7.2 Region

Foreign location and service production

Exhibit 7-4 a) Volume of foreign location and service production, by province and territory ($ millions)

	2015/16	2016/17	2017/18	2018/19	2019/20	2020/21	2021/22	2022/23	2023/24	2024/25
British Columbia*	1,574	2,311	3,040	2,816	2,347	2,719	2,879	2,677	1,811	2,127
Ontario	698	882	869	985	1,541	1,426	1,672	1,981	1,283	1,594
Quebec	282	404	666	771	1,142	922	1,421	1,540	1,418	1,192
Alberta	34	54	31	86	0	68	441	244	193	161
Manitoba	42	70	89	167	171	84	105	60	67	148
Nova Scotia	12	39	12	26	40	46	91	118	80	94
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	5	4
Territories**	3	18	1	7	8	4	3	4	4	4
Saskatchewan	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Brunswick	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	0	0	0	0
Prince Edward Island	0	0	0	0	0	n/a	0	0	0	0
Total	2,644	3,779	4,707	4,858	5,248	5,269	6,620	6,623	4,861	5,322

Source:
Association of Provincial Television and Film Agencies.

Note:
Some totals may not sum due to rounding. Statistics published by provincial funding agencies may differ from those in Profile 2025. Please see Notes on methodology for additional information.
n/a: Data not available or suppressed for confidentiality.
* Beginning in 2021/22, Creative BC started reporting production activity and spending on the basis of the fiscal year in which principal photography or key animation started. Prior to 2021/22, Creative BC recorded production activity and spending in the fiscal year within which a project’s tax credit application received approval. For that reason, the annual production statistics between 2020/21 and 2021/22 may not be directly comparable.
** Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories.

Exhibit 7-4 b) Volume of foreign location and service production, by province and territory, share 2024/25

Source:
Association of Provincial Television and Film Agencies.

Note:
Some totals may not sum due to rounding. Statistics published by provincial funding agencies may differ from those in Profile 2025. Please see Notes on methodology for additional information.
Newfoundland and Labrador and the Territories (Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories) each contain less than 1% of the total share.
* Beginning in 2021/22, Creative BC started reporting production activity and spending on the basis of the fiscal year in which principal photography or key animation started. Prior to 2021/22, Creative BC recorded production activity and spending in the fiscal year within which a project’s tax credit application received approval. For that reason, the annual production statistics between 2020/21 and 2021/22 may not be directly comparable.