United States
Place in Ohio listed on National Register of Historic Places
“A Christmas Story House (3159 West 11th Street) - Site of several exterior scenes in the 1983 holiday film, A Christmas Story, the house was home to protagonist Ralphie Parker and his family.” Wikipedia
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Landmarks & buildings
A Christmas Story House
United States
House where the 1983 film was filmed, now a public museum in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
“The 19th-century Victorian house, which was used in the exterior and some interior scenes of Ralphie Parker's house in the 1983 film A Christmas Story, was purchased by a private developer in 2004 and has been restored and renovated to appear as it did in the film both inside and outside.” Wikipedia
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Towns & cities
East Chinatown
Canada
Neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“Bo Ling's Chop Suey Palace in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1983 film A Christmas Story where the Parker family eat peking duck on Christmas Day was filmed in East Chinatown at 744 Gerrard Street East.” Wikipedia
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