New series filmed in Central Ontario comes to Netflix next week

These actors are shown in a trailer for Netflix series Finding Her Edge.

A new Canadian teen drama series that was filmed in Barrie, Wasaga Beach and Orillia is coming to Netflix on Thurs., Jan. 22.

Finding Her Edge (in the beginning stages titled Precision), an eight-episode series, is a television adaptation based on the Young Adult novel by Jennifer Iacopelli about the world of competitive figure skating.

The show’s PR team confirmed with CTV News that the series was filmed in several locations across Simcoe County.

There was filming on Mississauga Street East between Peter Street South and Matchedash Street South in Orillia, at the Orillia Public Library and the Orillia Museum of Art and History in February 2025.

Some of the other filming locations were in Barrie at Georgian College, Eastview Arena and on Shannon Street off of St. Vincent Street in March 2025. And finally in April 2025, the show did some filming at Wasaga Stars Arena in Wasaga Beach.

The plot focuses on three sisters navigating the pressures of their family’s figure skating legacy.

The show stars Adriana Russo (Madelyn Keys), who plays a dedicated competitive skater and finds herself in a love triangle with two rival skaters, her new skating partner and known as the “bad boy of figure skating,” Braydon Elliot (Cale Ambrozic), and her old skating partner who was the love of her life, Freddie O’Connell (Olly Atkins). The series seems to have something for everyone including young love and romance, friendships, partnerships, sibling loyalty and of course, all intertwined into a sport that is oh so Canadian.

With the majority of the cast being Canadian and the creative team all Canadian, it’s another example of a Canadian series with the potential to make it big internationally.

Canadian television shows have been making their mark globally recently – the hockey romance drama currently airing on Crave, Heated Rivalry, is the latest Canadian series to reach global audiences, known for putting LGBTQ2+ hockey players in the forefront of conversations.

Iacopelli, American, writes about “ambitious girls with big dreams” according to Penguin Random House.