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Arts, Film, Music & Entertainment

Toronto is built by artists too.

Culture is not decoration around the economy. Film, television, music, animation, games, design, architecture, public art and live performance are part of Toronto's identity, employment base and global reach.

A creative industrial strategy

Make it easier to create here, own here and export from here.

$2.6BHigh-case annual direct screen-production spending referenced in Toronto sector materials.
~40,000Skilled screen-sector workforce context.
~3M sq ftStudio-space context.
HumanAuthorship, provenance and creator ownership remain central in the AI era.
Creative Toronto in the AI era
SPACE

Creative Space Bank

Connect underused and public-facing space to creators through clear, open and transparent criteria.

COMPUTE

Creator Compute Credits

Shared capability for animation, virtual production, AI-assisted workflows and immersive media without requiring every creator to own expensive infrastructure.

OWNERSHIP

Toronto-owned IP pipeline

Story → design → film/animation → AI previs → robotics → games/immersive → exportable intellectual property.

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