7.3 Country
Foreign location and service production
The number of FLS products decreased overall by 30 projects, largely due to decreases of 27 and 5 projects where copyright was issued in the US and other foreign countries respectively. The shares of each jurisdiction group remained relatively similar to 2023/24.
Exhibit 7-5 Number of foreign location and service projects, by country of copyright
| 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | 261 | 304 | 365 | 365 | 409 | 404 | 527 | 575 | 425 | 398 |
| Other foreign | 67 | 73 | 78 | 69 | 72 | 73 | 55 | 66 | 52 | 47 |
| Canada* | 27 | 24 | 38 | 31 | 40 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 13 | 15 |
| Total | 355 | 400 | 480 | 465 | 521 | 511 | 610 | 658 | 490 | 460 |
Source:
Association of Provincial Television and Film Agencies.
Note:
Note: Some totals may not sum due to rounding.
* Canadian projects in the FLS segment include projects made by Canadian producers primarily for foreign audiences, or as part of international co-ventures. International co-venture production includes films and television programs made as international coproductions, but outside of the auspices of an audiovisual coproduction treaty.