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The Recruit

Morningside Park

Scarborough · Canada  ·  The Farm training grounds

The Recruit filmed at Morningside Park, Scarborough. The grounds of the CIA training facility The Farm, where Clayton trains, are this Scarborough park. On screen it's The Farm.

Morningside Park, Scarborough
Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where to go

43.779, -79.198
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Probable Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.

Good to know

Title
The Recruit (2003)
On screen
The Farm
In real life
Morningside Park, Scarborough
Can you visit?
Open to the public, free
Time to allow
—
Confidence
Probable

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Morningside Park today

Morningside Park (37571327792)
Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Morningside Park (37344816410)
Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Morningside Park (23750803058)
Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Photography of the place as it is now — production stills from the publications that covered the shoot, and freely-licensed photographs. Each links to its source.

Also filmed here

More Recruit locations

Gooderham & Worts DistilleryAlpha Delta Phi Fraternity HouseEpic FitnessSunnybrook ParkCO Bick Police CollegeNiagara-on-the-LakeMarine Corps War MemorialP Street NW (private residence)Union StationDupont Circle Metro
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Questions

Where exactly did The Recruit film at Morningside Park?
At 43.779, -79.198 in Scarborough. Named in published production coverage; the coordinate is the place itself, checked against a gazetteer. This is an area, not a spot. The coordinate is its middle, so use it to navigate to the place and not to line up a shot.
Can you visit Morningside Park?
Open to the public, free.
What else was filmed near Morningside Park?
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