Industry Resources

All professional representatives within these industries, including producers, directors, production designers, and location managers along with post-production experts like editors, animators, visual/special effects professionals, game developers enrich the performances by the many talented actors located in the region. Collectively or individually the industry is supported by many unions, guilds, associations and government supports.

Unions & Guilds

ACTRA Toronto is the largest organization within ACTRA, representing over 15,000 of Canada’s acting, stunt and background professionals.
Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a national labour organization that represents over 3,800 key creative and logistical personnel in the film and television industry covering all areas of direction, design, production and editing.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts (I.A.T.S.E.) represents workers in a number of crafts, with the majority employed in motion picture and television production. IATSE members are integral to the production, distribution and exhibition of motion pictures and television. Three I.A.T.S.E. Locals operate in the GTHA:

I.A.T.S.E. Local 411 represents production coordinators, assistant coordinators, production secretaries, craft service providers, and honey wagon operators.
I.A.T.S.E. Local 667 International Cinematographers Guild represents the camera crews and unit publicists
I.A.T.S.E. 873 represents motion picture technicians.

NABET 700-M UNIFOR is a union of film, television and new media technicians that has serviced the Greater Toronto area for over 45 years.
Toronto Musicians’ Association, Local 149 of the American Federation of Musicians represents over 3,500 Toronto-area professional musicians in all facets of music.
Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) represents more than 2,000 professional English-language screenwriters in Canada.

Associations

Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) is Canada’s leading trade association for independent producers representing almost 400 companies engaged in the production and distribution of English-language television programs, feature films and digital media.
Association of Canadian Commercial Production (ACCP) is the not-for-profit trade association for the television commercial production industry in Toronto.
Computer Animation Studios of Ontario(CASO) is an association dedicated to promoting and growing the Ontario Animation and Visual Effects industry.
FilmOntario is an industry consortium with members representing all parts of the film, television and digital media industries, including unions & guilds, production companies, studios, suppliers, and financial & legal services organizations.

Provincial Government

Ontario Creates - is an agency of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture and promotes, enhances and leverages investment, jobs and original content creation in the province’s book and magazine publishing, film and television, music and interactive digital media industries.
Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training And Skills Development - Alongside the Section 21 Film And Television Health And Safety Advisory Committee have developed specific safety guidelines for people working in this industry (including COVID-19 Guidelines).