🏙 Towns & cities
Etobicoke
city district of Toronto, Canada
🇨🇦 Canada · 43.6161, -79.5125
Etobicoke is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Etobicoke, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 5 more.
“The academy itself was previously the site of the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital in Etobicoke, and has since become the Lakeshore campus of Humber College.”
Movies filmed in Etobicoke
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Etobicoke as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Police Academy 1984
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Zoboomafoo
1999–
“The claymation segments were filmed at a studio in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada.” Wikipedia
- Carrie 2013
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Schitt’s Creek
2015–
“The interior scenes for the first two seasons were filmed at Pinewood Toronto Studios in the Port Lands area of Toronto, while interior scenes for season three were shot at Dufferin Gate Studios in (Etobicoke) Toronto.” Wikipedia
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Hard Rain
1998
“The film was shot in Huntingburg, Indiana, where the film is set (in reality there is no major river or dam nearby, although there are two reservoirs near the town), as well as a $6 million set in an aircraft hangar in Palmdale, California where the B-1 Lancer bomber was manufactured, and some exteriors in Etobicoke, Toronto, Canada.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Toronto
🇨🇦 Canada
capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada
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🏙 Towns & cities
Hamilton
🇨🇦 Canada
city in Ontario, Canada
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🎬 Studios & sets
Cinespace Film Studios
film studio
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
University of Toronto Scarborough
🇨🇦 Canada
campus and division of the University of Toronto in Scarborough, Canada
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Elgin Theatre
🇨🇦 Canada
pair of stacked theatres in Toronto, Canada
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Andrews Building
🇨🇦 Canada
building at the University of Toronto Scarborough
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Etobicoke?
6 productions are recorded as filmed in Etobicoke, including Pushing Tin (1999), Police Academy (1984) and Zoboomafoo (1999–). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Etobicoke?
Pushing Tin (1999), covered by 29 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Etobicoke?
Etobicoke is in Canada, at 43.6161, -79.5125.
What other filming locations are near Etobicoke?
Toronto, Hamilton, Cinespace Film Studios, University of Toronto Scarborough and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.