Spurred by Film and TV Production, Canadian Entertainment Industry Continues to Surge

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Canada might not seem like one of the most ideal countries to film movies and shows, given the freezing temperatures that can even include such instances as a bomb cyclone, as we covered at https://www.novinite.com/, and yet, productions are flocking to north of the border. Beyond production, entertainment-seekers across Canada are also viewing and playing en masse, building up the industry further.

The open wilderness available in 2020 helped to make Canada an ideal location for shoots, and the industry continues to grow through 2023. It's not just the film industry, either, with total entertainment and media in Canada set to grow by millions of dollars in revenue.

Making the most of the 2021 bounce-back

While 2019 was seeing a fair bit of revenue from screen productions, 2021 blew its figures out of the water. The productions in Canada for video, film, and television combined to bring the country a whopping $11.3 billion in operational revenue, per https://www.thestar.com/, which marked a 20.2 percent increase on figures from just two years before. Much of this growth has been attributed to tax incentives and additional resources in the country.

A grand example of a big-hit show being filmed in Canada to infuse cash and perhaps even drive a bit of tourism to its filming locations is The Last of Us. The HBO show used several stunning locations in Alberta, and now, the official tourist and travel website for the province uses The Last of Us as a selling point. There's even a map indicating where you should go to see the sights from the show.

In 2021/22, productions continued to soar in Canada. Spending on film and TV rose by nearly 30 percent, per the Canadian Media Producers Association, in the year 2021/22. Importantly, it...

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