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Alberta
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Acklands Ltd.
Burnaby, b.c.
Contact: Mitchell Cramp (CB Commercial Real Estate)
Tel (604) 662-5172
Fax (604) 684-9368
Specs:
Soundstage 1 – 50,000 sq. ft.
Soundstage 2 – 40,000 sq. ft.
Range: series
Major projects: Andromeda
Annex Studio
Burnaby, b.c.
Contacts: Cheryl Taylor
Tel (604) 421-8205
Specs: Soundstage: 9,300 sq. ft., (2,350 sq. ft. fenced outdoor compound)
Special features: 3,000 sq. ft. of office space and support rooms, 48 x 86 floating grid, 80 x 24 hard-wall cyc
Range: commercials, series, features
Major Project: Free Willy 3
The Banff Centre for the Arts
Banff, Alberta
Contact: Tom Montvila, Creative Electronic Environment
tel: (403) 762 6614
Fax: (403) 762 6646
Studios: 2500 sq ft sound isolated studio
Special Features: cyclorama, computerized lighting board and multicamera
support. Camera heads, Panther dolly, portable crane, extensive lighting
package with Tungsten and HMI lamps.
Range: commercials, small projects.
B.B. Studios
Burnaby, b.c.
Contact: Dennis Rudd
Tel (604) 689-7572
Fax (604) 689-7573
Specs:
Studio 1 – 8,687 sq. ft., freezer stage
Studio 2 – 8,759 sq. ft. cooler stage
Studio 3 – 3,907 sq. ft. cooler stage
Range: commercials, series, features
The Bridge Studios
Burnaby, b.c.
Contact: Susan Croome
Tel (604) 482-2000
Fax (604) 482-2007
Specs:
Soundstage 1 – 9,000 sq. ft.
Soundstage 2 – 15,700 sq. ft.
Soundstage 3 – 12,000 sq. ft.
Soundstage 4 – 15,000 sq. ft.
Soundstage 5 – 12,500 sq. ft.
Soundstage 6 – 12,500sq. ft.
Special features: effects stage: 40,400 sq. ft., 50-foot clear span suitable for large-scale sets and effects.
Range: series, features
Major projects: Snow Falling on Cedars, Mission to Mars
The Burnaby Studio
Burnaby, b.c.
Contact: Dennis Rudd
Tel (604) 689-7572
Fax (604) 689-7573
Specs: Soundstage 1 – 8,649 sq. ft. (to grid)
Special features: construction space for grips, lighting, props, screening room
Range: commercials, series, features
Eagle Creek Studio
Burnaby, b.c.
Contact: Mitchell Cramp (CB Richard Ellis)
Tel (604) 662-5172
Fax (604) 684-9368
Specs:
Soundstage 1 – 17,000 sq. ft.
Soundstage 2 – 17,000 sq. ft.
Special features: five-acre site, 5,500 sq. ft. warehouse space, 10,000 sq. ft. of production offices
Range: series, features
Major projects: Cats and Dogs
First Light Studios
Burnaby, b.c.
Contact: Ben Kikkert
Tel (604) 438-9312
Fax (604) 438-9320
Specs: Studio 1 – 9,000 sq. ft.
Special features: wraparound cyc,
50 x 35 cyc wall.
Range: commercials, videos, mows
Projects: Lincoln-Mercury, Radio Shack, Coca-Cola, Microsoft
Lake City Studios
Burnaby, b.c.
Contact: Dennis Rudd
Tel (604) 689-7572
Fax (604) 689-7573
Specs:
Stage 1 – 9,600 sq. ft.
Stage 2 – 12,000 sq. ft.
Stage 3 – 14,400 sq ft. (mos stage)
Special features: dock and grade level loading, mill space
Range: series, features
Lions Gate Studios
North Vancouver, b.c.
Contact: Peter Leitch
Tel (604) 983-5555
Fax (604) 983-5554
Specs:
Soundstages 1, 2, 3, 6 – 14,657 sq. ft. (each)
Soundstages 4, 5 – 11,030 sq. ft. (each)
Soundstage 7 – 21,000 sq. ft.
Special features: mills and support facilities, William F. White, Sim Video, Graphic Results Sign & Design, Pinewood Sound
Range: features, mows, series, commercials
Major projects: Along Came a Spider, Higher Ground, The Sixth Day
M.C. Studios
Burnaby, b.c.
Contact: Dennis Rudd
Tel (604) 689-7572
Fax (604) 689-7573
Specs:
Stage 1 – 7,150 sq. ft. soundstage
Stage 2 – 5,500 sq. ft. mos stage
Stage 3 – 2,500 sq. ft. freezer stage
Range: commercials, series
Meier Studios
North Delta, b.c.
Contact: Dennis Rudd
Tel (604) 689-7572
Fax (604) 689-7573
Specs: 64,000 sq. ft., 100-foot ceilings total clear span (A-frame building)
Special features: an additional 114,000 sq. ft. extension near completion
Range: series, features
Pacific National Exhibition
Vancouver, b.c.
Contact: Judy Little
Tel (604) 251-7740
Fax (604) 251-7761
Specs: Multi-purpose buildings ranging from 6000 to 90,000 square feet with high ceilings and clearspan. Use as soundstage set construction, studio.
Special features: Variety of exterior architecture
Range: commercial, features, series
Major projects: The Sixth Day, Too Weird, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Replicant, Say it Isn’t So
Peace Arch Entertainment Studio
Vancouver, b.c.
Contact: Rebecca Paterson
Tel (604) 681-9308
Fax (604) 681-3299
Specs: 8,000 sq. ft. stage
Special features: shop, storage, laundry, convenient location, production offices, kitchen
Range: commercials, mows, series
Major projects: Dead Man’s Gun, First Wave, The Immortal, Big Sound
Shavick Entertainment
Vancouver, b.c.
Contact: Stephen Cholakis
Tel (604) 874-4300
Fax (604) 874-4305
Specs:
Soundstage 3 – 3,917 sq. ft.
Soundstage 4 – 39,000 sq. ft. (carpentry shop)
Special features: Four editing suites, camera trucks, two police cars, hair/makeup trailers.
Range: commercials, series, features, mows
Major projects: Best Actress, Becoming Dick, Finder’s Fee, A Girl is a Girl, The Man Who Used to be Me
Shooters Production Services
Burnaby, b.c.
Contact: Martin Hendriks
Tel (604) 437-9037 * 1-800-567-0037 Fax (604) 434-0038
Specs: 4,000 sq. ft. studio
Special features: 40 x 20 hard-wall cyc, adjustable lighting grid
Range: commercials, music videos
Tan Studios
North Vancouver, b.c.
Contact: Randy Tan
Tel/Fax (604) 980-8363
Specs:
Studio A – 4,800 sq. ft.
Studio B – 6,200 sq. ft.
Special features: Due to the location in Vancouver’s industrial area, the studios are often used to build sets, paint department, construction shop.
Range: commercials, series, features
Thomas Studios
North Vancouver, B.C.
Contact: Marci Zoretich
Tel: (604)929-5455
Fax: (604)929-6653
Specs:
Soundstage – 5,000sq.ft.
Special Features: Pre-lit 20′ x 90′ digital green/blue0screens. Installed flying rig. Adjoining Mechanical Special Effects facility.
Range: Commercials, Music Videos, MOWs, Series, Features, Inserts
Vancouver Film Studios
Vancouver, b.c.
Contact: Pete Mitchell
Tel (604) 434-1191
Fax (604) 434-1166
Specs: 6 stages – 15,000 sq. ft. or larger, 2 insert stages, 110,000 sq. ft. of mill space, 80,000 sq. ft. of office space
Special features: state-of-the-art, 40 feet ceilings, clearspan, cat walks, 4 stages new in 2000 and 2 new stages in 2001.
Major projects: Double Jeopardy, Better than Chocolate, Final Destination, Freedom, Fearing Mind
W.C. Studios
Burnaby, b.c.
Contact: Dennis Rudd
Tel (604) 689-7572
Fax (604) 689-7573
Specs: 25,500 sq. ft.
Special features: racket courts, locker rooms
Range: commercials, series, features
Allarcom Studios
Edmonton, Alta.
Contact: Doug Steeden
Tel (403) 438-8466
Fax (403) 438-8495
Specs: 15,000 sq. ft. soundstage, 36 ft. open-span ceiling
Special features: eight-foot deep tank for underwater scenes, special effects.
Range: commercials, features, mows, series
Major projects: War Bride, Mentors, Snow Day
CFB Studios
Calgary, Alta.
Contact: Peggy Telfer
Tel (403) 246-6476
Fax (403) 686-6624
Specs:
Studio 1 – 9,600 sq. ft.
Studios 2-6 – 50,000 sq. ft.
Special features: former military base on over 200 acres; office space, construction area, waredrobe, pool; offices of afc and dgc on site; William F. White complex on site
Range: commercials, features, mows, series
Major projects: Snow Day, Shanghai Noon, Texas Rangers, Honey I Shrunk The Kids, Caitlin’s Way
Big Bang Studios
Hamilton, Ont.
Contact: Andrew Robertson
Tel 1-877-706-2264
or (905) 524-2264
Fax (905) 529-6322
Specs: 3500 sq. ft. sound stage
Special features: Pre-cabled, coplete in-house lighting, fully air-conditined soundstage, wardrobe and makeup space, viewing lounge, special effects.
Range: commercials, infomercials
Cinespace Studios
Contact: Nick Mirkopoulos
Tel (416) 364-1964
Fax (416) 364-3854
-Marine Terminal 28
Toronto, Ont.
Specs:
Stage 1 & 3 – 15,000 sq. ft
Stage 2 – 30,000 sq ft
Stage 4 – 35,000 sq ft
Special features: air conditioning, lunch rooms, art department and set storage, drive-in doors and loading docks, wardrobe/makeup, dressing rooms and support facilities
Major projects: Loser, Finding Forrester, Angel Eyes, X-Men, The Monkees, Relic Hunter
-Kleinburg Studios
Kleinburg, Ont.
Specs:
Stage 1 – 10,000 sq ft
Stage 2 – 10,000 sq ft
Special features: both stages have drive-in loading doors with access to mill and dressing rooms; two floors of furnished newly renovated office space with support service and pre-wired telephones; permanent Oval Office set available.
Major projects: Camelot, The Famous Jett Jackson, Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire
Cinevillage
Toronto, Ont.
Contact: Renato Dumlao
Tel (416) 461-8750
Fax (416) 466-9612
Specs:
Studio D – 9,600 sq. ft.
Studio E – 9,600 sq. ft.
Special features: support facilities, 20 x 12 x 10 deep pits in each studio, cyc.
Range: commercials, series, features
Major projects: Left Behind, Second String, Getting Over Allison, Me and My Shadows
Freedom Studios
Toronto, Ont.
Contact: Aaron Goldman or Deborah MacDonald
Tel (416) 778-1358
Fax (416) 778-1819
Specs: 3,500 sq. ft. shooting stage, 8,000 facility
Special features: 45′ x 75′ cyc
Range: Film, television and commercial production.
Major projects: Molson Canadian, Shoppers Drug Mart, The Bay
Lakeshore Studios
Toronto, Ont.
Contact: Eric or Bob Mischuk
Tel (416) 252-5212
Fax (416) 252-5214
Specs: 8,814 sq. ft.
Special features: hard-wall cyc, full scissor lift, dressing and makeup rooms, catering facilities
Range: commercials
Major projects: Playschool, Mobil Oil, Showtime, PBS, Toyota
News Theatre
Toronto, Ont.
Contact: Rick Muller
Tel (416) 361-0070
Fax (416) 361-6250
Specs: 2,600 sq. ft.
Special features: 125 theatre-style seats; fully loaded with sets, cameras and control room access; dressing room and green room
Range: commercials, series, features
Major projects: Twitch City, Canadian Heroes, Game On, Pamela Wallin Live, Wallin & Company, Cooking for Love
Showline
Contact: Peter Lukas
Tel (416) 778-7379
Fax (416) 778-7380
-Showline Harbourside Studios
Toronto, Ont.
Specs:
7K – 7,000 sq. ft.
11K – 11,000 sq. ft.
14K – 14,000 sq. ft.
Special features: acoustically correct, full power, parking, dining services
Range: commercials, series, features
Major projects: X-Men, Dracula 2000
-Showline Oxford-Milton Stages
Etobicoke, Ont.
Specs:
Oxford Stage – 4,030 sq. ft.
Milton Stage – 5,400 sq. ft.
Special features: complete support facilities, hard-wall cycs, divided with wall in middle which can be opened up
Range: features, commercials, videos
Major projects: Fuzzpaws, Zoboomafoo, Miracle Worker
-Showline Trinity Studios
Specs:
Maxi stage – 8,320 sq. ft.
Mini stage – 1,700 sq. ft.
Special features: soundproofed, fully-powered grid, cyc, extensive support facilities
Range: commercials, series, features
Major projects: The Skulls, Bride of Chucky, Serendipity, Quints
Studioasis
Scarborough, Ont.
Contact: Gord Brodie
Tel (416) 285-1111
Fax: (416) 285-9617
Specs:
Stage A – 12,600 sq. ft.
Stage B – 12,600 sq. ft.
Stage C – 4,800 sq. ft.
Special features: hard-wall cycs
Range: features, commercials, series
Major projects: Murder at 1600, Extreme Measures, Noddy (series)
The Toronto Film Studios
Toronto, Ont.
Contact: Ken Ferguson
Tel (416) 406-1235
Fax (416) 406-6964
Specs:
Stage 1 – 10,000 sq. ft.
Stage 2 – 2,900 sq. ft.
Stage 3 – 12,000 sq. ft.
Stage 4 – 23,000 sq. ft.
Stage 5 – 5,000 sq. ft.
Stage 6 – 7,500 sq. ft.
Stage 7 – 7,800 sq. ft.
Stage 8 – 12,500 sq. ft.
Stage 9 – 24,500 sq. ft.
Stage 10 – 7,200 sq. ft.
Stage 11 – 3,800 sq. ft.
Stage 12 – 3,200 sq. ft.
Stage 13 – 1,500 sq. ft.
Stage 14 – 2,200 sq. ft.
Stage 15 – 6,000 sq. ft.
Special features: feature film stage with 50-foot ceiling, new commercial stage, new broadcast stage; cyc walls, air conditioned stages, airplane, prison and apartment standing sets.
Range: commercials, series, features, broadcast tv
Major projects: Hurricane, Urban Legend ii, Frequency, Earth: Final Conflict
Wallace Studios
Toronto, Ont.
Contact: Lillyanne Goldstein
Tel (416) 537-3471
Fax (416) 532-3132
Specs:
Stage 1 – T-shaped 4,000 sq. ft.
Stage 2 – 1350 sq. ft.,
Stage 3 – 1000 sq. ft.
Wallace Scarborough East Stage A: 20,000 sq. ft. Stage B: 35,000 sq. ft.
Special features: full catering facility on site; full carpentry shop, 2 sound recording studios, drive-in and truck-level loading, car ramps, 2 tonne crane, production offices, full puppet shop.
Range: commercials, videos, features, series
Major projects: Mr. Sub, Zellers, Ontario Lottery Corp., Nissan, Gzowski in Conversation, Nero Wolfe
Cine-Cite Montreal
(Moliflex-White)
St-Hubert, Que.
Contact: Martin Fontaine
Tel (450) 926-2463
Fax: (450) 926-3937
Specs:
Stage A – 9,900 sq. ft.
Stage B – 9,700 sq. ft.
Stage C – 13,400 sq. ft.
Stage D – 15,000 sq. ft.
Stage E – 7,700 sq. ft.
Stage K – 16,000 sq. ft.
Special feature: equipment rental, access to former military location, access to runway.
Range: commercials, series, features
Major projects: Nuremberg, Battlefield Earth, Live Through This, Jackie O
Mel’s Cite du Cinema
Montreal, Que.
Contact: Michel Trudel
Tel (514) 866-2170
Fax (514) 866-0909
Specs:
Studio A – 9,000 sq. ft.
Studio B – 9,000 sq. ft.
Studio C – 14,370 sq. ft.
Studio D – 4,000 sq. ft.
Studio E – 1,200 sq. ft.
Studio F – 15,000 sq ft
Studio G – 10,000 sq. ft
Studio H – 37,000 sq. ft
Studio L – 6,000 sq. ft
Special features: equipment rental, all studios soundproof, air-conditioned, 40-ft ceilings.
Range: commercials, series, features
Major projects: Pluto Nash, The Score,
The Bone Collector, Blade 2.
La Maison du 7 Art
Saint-Laurent, Que.
Contact: Jean-Marc Cote
Tel (514) 747-0767
Fax (514) 747-3646
Specs:
Studio 1 – 7,200 sq. ft.
Studio 2 – 2,500 sq. ft.
Special features: equipment rental, carpentry shop
Range: commercials, series, features
PMT Video
Montreal, Que.
Contact: Muriel Kearney
Tel (514) 522-5553
Fax (514) 522-5971
Specs: 5,000 sq. ft.
Special features: direct link to satellite service, three Sony digital studio cameras, Vinten Hawk Peds, hard cyclorama (three sides), control/editing room for live-to-tape
Range: tv, commercials, industrial video
Major projects: Radio Active/Radio Enfer, Les Frimousses, Centre Sante Minceur
Studio Centre Ville
Montreal, Que.
Contact: Daniel Martineau
Tel (514) 364-1874 ext. 35
Fax (514) 364-1594
Specs:
Studio A – 3,410 sq. ft.
Studio B – 1,925 sq. ft.
Special features: complete audio and video facilities, fully equipped (camera and lighting) for tv production including makeup rooms
Range: tv series, commercials
Major projects: Capitaine Plouf, Jean Soulard, Generation W
Studio La Salle
(Covitec 50%, Moli-Flex White 50%)
Lasalle, Que.
Contact: Daniel Martineau
Tel (514) 364-1874
Fax (514) 364-1594
Specs:
Studio 10 – 10,500 sq. ft.
Studio 11 – 10,500 sq. ft.
Studio 14 – 14,00 sq. ft.
Special features: Ikegami triax studio cameras, adjustable lighting grid, cranes, dollies, fully remote-control camera heads, make up area, storage areas.
Range: commercials, series, features
Major projects: Le Coeur decouvert
Studio Saint-Martin
Montreal, Que.
Contact: Albert Ezerzer, Myriam Lessard
Tel (514) 849-1351
Fax (514) 849-3350
Specs:
Studio A – 7,060 sq. ft.
Studio B – 7,038 sq. ft.
Range: commercials, series, features, infomercials
Major projects: Les Deux Freres, Willie, Doritos commercial
Studio Saint-Paul
(Moliflex-White)
Montreal, Que.
Contact: Jacques Auclair
Tel (514) 939-1989
Fax (514) 939-0137
Specs: 5,000 sq. ft. stage
Special features: equipment rental
Range: commercials, local features
Major projects: L’Amour apres la vie, McDonald’s
Studio Shanda
Montreal, Que.
Contact: Carole Faucher
Tel (514) 843-8762, 800-798-8762
Fax (514) 843-8706
Specs: 1,200 sq. ft.
Special features: online and offline editing equipment, audio suite,
rentals, crew, Multimedia
Range: documentaries, commercials
Major projects: New Frontiers, Space Horizons, Space Horizons Interactive, Passage, Montanaro
Studio TQS
Montreal, Que.
Contact: Daniel Martineau
Tel (514) 364-1874
Fax (514) 364-1594
Specs:
Studio B – 3, 600 sq. ft.
Studio C – 5400 sq. ft.
Special features: Remote-control camera, control room with full audio and video equipment and full lighting facilities
Major projects: :La fin du monde est a sept heures, Magical Kitchen
Cinesite
Dartmouth, n.s.
Contact: Chuck Calder
Tel (902) 468-1118
Fax (902) 468-7664
Specs:
Studio 1 – 4,374 sq. ft.
Studio 2 – 3,300 sq. ft.
Studio 3 – 800 sq. ft.
Special features: production equipment, camera rental, offline editing suites, production finance services, 6,200 sq. ft. of flexible production space
Range: commercials, series, features
Major project: The Weight of Water,
Electropolis Studios
Halifax, n.s.
Contact: Robert Power
Tel (902) 429-1971
Fax (902) 429-1471
Specs:
Stage 1 – 11,600 sq. ft.
Stage 2 – 2,900 sq. ft.
Stage 3 – 2,784 sq. ft.
Stage 4 – 2,320 sq. ft.
Special features: Stage 1 is fully floodable, has large pit and cyclorama and crane; Stage 2 is fully floodable, Stage 3 and 4 have programmable grid. Equipped with a dock on Halifax harbour, offers shop mooring capabilities
Range: commercials, series, features
Major projects: Lexx, Made in Canada, Pirates
Mill Cove Park
Hubbards, n.s.
Contact: Michael Montgomery
Tel (902) 857-1133
Fax (902) 857-1117
Specs:
Studio A – 6,000 sq. ft.
Studio B – 5,600 sq. ft.
Special features: six-acre film production campus
Range: series, videos, features, mows
Major projects: Blackfly, Deeply, Baby
Tour Tech East
Dartmouth, n.s.
Contact: Peter Hendrickson
Tel (902) 468-2800
Fax (902) 468-8833
Specs:
Studio 1 – 9,375 sq. ft.
Studio 2 – 3,750 sq. ft.
Special features: open web steel girders ceiling; full audio and lighting services
Range: commercials, videos, features, mows
Major projects: Bailey’s Mistake, The Bookfair Murders, Mrs. Greenthumbs