DURHAM REGION, ONTARIO

Durham Region plays a key role in Ontario's film and television with a unique mix of industrial, urban, and rural locations that can be used as sets taking place in a variety of time periods. Due to its proximity to Toronto, many of the production companies that come to Durham Region have established headquarters in Toronto where the larger film studios are located but enjoy the convenience of filming on location in Durham.

With a tagline of “The Village With a Difference,” Orono is a quaint town offering a variety of unique landscapes and landmarks, especially along its rural Main Street, where you’ll find antique shops, the Orono Country Cafe and 1899 Orono Town Hall. Other landmarks include the

Orono Water Tower (as seen in Schitt’s Creek), Jungle Cat World and the North American Hotel, built in the 1850’s it is considered one of Orono’s first brick buildings.

An area of outstanding natural beauty and environmental diversity, Pickering Nautical Village is part of the Waterfront Trail, which features a beach and boardwalk. This popular and picturesque tourist destination bounded by Lake Ontario and Frenchman’s Bay has an array of shops, businesses, cafes and restaurants on its main thoroughfare, Liverpool Road.

Found on the shores of Lake Scugog, Downtown Port Perry offers a welcoming Victorian main street, lined with gorgeous heritage buildings and charming storefronts. The lakefront setting creates a cottage country feeling. Home to many galleries, boutiques, and restaurants, Port Perry is also home to an award-winning craft brewery housed inside a restored carriage works building.

Jack Reacher, Robyn Hood, Orphan Black, Flintstrong, The Art of Christmas, Gotham Knights, Fubar, In the Dark, The Handmaid’s Tale, Pretty Hard Cases, The Marsh King’s Daughter, The Way Home, Titans

FILM DURHAM

Eileen Kennedy 289-927-7119 eileen.kennedy@durham.ca

InvestDurham.ca/film

To encourage film companies to film in New York, productions that comply with the requirements may be eligible for a tax credit of 30% percent of qualified production expenses. Qualified expenses include certain above-theline wages subject to specific caps, below-the-line wages, and production costs directly related to the production of a qualified film. This tax credit is funded at $700 million a year through 2034.