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Toronto’s On-screen Industry: 2014 – The Year In Review

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• The following statistical charts prepared by the Toronto Film,

Television & Digital Media Office report investments in Toronto’s

economy for productions which have been either filmed on

location or in studio or have been post produced in Toronto.

• In addition to the expenditures and investments detailed in this

presentation, the creative screen industry generates hundreds

of millions of dollars in additional spending in Toronto related to

in-house or studio broadcasts, unscripted series, public affairs

programming, news and sports telecasts.

• Historically, these expenditures have not been included in this

presentation. Future annual reports will provide an overview of

this investment by these broadcasters and other industry

stakeholders.

Total Production Investment

Toronto 2014

Major Productions

$953.1 million77.5%

Commercials$195million

15.8%

Music Videos$1.2million

0.1%

Animation$87.1million

7.1%Major Productions

Commercials

Music Videos

Animation

Expenditures by screen based production companies in Toronto reached a record $1.23 billion in 2014. 2014 is the 4th consecutive year total production spending has exceeded $1billion. 2014 saw a 4.3% increase in total production spending over the $1.18 billion reported in 2013. Production spending in 2014 increased significantly in Commercials and moderately in major productions.

Major Productions

$948.1 million 79.8%

Commercials $131 million

11.0%

Music Videos $5.80 million

0.5%

Animation $103 million

8.6%

2013

Major Productions

Commercials

Music Videos

Animation

Source: EI Film production information sheets

Total $1.23B

Total $1.18B

Major Productions

Number and Investment by type 2014 115 TV Specials

$21.6 million 24.8%

100 TV Series,$757.4 million

79.4%

3 MOWs$3.8million

0.3%

51 Features$171.3 million

18.0% TV Specials

TV Series

MOWs

Features

92 TV Specials $23.6 million

2.5%

108 TV Series, $730.0 million

77.0%

3 MOWs $5.6 million

0.6%

68 Features $188.1 million

19.8%2013

TV Specials

TV Series

MOWs

Features

This chart includes both

domestic and foreign

investment by productions

filmed in Toronto.

Also shown are the total

number of major productions

and total spending by each

production type.

Total expenditure for all

categories was $953 million.

Expenditures for TV Series

and TV Specials increased

moderately in 2014.


Total $953M

Total $947M

Major Production Investment

2001 Peak Year and 2009 to 2014 Major productions

include domestic and

foreign feature films,

movies made-for-

television, mini-series,

TV specials and TV

series that filmed with

all or some location

work in Toronto.

Investment by major

production in 2014

again hovered around

$1 billion for the 4th

consecutive year.

The $CDN was again

near par for the year, in

contrast to 2001 when

the exchange rate was

for the $CDN was $0.65

U.S.

$928.042

$739.740 $726.470

$957.820

$1,014.920

$948.000$953.000

$0.65

$0.91

$0.97 $0.99 $1.00 $1.00

$0.90

0.0

0.5

1.0

$0

$500

$1,000

2001 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Prod Spending Annual average value of $USD

12% increase

7% decrease

2%

decrease

5%

increase.05%

increase


Domestic Production Investment

2008 to 2014 This chart includes all

major domestic and

Canadian co-

production production

activity filmed on-

location in Toronto in

all production

categories

Domestic production

investment has been

steadily increasing in

recent years. The

$652M spent in 2014 is

a is a record level

attributable to growth in

the area of domestic

TV Series spending.

This spending level

represents a 21%

increase over 2013.

$419.77

$434.02 $403.90 $427.44

$499.91 $515.22

$652.25

$0.94

$0.91

$0.97$0.99 $1.00 $1.00

$0.90

0.5

1

$0

$250

$500

$750

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014


3%

increase

7%

decrease

6%

increase16%

increase

3% 21%

increase


Foreign Production Investment

2008 to 2014

This chart includes all

major U.S. and

International production

activity filmed on-

location in Toronto

(feature films, movies

made-for-television,

mini-series, TV specials

and TV series.

Expenditures on

Foreign Productions

were over $500 million

in 2012 and 2011.

Much of this spend has

been replaced by strong

and sustained

significant domestic

spending in television

series.

$79.420

$228.520

$360.500

$530.380

$518.380

$438.810

$298.950

$0.94

$0.91

$0.97$0.99 $1.00 $1.00

$0.90

0.5

1

$0

$250

$500

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014


$ 87%

increase

57%

increase

57%

increase

3%

decrease

14%

decrease

40 %

decrease


Feature Film Production Investment

2008 to 2014

This chart includes

spending for both


productions filmed

with a minimum of

one day of location

shooting in Toronto.

2014 saw an 11%

decrease in

investment

attributable to not

having a major

feature for the year,

Feature Film

spending remains

relatively high and

Toronto and looks to

rebound in this

category in 2015.

$77.600

$239.120

$172.510

$287.600$287.1

$188.770$169.490

$0.94

$0.91

$0.97$0.99 $1.00 $1.00

$0.90

0.5

1

$0

$150

$300

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014


11% decrease


208% increase

27% decrease

87% increase

3% decrease

33% decrease

Television Series Production Investment

2008 to 2014 This chart includes

both domestic and

foreign productions for

television series filmed

with a minimum of one

day of location

shooting in Toronto.

2014 again saw a

significant increase in

television series

production spending

setting another new

high level for this type

of production activity in

Toronto.

Television Series

Production as a

segment has grown

significantly and

consistently for the

past 6 years

$334.50

$390.45

$512.95

$621.10

$707.95 $730.00

$757.40$0.94

$0.91

$0.97$0.99 $1.00 $1.00

$0.90

0.5

1

$0

$200

$400

$600

$800

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014


3.7% increase


17% increase

31% increase

21% increase

14% increase

3% increase

Commercial Production Investment

2007 to 2014

This chart includes


spots filmed on-location

only.

Expenditures in 2014

show a 48% increase

from the 2013 level,

reaching

unprecedented levels in

Toronto as a result.

$96.900

$75.500

$83.400$89.700

$97.700

$99.200

$131.000

$194.600

$0.93$0.94

$0.91

$0.97$0.99

$1.00 $1.00

$0.90

0.5

1

$0

$100

$200

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Prod Spending Annual Average Value of $USD


Toronto has become a

major production centre

for high quality big

budget TV Commercials

Location Filming Projects

2007 to 2014 Location filming

projects as a statistic

represents the total

number of

productions of all

types hosted in

Toronto’s various

residential and

business communities

as well as our BIAs.

Over the past eight

years, this number

has consistently been

between a thousand

and thirteen hundred

productions per year

with only minor

fluctuations.

1,0941,051

1,130 1,096

1,3031,345

1,189 1,195

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014


Location Filming Shoot Days

2007 to 2014 The number of location

shooting days jumped in

Toronto in 2014 by 19%

over 2013 figures.

A shooting day is one

day of production from

start to wrap for one

production company, on

location or on street in

our residential and

business communities

as well as our BIAs, as

permitted by the Toronto

Film & Television Office.

These figures do not

include studio shooting

days of work or those

spent on animation or

visual special effects.

6,748

5,757

5,217 5,2275,424 5,284 5,328

6,361

0

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014


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