The Smart Place for Business Film Location Resource Guide BusinessRichmondHill.ca Ontario Canada RICHMOND GREEN SPORTS CENTRE AND PARK Table of Contents Richmond Hill Contact .....................................................................................................................1 Richmond Hill Locations (photos) ..................................................................................................2 Filming in Ontario/Richmond Hill ....................................................................................................6 Transportation .................................................................................................................................8 Climate .............................................................................................................................................9 Filmed in Richmond Hill ............................................................................................................... 10 Filming Locations in Richmond Hill ............................................................................................... 13 Tax Incentives ................................................................................................................................ 14 Grants and Funding ....................................................................................................................... 15 Filming Guidelines ........................................................................................................................ 17 Additional Resources/Contacts .................................................................................................... 19 Business Directory ....................................................................................................................... 21 Richmond Hill Contact Coordinator, Economic Development Programs Economic Development Strategic Initiatives Division, Office of the CAO 8th floor, 225 East Beaver Creek Road Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, L4B 3P4 Tel: 905-747-6382 Fax: 905-771-2406 Email: [email protected] Web: BusinessRichmondHill.ca/Film The Richmond Hill Film Location Resource Guide provides practical and up-to-date information for those interested in using Richmond Hill as their ‘location of choice’ for film and television production. This document is intended only as an aid and is by no means definitive. The Office of Economic Development at the Town of Richmond Hill can help you make an informed decision when deciding to use our film-friendly community. 1 Recreational Facilities ROUGE WOODS BOCCE FACILITY OAK RIDGES POOL ELGIN WEST COMMUNITY CENTRE RICHMOND GREEN SOCCER FIELDS CROSBY PARK TENNIS COURTS EYER WIDEMAN ROPES CHALLENGE OAK RIDGES FITNESS STUDIO RICHMOND GREEN SKATE PARK 2 Outdoor Spaces DOWNTOWN RICHMOND HILL RICHMOND GREEN BRIDGE AMOS WRIGHT PARK MILL POND BOARDWALK LAURENTIAN PARK ALIAS GRACE PARK LAKE WILCOX RICHMOND GREEN WEDDING GARDEN 3 Distinctive Buildings FIRE STATION 8-6 FIRE TRAINING CENTRE BOYNTON HOUSE HERITAGE CENTRE RICHMOND HILL CENOTAPH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RICHMOND HILL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS RICHMOND HILL CENTRAL LIBRARY 4 Diverse Locations DOWNTOWN RICHMOND HILL McCONAGHY CENTRE GEORGE FORSTER BARN FARM AREA VARIOUS OFFICE BUILDINGS LANGSTAFF DISCOVERY CENTRE TOWN OF RICHMOND HILL COUNCIL CHAMBERS DAVID DUNLAP OBSERVATORY 5 Filming in Ontario/Richmond Hill ODUCTION Ontario is the largest film and television PR TV & 6 production centre in Canada and one of the M 3. IL 0 largest in North America. Film and television F 5 N IG production hit a homerun in 2015; racking up E R the best year ever. O F 2014 Film and television activity contributed Ontario $1.5 billion to the provincial economy in TV Production N 2015 and was responsible for nearly 32,500 O ($million) I T direct and associated jobs. C U D O R 1 P The Ontario Media Development Corporation . V 0 T 79 D (OMDC) is the central catalyst for Ontario’s AN M FIL cultural media cluster. It promotes, enhances and DOMESTIC leverages investment, jobs and original content creation in the province’s book and magazine publishing, film and television, music and interactive digital media industries. According to OMDC, the recent film and television activity in Ontario includesAfter Camelot, American Gods, American Gothic, Blood and Water, Degrassi, Designated Survivor, Dino Dana, Downsizing, Eyewitness, Flatliners, For Love and Honor, Four in the Morning Season 1, Gangland Undercover Season 2, Incorporated Season 1, IT, Letter Kenny Season 2, Murdoch Mysteries Season 10, Night Before Halloween, Our House, Reign Season 4, Saving Hope Season 5, Schitt’s Creek Season 3, Suits Season 6, Terrific Trucks Save Christmas, The Expanse Season 2, The Grizzlies, The Swap andThe Voice, XXX3: The Return of Xander Cage to name a few. RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO is the ideal location for film production, located in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area. The town combines over two hundred years of history and tradition with all the modern services and resources vital for success in today’s competitive film industry. RICHMOND HILL CENTRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS THE WAVE POOL 6 FOREIGN TV 2 PR 70 OD .6 UC T IC IO T N S E M O 2 D . 8 S E 9 I 2012 6 R E S TV Production During the last severalV years, dozens of locations in and around the Richmond Hill area have been home T to film production, television and commercial($million) shoots. Examples include:Cracked, Foxfire, Hannibal, and Little Mosque on the Prairie, Moon Point, Nikita, Paranormal Witness SavingC Hope. I T S Richmond Hill is a ‘Film-Friendly Community’ and is committed to assisting the filmE industry in any .9 M way we can. 1 O 7 D 8 TV D AN Richmond Hill population contains FaI LmixM of many different cultures Not a Visible Minority 47.1% Chinese 23.6% West Asian 8.6% South Asian 8.1% Korean 2.7% Filipino 2.2% Black 2.0% Arab 1.7% Visible Minority Multiple Minorities 1.3% Groups Latin American 0.9% Southeast Asian 0.8% Japanese 0.5% Visible Minority 0.4% Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey 7 Transportation Pearson International Airport • 20 minutes west of Richmond Hill • direct access via Highway 427 and Highway 407ETR Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport • one kilometre away from Richmond Hill’s municipal offices Canadian National (CN) Railway and Canadian Pacific (CP) Railway • Intermodal Facilities are nearby and offer cargo ‘truck-pickup’ services • CN railway’s mainline runs directly through Richmond Hill VIA Rail Canada’s national train service • connects Toronto and other national destinations GO Transit • offers regular GO train service between Richmond Hill and downtown Toronto (38 minutes) Highways 407 ETR, 404, 7 – directly in the community • easy access to Highways 401, 427, 410, 403, QEW York Region Transit (YRT) • Rapid transit network between York Region municipalities • offers ‘Request Stop Program’ and ‘Park ‘N Ride’ Program RICHMOND HILL VIVA BUS TERMINAL GO TRANSIT 8 Climate Richmond Hill enjoys four distinct seasons with moderate fluctuations in temperature and precipitation between them. WINTER: cold temperatures, modest amounts of snowfall SUMMER: warm-to-hot temperatures, plenty of sunshine SPRING AND AUTUMNClimate: mild temperatures, modest amount of rain JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Daily average (°C) -6.7 -5.6 -0.5 6.5 13.4 18.2 21 20 15.4 8.9 2.8 -3.4 Sunshine hours 95.5 112.6 150.5 187.7 229.7 254.9 278 244 184.7 145.7 82.3 72.6 Rainfall (mm) 26 24.3 40.2 61.8 77.8 82.9 83.9 90.4 81.5 67.1 65.1 34.7 Snowfall (cm) 37.6 29.6 25.9 9.1 0.1 0 0 0 0 1.5 13.4 39.7 Source: Canadian Climate Normals, 1971-2000 RICHMOND GREEN SKATE PARK RICHMOND GREEN WATERFALLS MILL POND EAST HUMBER TRAIL 9 Filmed in Richmond Hill 2015 Hannibal (Doheny Productions) Manulife (The Mark Studio) Maple Leafs TV Commercial (Someplace Nice) Rogers Game Centre Live Promo (Rogers Media Creative Group) 2014 Cosmic Vistas (Blue Ant Media) Christmas Gamble (A Date with My Dad Productions) Christmas Horror Story (Copperheart Entertainment) Groupies (City Flix Entertainment Inc.) House Hunters International (Leopard USA) Life Like Mine (Mannbro Productions) Metrolinx Commercial (Ben Simon Byrne) New Talent Singing Awards 2014 (Fairchild Television Ltd.) 2013 Autofocus (Bell Media Inc.) Cosmic Vistas (Blue Ant Media) Great Martian War (Martian War Production Inc.) Hannibal – NBC Series (Doheny Productions) Interact Commercial (Soft Citizen) Love It or List It (Big Coat Production) McDonald Restaurant (Untitled Films) Mitra (Midnight Shows Inc.) OLG Commercial (Industry Films) Sears (Steam Films) Suits – Season III (GEP Productions Inc.) Sunshine Music Video (Landed Entertainment Inc.) 2012 XIII.2 (XIII Series 2 Inc.) Cracked (Cracked Season One Inc.) Four Weddings (4 Wedding II Inc.) Hannibal (Doheny Productions) Lost Girl (Bo Series 3 Inc.) SPRNVA (First Generation Films) Suddenlink Commercial (Soft Citizen) FILMING IN RICHMOND HILL Sworn to Silence (STS Production Inc.) TAO Commercial (Radke Film Group) 10 2011 Blake McGrath music video (Two Three Five Inc.) Blood Pressure (1842548 Ontario Inc.) Commercial (Partners Film Company) Diamond Sea (Ryerson University) Foxfire(Foxfire Productions Inc.) Future Shop Commercial (Soft Citizen/Hard Citizen Inc.) Honda Commercial (Humber College) Name This (Marblemedia Name It Inc.) Nikita (Warner Bros.) Paranormal Witness – Episode 2 “The Girl With No Face” (Paranormal Witness Films Inc.) Saving Hope (Saving Hope 1 Productions Inc.) 2010 Dinner Party