Filming in Sudbury

Filming in Sudbury, Ontario

Population: 170,000
Distance From Toronto: 399km (248 miles) Show me on the map
Eligible for Northern Ontario-specific funding: Yes

Sudbury: Your Northern Basecamp is the business center of Northern Ontario's film industry.

As the fastest-growing municipality in the North, we have the local crew, infrastructure, studio space, equipment and supporting businesses ready to service productions of all sizes.

The second largest municipality in Canada, Sudbury’s landscape boasts unparalleled diversity.

Powerful waterfalls cutting through old-growth forests, turn-of-the-century farms, industrial facilities with mines and caverns, gritty and pristine urban downtowns, small-town centers, and a wide range of styles in residential neighbourhoods are all at your disposal, right here in Sudbury.

Filming in Sudbury means:

  • Access to special financial incentives, like the NOHFC
  • Growing production infrastructure including 16,000 sq. ft. main stage
  • Dedicated Film Office for boots-on-the-ground support
  • Variety of cultural, residential, and industrial locations
  • Film-friendly policies and no film permit fees to fast-track camera roll
  • Passionate and bilingual crews highly skilled in all departments
  • Easily accessible through 1-hour flight from Toronto
  • World class food and drink, and over 2,000 hotel rooms

Information on Film Permits

Film Permits and Guidelines

Contact

Clayton Drake, Film Officer
705-674-4455 ext. 2478
film@greatersudbury.ca
The City of Greater Sudbury

Fox Lake Lodge
Bay Road
Waterfall
Hospital Winter
Church Winter
Downtown Winter
Downtown
Fire Side Inn
Downtown Sunset
Place des Arts Night
Donovan Street
Residential
Paradise Lagoon
Kukagami Road
Garson Pit
Dynamic Earth

Sudbury: Your Northern Basecamp

Scenery

Sudbury's downtown includes heritage buildings and modern multi-level offices. Streets can be cheated to show almost any time period, with graffiti-covered alleys, clean sidewalks, or industrial landscapes. Unique destinations like Science North or the underground mine at Dynamic Earth offer something different, and lakes, forests, and cliffs are all within a few minutes drive of virtually any downtown location.

Residential homes from the turn of the century compliment neighbourhoods from the 60s, 70s and 80s, along with a some larger modern homes overlooking the boreal forest. Sudbury can double for virtually anywhere in the world -- and out of it, too.

Crew

Sudbury is home to a diverse and growing base of skilled technicians and filmmakers that help keep production costs low - some of which with over 20 years of experience supporting the industry's two-decade rise in Northern Ontario. Our crews are qualified, versatile, and eager to work on your next project.

Connect with Set Designers, Key Grips, Gaffers, Hair and Makeup Artists, Transport Captains, Location Managers, Line Producers, Production Managers, and more; many of our emerging and established crew can be found on CION's Crew Database.

Infrastructure

Film your vision at the Northern Ontario Film Studios (NOFS), the region's first production studio that has hosted countless projects since 2012. With a 16,000-square-foot single-span main stage floor, on- and off-site production offices, department rooms, and a craft kitchen, NOFS is a one-stop-shop for incoming producers.

Sudbury also has Northern Ontario's largest equipment rental facility, with William F. White International Inc., a Sunbelt Rentals company, providing professional equipment and expertise to projects of all sizes. Upcoming studio developments, including White Owl Film Studios just 20-minutes from the city, aim to increase producer access to state-of-the art facilities in the North.

Resources in Sudbury

Employment Land Community Improvement Plan (CIP)

CIP Details (PDF - 2.1mb)

Film and television infrastructure projects can receive a Tax Increment Equivalent Grant (TIEG) to offset the increase in property assessment and municipal property tax based on the completed project. The TIEG will subsidize 100 per cent of the municipal portion of the increase in property assessment and municipal property tax. Grants will be available for a three, five, seven or 10-year period based on scoring.

Greater Sudbury Animation Partnership (GSAP) at Cambrian College

GSAP Details (PDF - 426.6kb)

GSAP offers a non-repayable funding opportunity for animation and game design projects being developed in the Greater Sudbury region. Delivered through Cambrian College's department of Applied Research, the funding unlocks 500 hours of student time to assist with project development. A $2,500.00 investment from the partner organization is required to unlock a funding voucher valued at $12,500.00, for a total project budget of $15,000.00.

  • Sudbury

    46th Parallel Management is a Talent Agency representing actors across Northern Ontario.

    3-961 Howey Drive
    Sudbury, Ontario
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    147 Silpaa St.
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    With a robust fiber-optic network, Agilis Networks is the premier choice for businesses and organizations in need of top-of-line, reliable telecommunication services. Your business’s success is important to us.

    500 Regent Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Claude Sharma
  • Sudbury

    Art gallery located in Sudbury, Ontario specializing in watercolour and acrylic paintings, as well and mixed media art.

    6 Baker st
    Sudbury, Ontario P3C 2E6
    Carmen Mortorella
  • Sudbury

    With photography that is natural, relaxed, and beautifully lit, Bertrand Productions has a calm and fun approach offering custom-made, artistic photographic solutions and commercial videography.

    192 Eugene Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Bernie Bertrand
  • Sudbury
    151 Larch Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
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    BrokerLink insures all types of businesses, and offers coverage specific to most industries.

    2107 Lasalle Boulevard #1
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Rob Dyer
  • Sudbury

    Cambrian R&D helps you access funding, support, and skilled workers to facilitate research & development to help grow your business. Cambrian R&D is your catalyst for growth.

    1400 Barrydowne Road
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    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    Provides supporting case, extras, and various locations for movies, TV series, and comericals filming in Northern Ontario.

    Sudbury, Ontario
    Micheline Blais
  • 117 Elm Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • 21 Lasalle Boulevard
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Janelle Frappier
  • 440 2nd Avenue North
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • 2171 Regent Street South
    Sudbury, Ontario
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    For productions requiring major construction, this established Canadian supplier rents compact, aerial and heavy industrial and construction vehicles and equipment, with outlets all over Northern Ontario (available in North Bay, Timmins, and Kapuskasing).

    22 Pacific Avenue
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Derek Cashmore
  • Sudbury

    Copperworks is a film, video and digital media production company, bringing its experience in production to our broadcast and commercial partners - primarily as line producers, production managers and location scouting/management.

    Sudbury, Ontario
    Denis Landry
  • Sudbury

    Deadpan Studios is a professional recording studio marrying vintage and cutting edge equipment and techniques with a live room suited for music production as well as voice over and ADR.

    391 Melvin Avenue
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Matt Wiewel
  • Sudbury

    We have all your print and sign production solutions under one roof. So whether you need a quick engraving, scanning of engineering blueprints, colour printing, reports duplicated, or industrial tags and signs created, our team can do it!

    100 Brian McKee Lane
    Sudbury, Ontario P3B 0A1
    Joe Lauzon
  • Sudbury
    1145 Lorne Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • 490 Barrydowne Road
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    Gallus Entertainment is a highly regarded Canadian developer and producer of animated series. Through Canadian and International Co-productions Gallus bring reliability and quality to each and every production.

    1050 Lonsdale Avenue
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Donald Anderson
  • Sudbury
    2280 Regent Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    Inventory includes a complete array of film and television lighting, grip equipment and an extensive fleet of crystal sync generators. We also carry a wide range of remote heads and cranes, camera cars and related specialty, state-of-the-art production equipment and expendables able to accommodate any size production in Northern Ontario.

    828 Beatrice Crescent
    Sudbury, Ontario
    David Anselmo
  • Sudbury

    Hideaway Pictures is the largest full service production company in Northern Ontario, providing both creative and production services to a wide range of clients in film and television industry.

    828 Beatrice Crescent
    Sudbury, Ontario
    David Anselmo
  • 475 Barrydowne Road
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury
    1696 Regent Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • 2270 Regent Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • North Bay, Parry Sound, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Timmins , Kapuskasing

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  • Sudbury

    JJ Mobile Gym is just that, a mobile gym. We deliver a fully equipped fitness center to your location. Our facility is great for: movie sets, company retreats, events, festivals, conferences, and more.

    93 Durham Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Jay Bertin
  • 112 Durham Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
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    As a leading transportation Sudbury cab company, we pride ourselves in providing a wide range of professional and reliable transportation services 24/7.

    339 Harrison Dr.
    Sudbury, Ontario
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    Melissa A. Smith Casting (CDC) is a casting company specializing in casting for feature film and television.

    887 Notre Dame Avenue, Suite E
    Sudbury, Ontario
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  • 1312 Kingsway
    Sudbury, Ontario
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    Fully stocked sound equipment rental house, serving some of Sudbury’s most high-profile productions.

    Sudbury, Ontario
    David Ottier
  • Sudbury

    At MidCoast Productions, our passion is sound. That’s why producers from North America, Europe, Asia and Africa have trusted us with their on-set and post-production audio needs.

    Sudbury, Ontario
    David Ottier
  • 350 Moonlight Avenue
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    We are Storytellers focused on co-creating Premium Video Content for Mining & Industrial businesses to leverage the Power of Video.

    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    Paquette has produced, written, and/or directed numerous feature films, including fiction, documentary, docufiction, experimental, and animation. While he initiates his own projects, Paquette welcomes project proposals from others, and his services as screenwriter, producer, and/or director are available for hire.

    Sudbury, Ontario
    Benjamin Patrick Paquette
  • Sudbury

    Nexus Canada is a full service special effects company providing on-set special effects solutions. We provide a broad range of practical FX to the film and television sector as well as the music video and commercial worlds.

    Sudbury, Ontario
    James Sled
  • Sudbury

    Nite Lite Limousines is Greater Sudbury’s premier provider of limousine, car service and airport transportation in and out of town.

    5238 Hwy 69 S
    Sudbury, Ontario P3G 0A3
    Peter Schaj
  • 50 Brady Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    Comfortable and secure, our rental edit suites are nimble and can be configured with any spec. Equipped with online and offline edit suites available for both long form and short form productions, each suite can be customized with hardware and software based on your individualized editing needs.

    860 Lasalle Boulevard, Suite 208
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • North Bay, Parry Sound, Sudbury

    We are a company in Northern Ontario who provides set medics for productions and medical staff for events.

    North Bay, Ontario
    Isaac Prud Homme
  • Sudbury

    Northern Ontario’s biggest studio features a 16,000-square-foot stage floor, 3,000 square feet of office space, on- and off-site production offices, a hair and makeup room, a prop shop, a craft kitchen, laundry facilities, studio rentals, grip/lighting rentals, production service vehicle rentals, and prop/building material rentals. With fibre-optic internet and Wi-Fi, along with copious parking, this studio can accommodate an entire production.

    828 Beatrice Crescent
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury
    1340 Highway 17 East
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    A hybrid mixing and mastering approach in a state of the art facility with the latest in audio gear and plugins, Sound engineering at its finest - We offer edge that is hard to replicate.

    519 Notre Dame Avenue
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Azuayi Alaku
  • Sudbury

    Specializes in the development, financing and production of feature films and television projects through location scouting, budget review,tax credit estimates, local casting, crew calls, and more.

    887 Notre Dame Avene, Suite F
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    At Panoramic Properties Inc, our mission is to provide high-quality and affordable rental properties that exceed the expectations of our tenants. We are committed to creating safe, comfortable, and well-maintained living environments that our residents are proud to call home. Our furnished apartments allows you to enjoy all the benefits of living in a luxury home without the worry of maintenance. Each unit is individually styled to offer a unique apartment in our exclusive collection to ensure your comfort and your return. Furnished suites include all the comforts of home, wifi and parking with daily, weekly or monthly stays.

    100-1310B Nesbitt Drive.
    Sudbury, Ontario P3E 6A9
    Stephanie Sindori
  • Sudbury

    I write and produce music for many genres, focusing on orchestral, electronic and heavy metal. Most of my music is available for licensing and I also take contracts to write original music for film, games or businesses. Please leave me a comment if you are interested in my services.

    Sudbury, Ontario
    Patrick Emond
  • Sudbury

    I create with sound. I conjure sound with artists, singers, musicians, film-makers, dancers, poets, activists, ecologists. I craft soundscapes from still and moving images, colours, emotions, lyrics, scripts and stories. I mix and master songs, soundtracks, albums until they give me goosebumps. I polish and hone sound.

     

    293 Kathleen St
    Sudbury, Ontario P3C 2L7
    Emilio Portal
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    At Quality Inn Sudbury, we recognize the importance of addressing our environmental impact and making continuous efforts towards sustainability. We have gained third party sustainability certification from Green Key Global to add credibility to our sustainable efforts. 

    Through Green Key Global, we are regularly audited to validate and maintain our certification audit is required immediately upon earning our eco-rating status, and at minimum every 3 years thereafter. We have earned a level 3 eco-rating and are using the steps outlined in our sustainability map, as well as the tools and resources offered to us to make continuous efforts to improve and communicate sustainability practices both day-to-day and in the long-term.

    390 Elgin Street South
    Sudbury, Ontario P3B 1B1
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    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

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    842 Notre Dame Ave.
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    From commercials and music videos, to scripted television and feature films, we have the team, equipment and experience to bring virtually any project to fruition.

    49 Palladium Place
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Jake Thomas
  • Sudbury
    1500 Regent Streeth South
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    Greg is a Sheridan College Multi-Media Graduate with over 20 years experience in 3D modeling, motion graphics and 3D animation. Professionally, Greg comes from a background in digital marketing, communications, industrial design and packaging in the Sports & Sports Nutrition, Pharmaceutical and Auto Industries

    Sudbury, Ontario
    Greg Lilko
  • 11 Elgin Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    Daniel Bédard has been composing music, designing and editing sound, and creating stereo and surround mixes for multimedia installations, film, TV, radio, and theatrical productions for over thirty years.

    Sudbury, Ontario
    Daniel Bédard
  • Sudbury

    Art Gallery in Sudbury, offers rentals of local artwork.

    251 John St.
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    The Sudbury outlet of the longstanding go-to rental house has supplied lighting and grip equipment to some of the area’s most high-profile feature and TV productions.

    922 Cambrian Heights Drive, Unit 2
    Sudbury, Ontario
    Josh Desormeaux
  • 1956 Regent Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
  • Sudbury

    That Creative Loft is a professional training facility for Northern Ontario actors & models formerly known as MAS Acting Studios. We offer on-camera acting, voice-over and modelling training to individuals of all experience levels & ages.

    887 Notre Dame Avenue, Suite E
    Sudbury, Ontario
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    Sudbury, Ontario
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    Sudbury, Ontario
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    Sudbury, Ontario
  • 1200 Paris Street
    Sudbury, Ontario
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