Hollywood North

Hollywood North is a colloquialism used to describe film production industries and or film locations north of its namesake, Hollywood, California. The term has been applied principally to the film industry in Canada, specifically Vancouver and Toronto. The level of Canadian production has increased since the ratification of the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement in 1988.

The term "Hollywood North" has been used to describe aspects of Vancouver film and television production since the late 1970s, even appearing in the titles of books (i.e. Hollywood North: The Feature Film Industry in British Columbia) and films (Hollywood North). The title has been claimed for both Vancouver, British Columbia, and Toronto, Ontario

One of the earliest Hollywood television series to shoot in Toronto was the 1957 production Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans. The city has been associated with the nickname 'Hollywood North' since the late 1970s, due to its role as a production centre for both domestic and international film projects. In 1979 Toronto mayor John Sewell announced that Canada had become the third largest movie production centre after Los Angeles and New York.

In 2002 the year Toronto's Film and Television industry accounted for $1.16 billion towards the city's economy, former Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman proclaimed "Toronto is Hollywood North". In 2003 the Toronto Ontario Film Office was established in Los Angeles to promote the benefits of filming in the city of Toronto and the province of Ontario. With the TOFO Ontario is the only Canadian province to have an office in Hollywood. The province of Ontario had 230 film projects with $946 million in production spending in 2010.

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