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Toronto

capital and largest city of the province of Ontario, Canada

🇨🇦 Canada · 43.6703, -79.3867

Toronto is recorded as a filming location for 234 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Toronto, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 58 more.

12 productions were filmed at 105 places inside Toronto rather than at Toronto itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.

“The Day After Tomorrow was filmed predominantly in Montreal and Toronto, with some footage also shot in New York City and Chiyoda, Tokyo.”
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) · Wikipedia

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Movies and TV series filmed in Toronto

The 60 most widely covered are above. The other 174 filmed in Toronto:

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Toronto 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.

And 16 more, per Wikipedia:

Movies and TV series filmed elsewhere in Toronto

12 productions shot at 105 places inside Toronto, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Toronto itself.

93 more places are inside Toronto — see them on the map.

Set here, per Wikipedia

Games whose English Wikipedia article says they are set in Toronto, where Wikidata’s narrative-location statement stops at the country. Still a setting and not a shoot, and still a sentence rather than a statement — two steps from the strongest evidence on this atlas, and labelled at both.

And 4 more, per Wikipedia:

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Toronto?

320 productions are recorded as filmed in Toronto, 12 of them at places inside it, including Good Will Hunting (1997), The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997). 74 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Toronto?

Good Will Hunting (1997), covered by 69 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Toronto?

Toronto is in Canada, at 43.6703, -79.3867. The day trip guide for Toronto lists 234 filming locations within 100 km.

What other filming locations are near Toronto?

Cinespace Film Studios, University of Toronto Scarborough, Elgin Theatre, Andrews Building 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 Jchmrt, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Planning a visit? Filming locations near Toronto — 234 places within 100 km, with distances and directions.