Flashpoint was filmed in Toronto & Mississauga in Canada.
Locations
Lake Shore Boulevard East (between Freeland & Cooper)
Scene where Ed and Jules continue driving to the crime scene in episode 1x01 “Scorpio”.
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Lake Shore Boulevard East & Booth Avenue
Scene where Sam's car drives down the highway into town in episode 1x01 “Scorpio”.
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Yonge Street (between College & Gerrard)
Scene where The SRU drives to their raid on the drug dealer's apartment in episode 1x03 “The Element of Surprise”.
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Fire and Emergency Services Training Institute (YYZ)
Scene was shot FESTI is a private college for training fire fighters and other emergency responders that is part of the fire department of Pearson Airport where it is located. The main building includes a 90-seat theatre, several other classrooms, as well as common areas for students. The building was designed by Kleinfeldt Mychajlowycz Architects in 2007 and is a LEED Silver building with a green roof and a large solar wall. The 40-acre grounds also include various training buildings, towers, aircraft mockups, and other facilities for training in a variety of difficult scenarios.
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Yonge Street (between Breadalbane & Grosvenor)
Scene where The SRU drives to the drug dealer's apartment in episode 1x03 “The Element of Surprise”.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Scene was shot The current Royal Ontario Museum a combination of several structures constructed across the 20th century. The original building is a Italianate & Neo-Romanesque structure designed by architects Frank Darling and John A. Pearson in 1914. It was expanded in 1933 with the eastern wing containing its elaborate art deco rotunda designed by Alfred H. Chapman and James Oxley. The curatorial centre was added in 1984 designed in the modernist style by Gene Kinoshita. The most recent expansion is the deconstructionist "Crystal" designed by Daniel Libeskind which opened in 2007 and includes the new lobby and three-story atrium.
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Wellington Street East & Church Street
Scene where The SRU team drives through an intersection on their way to the hospital in episode 1x02 “First in Line”.
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Alley (south of Dundas, west of Carlaw)
Scene where Jackson Barcliffe is confronted by two toughs in an alley near his dealer's apartment in episode 1x03 “The Element of Surprise”.
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Osgoode Station (Toronto Subway)
Scene where Goran Tomasic leaves his son and rides away on the subway in episode 1x01 “Scorpio”.
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Lake Shore Boulevard East (between Jarvis & Sherbourne)
Scene where Jules and Ed go over the map of the scene to plan their sniper positions while heading towards downtown in episode 1x01 “Scorpio”.
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Eastern Avenue Overpass
Scene where Jack Swanson is pursued by a police officer after running a red light and later the SRU team drives the same way in episode 1x02 “First in Line”.
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Front Street East (between Church & Jarvis)
Scene where Driving to the drug dealer's apartment in episode 1x03 “The Element of Surprise”.
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Lake Shore Boulevard East & Lower Jarvis Street
Scene where The SRU vehicles turn the corner and drive under some train tracks on their way to the drug dealer's apartment in episode 1x03 “The Element of Surprise”.
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Richmond Street East (between Parliament & Power)
Scene where Jack Swanson is pulled over by a cop and tells him about his need to get to the hospital in episode 1x02 “First in Line”.
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Melinda Street & Jordan Street
Scene where The SRU team arrives at the police roadblock surrounding the square in episode 1x01 “Scorpio”.
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Gardiner Expressway
Scene where Sam is driven down the highway into town in episode 1x01 “Scorpio”.
Scene was shot The elevated portion of the Gardiner Expressway run through downtown Toronto and was constructed between 1956 & 1964.
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Metro Hall
Scene where Jack Swanson brings his daughter into the front of the hospital and later SRU enters through the rear in episode 1x02 “First in Line”.
Scene was shot Metro Hall is a 27-story office building constructed in 1992 housing the City of Toronto municipal offices. The main floor of the building houses the council chambers which were only used until 1998 when the various level of city governments were merged and moved to City Hall.
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245 Carlaw Avenue
Scene where The SRU heads to a drug dealer's apartment to arrest him in episode 1x03 “The Element of Surprise”.
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Allan Gardens
Scene was shot Allan Gardens began its life as gardens and a conservatory established by the Toronto Horticultural Society in 1860 and transferred fully to the city on 1888. The park houses a conservatory known as the Palm House consisting of six green houses built in 1910 after the older Horticultural Pavilion was destroyed in a fire.
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RC Harris Water Treatment Plant
Scarborough R. C. Harris Water Treatment Plant
Scene was shot Built in 1941 atop a former amusement park, the R. C. Harris plant currently provides almost half of Toronto's drinking water. The building was designed in the art-deco style and is known colloquially as the Palace of Purification for its grand architecture both inside and out. The plant was named after Rowland Caldwell Harris, who was Toronto's Commissioner of Works at the time of construction.
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