Towns & cities
Kensington Market
neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Canada · 43.6548, -79.4007
Kensington Market is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions, in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
“The riot scenes was filmed at Kensington Market in Toronto.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Kensington Market as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Named here by Kensington Market’s own Wikipedia article
Productions this page’s own Wikipedia article says were shot at Kensington Market, where neither Wikidata nor the production’s own article records it. That is the weakest evidence on this atlas, so these get no pin on the map and stay out of the downloads — the sentence is quoted in full below each one so you can judge it.
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Police Academy 1984
“In addition to King of Kensington, Kensington Market has been the setting for the television series Twitch City, which was filmed above the record store Paradise Bound, and Katts and Dog as well as the street riot scenes of the 1984 comedy Police Academy.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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Streets & squares
Spadina Avenue
Canada·under 1 km
street in Downtown Toronto, Canada
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Landmarks & buildings
1 Spadina Crescent
Canada·under 1 km
academic building of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Landmarks & buildings
Convocation Hall
Canada·under 1 km
building on the University of Toronto St. George campus
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Landmarks & buildings
Knox College
Canada·under 1 km
federated college of the University of Toronto
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Streets & squares
Queen Street
Canada·under 1 km
street in Toronto
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Landmarks & buildings
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Canada·under 1 km
pharmacy school of the University of Toronto
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Kensington Market?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Kensington Market, including The Fly (1986), Police Academy (1984) and Picture Claire (2001). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Kensington Market?
The Fly (1986), covered by 46 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Kensington Market?
Kensington Market is in Canada. Its coordinates are 43.6548, -79.4007.
What other filming locations are near Kensington Market?
Spadina Avenue (under 1 km), 1 Spadina Crescent (under 1 km), Convocation Hall (under 1 km), Knox College (under 1 km) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.
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, CC BY-SA 3.0.