Toronto's film and television production industry is highly valuable to the city, producing an annual direct spend as high as $2.6 billion and supporting a skilled workforce of 40,000. The City has a legacy of strategic investments in Toronto's film industry over decades to achieve this success. Today, the result is that Toronto is one of the top five largest production hubs in North America, defined by world-leading talent servicing almost 3 million square feet of studio space. Toronto’s industry is globally competitive, with local talent winning Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, and Canadian Screen Awards for work done here. This strength is the product of decades of investment and strategic support from the City of Toronto, other orders of government, domestic and international partners, and Toronto’s film and television workers themselves.
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Building on these strong fundamentals, Toronto’s film industry is currently navigating a period of rapid change. Jurisdictions in the United States and around the world are increasingly competing for production investment through enhanced tax credits, expanded studio infrastructure, and other supports, which requires a coordinated and competitive response to protect Toronto’s market share. The risk is compounded by recent efforts by the U.S. administration to retain American film and television production domestically and by growing trade-related uncertainty. As U.S. producers account for a majority of film production in Toronto, the City must continue to promote the local industry to U.S. producers while also growing domestic production through increased co-production investment by other international partners.
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The sector also faces capital-specific challenges that constrain long-term growth. The development of new and expanded studio space has become increasingly difficult due to high land costs, global construction inflation, and tariffs on imported building materials, alongside broader economic uncertainty and shifting international trade conditions that have slowed new investment. To address these constraints and capitalize on future opportunities, the City is pursuing measures to enable a more film-friendly infrastructure and environment, such as stronger planning tools to protect and
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Evolving technologies, new distribution models, and global audience growth also present significant opportunities for Toronto to further strengthen its position as a leading screen hub. These technologies are rapidly accelerating, creating opportunities for innovation in production, post-production, and visual effects while carrying risks that require an informed, ethical, and inclusive approach. While current market conditions reflect a period of adjustment following the pandemic, recent labour disruptions, and trade-related uncertainty, these are understood as temporary market adjustments rather than permanent shifts. In this context, the City’s focus is on future-looking actions that avoid short-term, reactive decisions and instead build out a resilient, film-friendly city that is well positioned for renewed growth as conditions stabilize.
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To protect and grow Toronto's industry, a new five-year Strategic Plan for the film industry is needed in alignment with priorities identified in various Council-adopted City strategies, including, but not limited to:
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- Sidewalks to Skylines: An Action Plan for Toronto’s Economy, which calls to grow Toronto’s global competitiveness in key anchor and high-productivity sectors, highlighting creative industries such as film;
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- Mayor’s Economic Action Plan in Response to United States Tariffs, which notes the need to ‘support tariff-resilient sectors able to drive long-term economic growth and job creation’, foregrounding creative industries within this group; and
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- Culture Connects: An Action Plan for Culture in Toronto, which notes the need for sector-specific strategies for shaping new policies, programs, and investments in growing industries including film, music, public art, the visitor economy, and esports.
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This report presents Toronto’s Screen Future: A Strategic Plan for Continued Growth 2025-2030, the new Film Strategic Plan for the City of Toronto. The Strategic Plan—which includes 13 actions, with metrics, across four strategic priorities—was developed through extensive engagement, and research and analysis on the current state of the film industry and the key factors to maintain Toronto’s global competitiveness.
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It sets out a high-level roadmap to expand studio and production capacity, workforce development, incentives, sustainability, and client outreach to meet growing demand and defend and grow Toronto’s market share. It also aims to increase targeted support for the domestic production sector to diversify and stabilize the industry and to strengthen the City’s operating conditions so that the Film Office can move at the speed of industry, securing long-term investment, quality jobs, and broad community benefits. Together, priorities and actions are intended to ensure that Toronto remains one of the world’s leading and most film-friendly production centres through 2030 and beyond.
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1. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with other divisions, agencies and partners, as appropriate, as well as local Councillors, to apply and refine the tactics and metrics of the film strategic plan for Scarborough by establishing a Scarborough centric working group with the Film and Television and Digital Media Office to foster the ongoing emergence and stabilization of local screen-based industry, and to report back as part of progress updates to the Film, Television and Digital Media Advisory Board as appropriate.
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1. City Council adopt Toronto’s Screen Future: A Strategic Plan for Continued Growth 2025-2030, as outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (February 9, 2026) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, and request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to modify, adapt and innovate the implementation of actions as required in response to the changing state of the film industry.
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2. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with other divisions, agencies and partners, as appropriate, as well as local Councillors, to apply and refine the tactics and metrics of the film strategic plan for Scarborough by establishing a Scarborough centric working group with the Film and Television and Digital Media Office to foster the ongoing emergence and stabilization of local screen-based industry, and to report back as part of progress updates to the Film, Television and Digital Media Advisory Board as appropriate.
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Summary from the report (September 15, 2025) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture:
The film and television industry is a key economic and cultural driver, producing an annual direct spend as high as $2.6 billion and meaningfully contributing to Toronto's cultural vibrancy. As the Economic Development and Culture Division develops a five-year Film Strategy in alignment with the priorities identified in both Sidewalks to Skylines: An Action Plan for Toronto's Economy and Culture Connects: An Action Plan for Culture in Toronto, it retained the services of Olsberg SPI Ltd., to ensure an informed approach based on the current industry and economic landscape. This report includes their key findings, based on comprehensive research, an analysis of the current state of film production in Toronto, and extensive engagement – including 7 roundtables with 43 stakeholders, 25 one-on-one consultations with senior executives, and a sector-wide survey that reached 200 industry professionals.
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The City acknowledges receipt of Olsberg SPI Ltd.'s report and the significant amount of research and insight from subject matter experts and industry leaders reflected in the report. This report was commissioned in order to inform Toronto's Film Strategy. The report is included as Attachment 1.
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Marguerite Pigott, Film Commissioner and Director of Entertainment Industries, Economic Development and Culture Division, City of Toronto will give a presentation on Film Strategy Recommendations.
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The presentation will cover recommendations to support Toronto’s Film Sector from Toronto’s Screen Future – A Strategic Framework for Continued Growth 2025-2030, for discussion by the Film Board.
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The Festival Strategy will advance Culture Connects: An Action Plan for Culture in Toronto, which made immediate investments into festivals and identified them as a vital way that Torontonians experience culture. This strategy builds on a strong foundation, informed by additional engagement and research by OCAD University's Cultural Policy Hub (Attachment 2) to address key challenges facing Toronto's festival sector. This report outlines the need for this strategy, the role of the City in supporting festivals, the engagement and research undertaken as well as the vision, priorities, notable actions and next steps.
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The Festival Strategy, included as Attachment 1, provides 17 actions grouped into four strategic priorities: Sector Development; Sector Sustainability and Resilience; Improving Processes; and Awareness and Impact. Each action has associated performance measures to help ensure success in achieving the strategy's vision. Toronto’s Festival Strategy will serve as an important framework to guide the City’s actions in supporting the festival sector over the next 5 years, ensuring that Torontonians can continue to access meaningful local cultural experiences and contributing to the city's global competitiveness in attracting visitors.
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1. City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to report back to Economic and Community Development Committee, as part of a progress update on the Festivals Strategy, with updates, analysis and actions on sector development activities that encourage easy access to funding from the Cultural Festival Funding Program and the Special Events Stabilization Initiative in all parts of the city, including those outside the downtown core, in underrepresented communities, and the incubation of new festivals.
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1. The Economic and Community Development Committee direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to report directly to the March 25, 2026 City Council meeting with an update on work done to date in response to direction in TE22.19 related to managing festivals and events on private property, including next steps and a summary of related existing City regulations.
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2. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to provide an update, in consultation with the local Councillor, on the work completed to fulfil the Council-approved direction to engage with the Distillery District on a year-round activation strategy to support small business and report back as part of the annual progress report of Culture Connects - An Action Plan for Toronto’s Culture Sector scheduled for May 2026.
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3. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to engage with the Toronto Garlic Festival to support in finding a new host location for the Fall 2027 event; and around options to pursue a Citywide Garlic Week Activation, prioritizing locations for the festival where possible in Ward 10, including the Distillery District, as part of the Council-approved approach to engagement with the Distillery District on a year-round activation strategy and report back in annual progress report of Culture Connects - An Action Plan for Toronto’s Culture Sector scheduled for May 2026.
4. City Council direct the General Manager, Parks and Recreation, and in collaboration with the Liberty Village BIA and Liberty Village Residents Association, to promote and enable the activation of the spaces in particular for small-scale festivals in Lamport Stadium Park and 34 Hanna Park, and to work with event organizers to promote using active transportation for visitors to these venue to not add further congestion to the neighbourhood and report back in annual progress report of Culture Connects - An Action Plan for Toronto’s Culture Sector scheduled for May 2026.
The Economic and Community Development Committee:
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1. Directed the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in consultation with the General Manager, Transportation Services, and the Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards, to report directly to the March 25, 2026 City Council meeting with an update on work done to date in response to direction in TE22.19 related to managing festivals and events on private property, including next steps and a summary of related existing City regulations.
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1. City Council adopt Toronto's Festival Strategy, as outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (February 10, 2026) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.
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2. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to formally establish the Special Events Stabilization Initiative as a funding program as outlined in Attachment 1 to the report (February 10, 2026) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture.
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3. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to review the Cultural Festival Funding Program and Special Events Stabilization Initiative and streamline programs as deemed necessary, with funding allocation to be subject to the necessary budget processes and in accordance with the City of Toronto's Community Grants Policy.
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4. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to negotiate, enter into and execute funding agreements with eligible applicants funded through the Special Events Stabilization Initiative, with funding recipients and grant amounts to be determined annually by the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture within the budget allocation for the program, and on such terms satisfactory to the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
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5. City Council authorize the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, to negotiate, enter into, and amend any agreements, on terms satisfactory to the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor, necessary to support the implementation of actions related to Sector Development and Sector Sustainability and Resilience priorities as detailed in Attachment 1 to the report (February 10, 2026) from the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, within the resources included in the operating or capital budget.
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6. City Council advocate for additional funding from the Government of Canada and Government of Ontario that supports a longer-term sustainable funding model for festivals.
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7. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture, in collaboration with the Chief Technology Officer, Technology Services to implement Release Two of the centralized digital permitting solution by December 31, 2026.
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8. City Council request the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee, as part of a progress update on the Festivals Strategy, with updates, analysis and actions on sector development activities that encourage easy access to funding from the Cultural Festival Funding Program and the Special Events Stabilization Initiative in all parts of the city, including those outside the downtown core, in underrepresented communities, and the incubation of new festivals.
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9. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to provide an update, in consultation with the local Councillor, on the work completed to fulfil the Council-approved direction to engage with the Distillery District on a year-round activation strategy to support small business and report back as part of the annual progress report of Culture Connects - An Action Plan for Toronto’s Culture Sector scheduled for May 2026.
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10. City Council direct the General Manager, Economic Development and Culture to engage with the Toronto Garlic Festival to support in finding a new host location for the Fall 2027 event, and around options to pursue a Citywide Garlic Week Activation, prioritizing locations for the festival where possible in Ward 10, including the Distillery District, as part of the Council-approved approach to engagement with the Distillery District on a year-round activation strategy and report back in annual progress report of Culture Connects - An Action Plan for Toronto’s Culture Sector scheduled for May 2026.
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The purpose of this report is to make changes to the Fairbank Village, Mount Pleasant and Upper Village Business Improvement Area (BIA) Boards of Management, in accordance with the requirements of the City of Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 19, Business Improvement Areas. Fairbank Village, Mount Pleasant and Upper Village Business Improvement Areas fall within two Community Council boundaries.
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1. City Council, in accordance with the City's Public Appointments Policy, appoint the following nominees to the Business Improvement Area Board of Management set out below at the pleasure of Council, and for a term expiring at the end of the term of Council or as soon thereafter as successors are appointed:
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Fairbank Village:
\r\nDuseja, Hitesh
\r\nKlid, Nicholas
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Mount Pleasant:
\r\nPersad, Dwayne
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2. City Council remove the following directors from the Business Improvement Area Boards of Management set out below:
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Fairbank Village:
\r\nKremizes, Taso
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Upper Village:
\r\nGoodman Boudana, Dr. Melissa
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Specifically, I am requesting that staff report back providing an overview addressing the following questions:
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- Does the City currently have any policies, bylaws, or regulatory authorities in place related to ticket price gouging for sporting and entertainment events as well as booking accommodation hidden fees added to advertised prices.
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- Is there evidence that these practices are occurring within the city, and if so, to what extent are they impacting consumers.
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- Are these issues being raised through complaints, 311 inquiries, or other enforcement or consumer protection channels.
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- What, if any, jurisdictional limitations exist, and are there opportunities for the municipal action, advocacy, or coordination with other orders of government.
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- Does the Province of Ontario have policies, bylaws, or regulatory authorities in place related to ticket price gouging and hotel hidden fees added to advertised prices.
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A report back on whether these issues are present, their scale, and potential policy or advocacy options would assist the Committee in determining next steps.
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Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please feel free to contact me should you require any further clarification.
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1. Requested the appropriate City staff to report back to the Economic and Community Development Committee at the July 14, 2026, Committee meeting on consumer protection issues related to ticket price “gouging” sporting and entertainment events as well as hidden fees for booking accommodations:
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b. Any existing municipal authorities, policies, or enforcement tools related to these matters;
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e. Provincial policies, by-laws, or regulatory authorities in place related to ticket price gouging and hotel hidden fees added to advertised prices.
The City of Toronto approved Culture Connects: An Action Plan for Culture in Toronto, the City’s 10-year culture plan adopted by Council in November 2024 and this was a step in the right direction. Advancing a feasibility study to establish a Centre for Performing Arts in Scarborough aligns with a key priority of Culture Connects: Culture Everywhere, which speaks to the establishment of new cultural spaces across all of the city of Toronto. Identifying this vital piece of cultural infrastructure can help lead to opportunities for local artists, enriching community life and ensuring cultural programming reaches all corners of our city. There is data to support the lack of public spaces to play, learn and share in Scarborough and with this recommendation Council can start to ameliorate this condition.
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The Chair acknowledged that the Economic and Community Development Committee was meeting on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. The Chair also acknowledged that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.
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The Chair acknowledged that the City of Toronto acknowledges all Treaty peoples – including those who came here as settlers – as migrants either in this generation or in generations past - and those who came here involuntarily, particularly those brought to these lands as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery. We pay tribute to those ancestors of African origin and descent.
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Where the Members of the Economic and Community Development Committee listed in the attendance for this meeting participated remotely, they were counted for quorum as permitted by Section 189(4.2) of the City of Toronto Act, 2006, and City Council's Procedures.
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