Regina Normal School

Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios
Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios front
Former names	Regina Normal School
General information
Type	Former: Normal school, university campus Current: Movie/television studio
Architectural style	Collegiate Gothic
Location	Regina, Saskatchewan
Address	1831 College Avenue
Coordinates	50°26′23.3″N 104°36′28.8″W / 50.439806°N 104.608000°W / 50.439806; -104.608000
Current tenants	SaskFilm
Construction started	1913
Completed	1915
Renovated	2001
Owner	Saskatchewan Property Management Corporation
Design and construction
Architect	Edgar M. Storey/W.G. Van Egmond
Architecture firm	Storey and Van Egmond
Renovating team
Renovating firm	Stantec Architecture

The Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios are located in Regina, Saskatchewan at the corner of College Avenue and Broad Street. Built in 1913, the structure has served as a normal school, military training facility, and fine arts building for the University of Regina. It was internally gutted and reconstructed as a movie and television studio facility in 2002.

The studios were operated by the Saskatchewan Film and Video Development Corporation (SaskFilm) a non-profit corporation responsible for promoting the film industry in Saskatchewan. SaskFilm was shut down in 2013 when the provincial government reorganized funding for arts organizations. It is currently operated by Creative Saskatchewan, a provincial government agency created in 2013.

The Saskatchewan Normal School was a publicly funded provincial post-secondary institution for the training of teachers. Such training began in Regina as early as 1890. The first permanent home for was built in 1913 at the corner of College Avenue and Broad Street. The Collegiate Gothic style structure was designed by Regina architects Storey and Van Egmond. Classes began in January 1914 as the building was still under construction; it was completed in 1915. Facilities in Saskatoon and Moose Jaw were opened in the 1920s to serve the demand from a growing population. The Normal School operated until 1940, when it was taken over by the Royal Canadian Air Force. The facility was used for military training until the end of World War II.

Following the war, declining enrolment forced the closure of Regina's normal school. Various provincial government departments used the building until 1959, when teacher training was moved from Moose Jaw to Regina. In 1964, the normal schools (referred to as "teachers' colleges" since 1953) were transferred to the University of Saskatchewan and the building became part of the U of S Regina Campus. The building housed the Faculty of Education until a new facility was completed in 1969, at the new main campus in the city's south end. From then it was used by the university's Department of Fine Arts from 1970 until new facilities at the main campus led to building's closure in 1997.