<Li> February 15, 2016 (2016 - 02 - 15) </Li> <P> L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables is a Canadian television film based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel of the same name . It first aired on YTV on February 15, 2016 and starred Ella Ballentine, Martin Sheen and Sara Botsford . Montgomery's granddaughter, Kate Macdonald Butler, was one of the film's executive producers . The film's world premiere was held February 2, 2016 at the Canadian Museum of History . </P> <P> The 90 - minute film replaced the previously announced 13 - part series that had been set to film in 2013 . It was filmed in Milton, Ontario and Prince Edward Island (although an opening scene shows a filmed excerpt in the UK with a British train passing and disappearing from a tunnel in 2015). </P> <Ul> <Li> Ella Ballentine as Anne Shirley </Li> <Li> Martin Sheen as Matthew Cuthbert </Li> <Li> Sara Botsford as Marilla Cuthbert </Li> <Li> Julia Lalonde as Diana Barry </Li> <Li> Kate Hennig as Rachel Lynde </Li> <Li> Stefani Kimber as Josie Pye </Li> <Li> Drew Haytaoglu as Gilbert Blythe </Li> <Li> Kyle Gatehouse as Mr. Phillips </Li> <Li> Linda Kash as Mrs. Barry </Li> <Li> Zoe Fraser as Ruby Gillis </Li> </Ul>

Where was anne of green gables filmed in 2016