How much is the city of Toronto a character in the show?

Besides being told it's in Toronto, and seeing the odd TTC bus, does it really showcase the street level view of the city and how it works where health care is concerned?

The hospital district on University Avenue is itself a rich landscape for a hospital drama. Toronto General, Sick Kids, Princess Margaret's, Mt. Sinai are all within a stone's throw of each other, under the gaze of the prominent Queens Park building and the University of Toronto lands; and also bordering the financial district, City Hall, the Entertainment district, Harbourfront. St. Lawrence Market, King West...and on, and on, and on...does any one actually ride the TTC or, as it were, stand at a streetcar stop or subway platform waiting for a delayed and overcrowded streetcar or subway train? Do any characters get Leaf tickets from some doctor or patient, or talk about a Blue Jays game or Raptors game?

For all the New York stories that feature Central Park or Times Square or some view from Brooklyn across the East River, or some restaurant, there's a ton of landmarks that would make Toronto part of any story set in Toronto.

Or, is it shot on a studio lot with all interior shots of some non-descript place that has no markers making it Toronto?

@DRDMovieMusings said:

How much is the city of Toronto a character in the show?

Besides being told it's in Toronto, and seeing the odd TTC bus, does it really showcase the street level view of the city and how it works where health care is concerned?

The hospital district on University Avenue is itself a rich landscape for a hospital drama. Toronto General, Sick Kids, Princess Margaret's, Mt. Sinai are all within a stone's throw of each other, under the gaze of the prominent Queens Park building and the University of Toronto lands; and also bordering the financial district, City Hall, the Entertainment district, Harbourfront. St. Lawrence Market, King West...and on, and on, and on...does any one actually ride the TTC or, as it were, stand at a streetcar stop or subway platform waiting for a delayed and overcrowded streetcar or subway train? Do any characters get Leaf tickets from some doctor or patient, or talk about a Blue Jays game or Raptors game?

For all the New York stories that feature Central Park or Times Square or some view from Brooklyn across the East River, or some restaurant, there's a ton of landmarks that would make Toronto part of any story set in Toronto.

Or, is it shot on a studio lot with all interior shots of some non-descript place that has no markers making it Toronto?

According to its Wiki article, it is mostly filmed in Montreal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transplant_(TV_series)#Production

@bratface said:

@DRDMovieMusings said:

How much is the city of Toronto a character in the show?

Besides being told it's in Toronto, and seeing the odd TTC bus, does it really showcase the street level view of the city and how it works where health care is concerned?

The hospital district on University Avenue is itself a rich landscape for a hospital drama. Toronto General, Sick Kids, Princess Margaret's, Mt. Sinai are all within a stone's throw of each other, under the gaze of the prominent Queens Park building and the University of Toronto lands; and also bordering the financial district, City Hall, the Entertainment district, Harbourfront. St. Lawrence Market, King West...and on, and on, and on...does any one actually ride the TTC or, as it were, stand at a streetcar stop or subway platform waiting for a delayed and overcrowded streetcar or subway train? Do any characters get Leaf tickets from some doctor or patient, or talk about a Blue Jays game or Raptors game?

For all the New York stories that feature Central Park or Times Square or some view from Brooklyn across the East River, or some restaurant, there's a ton of landmarks that would make Toronto part of any story set in Toronto.

Or, is it shot on a studio lot with all interior shots of some non-descript place that has no markers making it Toronto?

According to its Wiki article, it is mostly filmed in Montreal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transplant_(TV_series)#Production

As I suspected. This, for me, is a big fail.

I skimmed a bit of the first episode, but wasn't feeling it, so I came here to ask if it was going to offer what I'm looking for.