List of TV and films shot in Winnipeg

There has been a wide range of films and TV series that have been shot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Children's TV series

• Tipi Tales (2002) – a Canadian TV series
• Wawatay Kids TV (2002) – a Canadian TV series
• 2030 CE – a Canadian TV series (2002)
• The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1996) – a Canadian TV series
• My Life as a Dog (1996) – a Canadian TV series
• Fred Penner's Place (1985-1997) – a Canadian TV series
• Let's Go (1976-1984) – a Canadian TV series

Comedy TV series

• Less Than Kind (2008, 2009) – filmed on location
• Cashing In (2008,2009)

Canadian films

• We Were Children (2012) – partially shot in Winnipeg
• Keyhole (2011)
• Night Mayor (2009) – filmed and set in Winnipeg
• Taken in Broad Daylight (2009) – filmed on location
• The Stone Angel (2007) – filmed on location
• Zeyda and the Hitman (2004) – filmed on location
• The Saddest Music in the World (2003) – filmed on location
• Leaving Metropolis (2002)
• Twilight of the Ice Nymphs (1997) – filmed on location
• Mob Story (1990) – filmed on location
• The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick (1988)
• Stryker (2005); filmed on location
• Niagara Motel (2006)
• Foodland (film) (2010); filmed on location
• Ted Baryluk's Grocery (1982) – a National Film Board of Canada documentary
• For Angela (1993) – dramatization Rhonda Gordon's response to racism on a Winnipeg city bus

Documentary TV series

• My Winnipeg - A Guy Maddin documentary
• The Sharing Circle (1991-2006)
• Magnificent Obsessions (2002-2003)
• Country Canada (1955)

Dramatic TV series

• Throwing Stones (2009) – a Canadian TV series pilot
• Falcon Beach (2006) – a Canadian TV series
• 33 Brompton Place – a TV mini series

Game shows

• Reach for the Top (1966-1984) – location edition filmed in Winnipeg

Major studio films

• Goon (2011) – filmed on location
• Faces in the Crowd (2011 film) (2010) filmed on location
• Whiteout (2009) – filmed on location
• Horsemen (2009) – filmed on location
• The Haunting in Connecticut (2009) – filmed on location
• New in Town (2009) – filmed on location
• Wild Cherry (film)Wild Cherry (2009) – filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba at Tec Voc High School
• The Lookout (2007) – filmed on location
• Blue State (2007) – filmed on location
• Full of It (2007) – filmed on location
• The Good Life (2007) – filmed on location
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2006) – filmed on location
• The Constant Gardener (2005) – segments filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Capote (2005) – filmed on location
• Tamara (film) (2005) – filmed on location
• Shall We Dance (2004) – filmed on location
• One Last Dance (2003) – filmed on location
• K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) – segments filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001) – filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba at University of Manitoba
• Woman Wanted (2000) – filmed on location
• Black Ice (1992) – filmed on location
• The Clown at Midnight (1998) – filmed on location
• For Keeps? (1988) – segments filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Silence of the North (1981) – segments filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Christmas Rush (also known as Breakaway) filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba at Portage Place Mall and Chicago
• 49th Parallel (1941) filmed on location

Independent films

• Cowards Bend the Knee (2003) – a Guy Maddin film
• You Kill Me (2007) – a John Dahl film
• Clown at Midnight (1998) Writer Kenneth J. Hall; Director Jean Pellerin
• Aegri Somnia (2008) Writer / Director James Rewucki

News and variety shows

• 24Hours (1970-2000)
• Canadian Idol (2002-2007) – segments filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Breakfast Television (2005-2009)
• APTN National News (1999)
• The Big Breakfast (1997-2005)
• Hymn Sing (1965-1995)

Reality TV series

• Road Hockey Rumble (2007)
• KinK (2002-2006)
• It's a Living (1999 (ca.)

Special effects

• Duplicity (2009) – special effects
• Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) – special effects
• The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008) – special effects
• Across The Universe (2007) – special effects
• Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007) – special effects
• Grindhouse (2007) – special effects
• Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) – special effects
• Superman Returns (2006) – special effects
• Poseidon (2006) – special effects
• Firewall (2006) – special effects
• Silent Hill (2006) – special effects
• Stay (2005) – special effects
• The Chumscrubber (2005) – special effects
• Cursed (2005) – special effects
• The Big Empty (2005) – special effects
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) – special effects
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) – special effects
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) – special effects
• Catwoman (2004) – special effects
• The Core (2003) – special effects
• Hangman's Curse (2003) – special effects
• Paycheck (2003) – special effects
• The Italian Job (2003) – special effects
• Swordfish (2001) – special effects
• Alien Resurrection (1997) – special effects contributed to DVD release

TV Movies of the week

• Keep Your Head Up, Kid: The Don Cherry Story (2010)
• Category 7: The End of the World (2005)
• Category 6: Day of Destruction (2004)
• Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Three's Company (2003)
• The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003)
• A Season on the Brink (2002)
• Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
• We Were the Mulvaneys (2002)
• Inside the Osmonds (2001)
• Secret Cutting (2000)
• Escape from Mars (1999)
• Roswell: The Aliens Attack (1999)
• A Marriage of Convenience (1998)
• The Arrow (1997)

Television shows famously not filmed in Winnipeg

• The Office (US)

Parts of the seventh episode Business Trip from the fifth season were set in Winnipeg. The NBC comedy is filmed in Los Angeles and due to their schedule/budget did not film scenes in Winnipeg. Though the series has shot scenes in New York City, they never left California for this episode. The episode did not call for any Winnipeg specific locales. Los Angeles International Airport filled in for Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. A downtown hotel and bar in the Financial District were the other two settings. Characters Michael Scott, Oscar Martinez and Andy Bernard visited Winnipeg in November. Michael was the only Dunder-Mifflin Regional Manager willing to visit Winnipeg in November. Andy was brought along mainly for being able to speak French while Oscar is an accountant. They were there on a sales call to sell paper. While in Winnipeg, Oscar and Andy get drunk at a bar and become friends after limited interactions back at the office. Michael, with some help from Andy, hooks up with the hotel concierge at a bar. They both go back to her room at the hotel. After having sex, Michael is kicked out of the room. The next day the three go to the sales meeting and secure the client for two years. However, Michael did not enjoy this stay in Winnipeg as it was not the “international” location he envisioned it to be and was still upset about his girlfriend being transferred in an earlier episode.

Destination Winnipeg sent the show Winnipeg items such as Old Dutch chips and Fort Garry Brewing Company beer bottles. The budget also limited the amount of fake snow used in the episode. Writer Brent Forrester explained in a CBC News interview that, “It seemed like Montreal was maybe too exotic and Vancouver also a little maybe too conventionally sexy, and Winnipeg seemed to strike the right balance between exotic and obscure,” when it came to select a Canadian city [1]. Surprisingly, there was only one brief joke at the expense of Winnipeg, that about traveling there in November. Canadian writer Anthony Farrell ensured the script was not filled with Canadian stereotypes [2].

• The Simpsons

For the show’s sixteenth season, parts of the sixth episode, Midnight Rx, took place in Winnipeg. The episode dealt with Homer Simpson and his dad traveling to Winnipeg to obtain cheap prescription drugs and smuggle them into the States. They become heroes back in Springfield, USA when they by bring the cheap prescription drugs. Ned Flanders and Apu Nahasapeemapetilon later join the Simpson men on another trip to Winnipeg. Ned encounters a Winnipegger who talks and looks just like he does. Ned was upset to find out his Canadian counterpart was smoking medical marijuana. It was called a “reeferino.” The four then drive to the Manitoba/North Dakota border crossing where their drug smuggling is discovered.

Instead of “Welcome to Winnipeg: One Great City!” The Simpsons drove by “We Were Born Here, What's Your Excuse” on the welcome sign.

Hollywood films famously not filmed in Winnipeg

• Legends of the Fall (1994) – The film's producers wanted to use Winnipeg's Exchange District, renowned for its wealth of turn of the century-era warehouses and office buildings, for scenes taking place in Helena, Montana. This plan was scuttled when several residents, and later city government, objected to the film crew's desire to remove several dozen trees growing along the sidewalks. Even though Tri-Star offered to replant and/or replace the trees after wrapping, they were rebuffed [3].