Nikita was filmed in Toronto, Cambridge, Oshawa, & Mississauga in Canada and Los Angeles in the United States of America.
Locations
The Royal Conservatory of Music
Scene where Nikita infiltrates a party where Alex and her team are set to assassinate a Georgian politician (the country, not the state) in episode 1x13 “Coup de Grace”.
Scene was shot The building housing the Royal Conservatory of Music was constructed as McMaster Hall in 1890 for McMaster University. When the university relocated to Hamilton in 1930, the building was sold to the University of Toronto and became the home to the Conservatory in 1962. A major remodel in 2008 added Koerner Hall to the rear of the building with over a 1,000 seats.
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Royal Ontario Museum
Scene where Alex and Jaden attend a gala in Geneva to get invited to a private party with Kalume Ungara, and later Nikita fights Anya Vimer to prevent the release of the nerve toxin in episode 1x19 “Girl's Best Friend”.
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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Convocation Hall (U of T)
Scene where Michael arrives at a Washington D.C. fundraiser and later Nikita blows up a car out front in pilot episode.
Scene was shot Convocation Hall was designed by architects Darling and Pearson in the Edwardian Baroque style and opened in 1907 to host the university's annual convocation ceremonies and other events. It features a large, domed rotunda can seat around 1700 people.
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Valley Halla Estate
Scene where Nikita and Michael track down Kasim Tariq to a meeting at a secluded house in the woods in episode 1x09 “One Way”. Nikita takes Kasim to the cabin after kidnapping him and defends the position from his soldiers in episode 1x17 “Covenant”.
Scene was shot Constructed in 1936 for the inventor Robert Jackson, this isolated estate in the Rouge Valley is now owned and maintained by the nearby Toronto Zoo and use for events and filming.
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Yonge Street (between King & Wellington)
Scene where Nikita tracks Dadich and his kidnappers to a subway station in episode 1x02 “2.0”.
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Toronto Harbour - Pier 35
Scene where Percy arranges for Owen to deliver the Black Box to him at a freighter on the Montréal waterfront in episode 1x05 “The Guardian”.
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The Omni King Edward Hotel
Scene where For subsequent episodes in season one this location was replaced with a set. Nikita runs her operations out of an abandoned loft in pilot episode.
Scene was shot The King Edward Hotel was one of the first luxury hotels constructed in Toronto when it opened in 1903. It was designed by architects Henry Ives Cobb and E.J. Lennox and original featured 400 rooms, later expanding in 1922 to add an 18-storey tower with an additional 530 rooms and including the fashionable Crystal Ballroom at its top. After being closed for 38 years, the Crystal Ballroom was finally restored and opened in 2017.
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Metropolitan United Church
Scene where Owen fights off the strike team and obtains a sample from Brandon to open the black box in episode 1x18 “Into the Dark”.
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Main Street Bridge
Scene where Nikita and Owen chase the London Guardian across a bridge where they fight in episode 1x18 “Into the Dark”.
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The Lakeview Restaurant
Scene was shot The Lakeview is an old-school diner which opened in 1932 which maintains its classic look making it a popular filming location.
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Bay Lower Station (TTC)
Scene where Dadich brings his kidnappers to the subway station where he hid the GPS device in episode 1x02 “2.0”.
Scene was shot Located beneath the current Bay Station, Bay Lower was only in operation for six months in 1966. Since then the platform has been used by TTC for operator training and design experimentation, and has been frequently been used for filming so as to not interrupt regular subway traffic.
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Ted's Restaurant
Scene where Nikita and Jill are eating at a restaurant when two police officers arrive in episode 1x03 “Kill Jill”.
Scene was shot Dating all the way back to 1954, Ted’s Restaurant preserves the 50s-style decor that it had when it opened. The restaurant was created by Ted Petkoff who sold it off in the late 60s on the promise that it would retain its classic diner style.
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Fairmont Royal York
Scene where Nikita and Michael gather information from Timur Ahmedov in order to locate Kasim Tariq in episode 1x09 “One Way”.
Scene was shot A large historic hotel in downtown Toronto which opened in 1929 as part of the Canadian Pacific Railway's network of grand hotels across the country. The hotel current sports 1365 rooms, a number of meeting rooms, a bar, and a small shopping area in the basement.
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Bay Adelaide Centre West
Scene where Mirko Dadich evades reporters after being acquitted in episode 1x02 “2.0”.
Scene was shot The 51-storey skyscraper is the first building in the new three-tower office complex completed in 2009. The site was originally set to be developed in the 90s, but the project stalled during the recession and ultimately halted in 1993 with only the underground parkade and six-storey elevator core completed. When the site was eventually developed, the elevator shaft was removed, but the parkade was retained from the original project.
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