Explore Local Film & TV Locations
Here are some iconic filming locations in and around the Greater Toronto area used in many movies and TV series to create a variety of time periods and “looks”:
Urban downtown Toronto. Photo by VV Nincic.
Scarborough Crescent Park. Photo by Domenico Convertini.
The Gooderham Building (aka Flatiron Building) in Old Toronto. Photo by Mark Wordy.
The Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto. Photo by Viv Lynch.
The Historic Elgin Theatre in Toronto. Photo by Amanda Sherrington.
Rouge Nation Urban Park. Photo by Andy Nystrom.
Historic Cabbagetown in Toronto. Photo by Ashton Emanuel.
BMO Field, Home of Major League Soccer's Toronto FC. Photo by The West End.
Urban downtown Toronto in the Financial District. Photo by Ken Lund.
Gooderham & Worts Heritage Site in the Distillery District, Toronto. Photo by jofo2005.
Westfield Heritage Village in Rockton, Ontario. Photo by Peter Macdonald.
Chestnut Park in the Rosedale neighborhood of Toronto.
Allan Gardens public park & conservatory in Toronto. Photo by John Bauld.
Emmanuel International Centre in Stouffville.
Mclean House in North York, Ontario.
Edwards Gardens Park & Botanical Gardens in Toronto. Photo by Karim Rezk.
De La Salle College "Oaklands" preparatory institution in mid-town Toronto.
Penryn Park golf and country club in Port Hope, Ontario.
Dundurn Castle National Historic Site on Burlington Heights in Hamilton, Ontario.
BUTTERNUT FARM, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO:
This iconic white and green farmhouse was built in the 1850s and was used in all of Sullivan Entertainment’s Anne of Green Gables films, as well as the tv series in Road to Avonlea.SCARBOROUGH MUSEUM, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO:
This museum is housed in 4 separate buildings; the Cornell House, the McGown Log Cabin, the Hough Carriage Works, and the Kennedy Display Annex. The Cornell House specifically, was used during the filming of Anne of Green Gables.GUILD INN THEATER, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO:
The Inn and its Garden are situated high above Lake Ontario on the rugged Scarborough Bluffs. They were constructed from remains of demolished downtown Toronto office buildings (circa 1900-1960) and were the setting for the scene where Anne and Gilbert are reunited in a German Park in Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.SCARBORO CRESCENT PARK, SCARBOROUGH, ONTARIO:
Scarboro Crescent Park offers dramatic views of Lake Ontario and the eroding sand cliffs that form the Scarborough Bluffs. This park was used as Prince Edward Island throughout the Anne films and Road to Avonlea.WESTFIELD HERITAGE VILLAGE, ROCKTON, ONTARIO:
The Westfield Heritage Village contains over 30 historic buildings, many of which were used in the Anne films and Road to Avonlea.DISTILLERY DISTRICT, TORONTO, ONTARIO:
One of the period city locations commonly used when filiming locally is the Toronto Distillery District. Originally called “The Gooderham & Warts Distillery,” the district was used in the Road to Avonlea episodes “But When She Was Bad, She Was Horrid part 1 and 2” and “The Return of Gus Pike”. Sullivan also used this location for the six-part miniseries, By Way of the Stars and for the war-torn streets of France and England in Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story.EDWARDS GARDEN, TORONTO, ONTARIO:
Edwards Gardens sits adjacent to the Toronto Botanical Garden, located at Lawrence Avenue East just west of Leslie Street. On the upper level of the valley there is a lovely Arboretum beside the Children’s Teaching Garden.CHESTNUT PARK, TORONTO, ONTARIO:
Built in the early 1900s, Chestnut Park is located in the Rosedale district of Toronto and is one of the only streets that still uses globe lamps for street lighting. It’s the perfect period neigborhood location for many productions!ALLAN GARDENS, TORONTO, ONTARIO:
Located between Sherbourne Street and Jarvis Street, south of Carlton Street in downtown Toronto, the Allan Gardens Conservatory is over 100 years old with a glass-dome garden-filled greenhouse that contains tropical plants from all over the world.
Butternut Farm in Scarborough, Ontario
Other Iconic Toronto Filming Locations:
THE ELGIN AND WINTER GARDEN THEATRE, TORONTO, ONTARIO:
The Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres are a pair of stacked theatres in Toronto. The Winter Garden Theatre is seven storeys above the Elgin Theatre. They are the last surviving Edwardian stacked theatres in the world. The location appears in the 1994 film Camilla, 2017’s The Shape of Water and Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla (2023).THE GOODERHAM BUILDING, TORONTO, ONTARIO:
Located in the St. Lawrence Market District of Old Toronto, the Gooderham Building (also known as the Flatiron Building) is an historic office building overlooking Berczy Park. It’s situated in one of Toronto's most vibrant and historically significant neighbourhoods. It’s become a popular filming location, with the surrounding area often standing in for New York City neighbourhoods.DOWNTOWN TORONTO:
Furthermore, Toronto’s city centre is often used as a New York City stand in. Located entirely within the district of Old Toronto, it is bounded by Bloor Street to the north, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don Valley to the east, and Bathurst Street to the west. The likes of Suits, The Umbrella Academy, Suicide Squad (2016) and many more have filmed in Downtown Toronto for New York City.
More filming locations can be found in the following links: