Movies
Heated Rivalry: Filming Locations in Ontario and Montreal
Heated Rivalry was filmed in Ontario: Hamilton (McMaster University, Dundurn Castle, FirstOntario Concert Hall), the Sleeman Centre in Guelph, and Muskoka, with Montreal landmarks in establishing shots.
The route follows the Crave series across seven places, from Shane and Ilya's first meeting on a Hamilton campus to the cottage finale. Most are visitable; the Muskoka pin is only an area.
Timeline & locations
What do the location labels mean?
- Exact
- The pin marks the actual place where it happened or was filmed.
- Approximate
- The right area — a town, park or district — but not a precise spot.
Ilya and Shane first meet outside the McMaster Burridge Gym in the opening of the episode "Rookies". The series follows two professional hockey players on rival fictional Major League Hockey teams who keep a secret relationship going for years. This is where it starts. The campus is in Hamilton, which is the main filming hub of the series.
Location precision: The pin marks McMaster University; the exact gym entrance is not pinned.
Sources
- Heated Rivalry
- Locator:
- Filming; Premise
- Heated Rivalry
Hamilton's Dundurn Castle stands in for Moscow in a jogging scene with Ilya in the episode "Olympians". The real building is a Regency house completed in 1835 by architect Robert Charles Wetherell.
Sources
- Dundurn Castle
- Locator:
- Introduction
- Heated Rivalry
- Locator:
- Filming; Premise
- Dundurn Castle
This downtown Hamilton venue is used for the Los Angeles party sequence during the MLH draft. Its Great Hall seats 2,193 and is known internationally for its acoustics.
Sources
- Heated Rivalry
- Locator:
- Filming; Premise
- FirstOntario Concert Hall
- Locator:
- Introduction
- Heated Rivalry
Every hockey scene was shot here: locker rooms, ice and stands. The rink doubles as the home ice for three fictional professional teams. Real hockey players filled out the rosters, with body doubles for the leads in close-ups. The arena seats 4,715 and is home to the Guelph Storm in real life.
Sources
- Heated Rivalry
- Locator:
- Filming; Premise
- Sleeman Centre
- Locator:
- Introduction
- Heated Rivalry
Montreal is the home city of the Metros, and Windsor Station is one of the landmarks used in establishing shots. The building was the Canadian Pacific Railway's Montreal station and its headquarters from 1889 to 1996. Today it is an office building, bordered on the west by the Bell Centre.
Sources
- Heated Rivalry
- Locator:
- Filming; Premise
- Windsor Station (Montreal)
- Locator:
- Introduction
- Heated Rivalry
The geodesic Biosphere on Parc Jean-Drapeau also appears in Montreal establishing shots. It is a museum dedicated to the environment, housed in the former United States pavilion built for Expo 67.
Visitor guidance: Open as the Biosphere museum on Saint Helen's Island.
Sources
- Heated Rivalry
- Locator:
- Filming; Premise
- Montreal Biosphere
- Locator:
- Introduction
- Heated Rivalry
The first-season finale was filmed in Muskoka, in Ontario. The episode "The Cottage" was shot during the final two days of production, so the cottage story was among the last things the cast shot.
Open area inGoogle MapsApple MapsOrganic MapsOpenStreetMap45.11667, -79.58333Not currently visitableLocation precision: The sources name the Muskoka area, not a specific cottage; the pin marks the Muskoka Lakes municipality.
Sources
- Heated Rivalry
- Locator:
- Filming; Premise
- Heated Rivalry
