These “will lead to significant disruptions” and “economic difficulties” on both sides of the Canadian-American border, the Canadian Association of Media producers said in a statement, denouncing a climate of “uncertainty”.
Hollywood films and major American television productions are regularly shot in Canada and thousands of jobs are threatened, a Canadian union of cinema technicians is worried.
“The third of our members work on American productions,” explains Bernard Larivière, the president, who remains “patient”, the time to see how, or if these customs duties will be applied.
The United States remains one of the main filming destinations with $ 14.5 billion in production spending in 2024, according to the analysis of the Prodpro office, but this figure is down 26% over two years.
Hollywood is subjected to competition from countries that offer attractive tax advantages to shoot and a recent survey of studios has revealed that their five favorite shooting sites for 2025 and 2026 are all outside the United States.
The largest city in Canada, Toronto, is the first on the list, and the city of Vancouver, on the west coast, the third.
In a statement sent to AFP on Monday, the Toronto town hall said that it “worked to obtain more details to understand the potential impact on the Toronto film industry”.
