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Filming using helicopters and unmanned air vehicles |
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Helicopter filming
Arrangements must be made for helicopter filming involving landings, take-offs and/or flying at altitudes less than 1,000 feet in the City of Toronto.
- The helicopter company should take out insurance with the following requirements appearing on the certificate:
- General Comprehensive Public Liability in the amount of ten million ($10,000,000.00).
- The City of Toronto and the film company to be named as additional insured.
- A Cross Liability / Severability of Interest Clause.
- The helicopter company conducting the flight is responsible for making the necessary arrangements with Transport Canada for flights in accordance with the altitudes and distances required by the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs).
- Transport Canada will conduct a site inspection of the film location and advise the Toronto Film and Television Office of its suitability.
- The Toronto Film and Television Office will advise Transport Canada and the helicopter company by letter that City of Toronto has no objection to the low altitude flight.
- Transport Canada will charge the air carrier a $325.00 fee for application submission as outlined in the Civil Aviation Regulatory Fees, Air Operations Schedule VIII for Commercial Air Services. The fee will be charged when the application is submitted and will be charged whether the authorization is granted or denied. The air carrier will charge this fee back to the production company.
Transport Canada requires two weeks notice prior to filming.
Transport Canada
Air Carrier Section (Rotorcraft Division)
4900 Yonge Street, Suite 300
Willowdale, Ontario
M2N 6A5
Phone: 416-952-0011
Fax: 416-952-0050
Contacts:
Wayne Martin (acting) 905-477-8613
Richard Pearce 905-477-4834
Oscar Binder 905-477-0371
Rick Kirkwood 905-477-0263
Del Duchin 905-477-5920
Unmanned air vehicles
Transport Canada requests a minimum of 20 days notice prior to filming using unmanned air vehicles.
Transport Canada approves the use of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) for filming purposes through the issuance of a special flight operations certificate.
The UAV operator makes application to Transport Canada - Special Flight Operations to obtain the certificate. Transport Canada requests a minimum of twenty (20) working days notice prior to the date of the proposed flight.
Contact:
Laird Gillespie
416-952-0217
gillesl@tc.gc.ca
For more information on the process of applying for a special flight operations certificate please visit the Transport Canada website at: www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/general/recavi/instructions/unmanned/menu.htm
Once the film company informs the Toronto Film and Television Office that a UAV will be used in a film shoot, our office will arrange a site meeting between Transport Canada, Toronto police and fire services, Toronto hydro and street lighting to discuss details of the proposed flight.
The film company must notify area residents and businesses in its letter of notification that filming will involve use of a UAV.
Related material:
Insurance documentation
Filming guidelines
Download the Helicopter filming guidelines (PDF 53Kb)
Download the Unmanned Air Vehicles guidelines (PDF 54Kb)
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