diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_api.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_api.ts
index b8463d8f33..e87ee6cb94 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_api.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_api.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ export interface BoundTarget<DirectiveT extends DirectiveMeta> {
    */
   getNestingLevel(template: Template): number;
 
+  /**
+   * Get all `Reference`s and `Variables` visible within the given `Template` (or at the top level,
+   * if `null` is passed).
+   */
+  getEntitiesInTemplateScope(template: Template|null): ReadonlySet<Reference|Variable>;
+
   /**
    * Get a list of all the directives used by the target.
    */
diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts
index f4abcb6a1c..5226823a53 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/render3/view/t2_binder.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ export class R3TargetBinder<DirectiveT extends DirectiveMeta> implements TargetB
     // scopes in the template and makes them available for later use.
     const scope = Scope.apply(target.template);
 
+
+    // Use the `Scope` to extract the entities present at every level of the template.
+    const templateEntities = extractTemplateEntities(scope);
+
     // Next, perform directive matching on the template using the `DirectiveBinder`. This returns:
     //   - directives: Map of nodes (elements & ng-templates) to the directives on them.
     //   - bindings: Map of inputs, outputs, and attributes to the directive/element that claims
@@ -49,7 +53,8 @@ export class R3TargetBinder<DirectiveT extends DirectiveMeta> implements TargetB
     const {expressions, symbols, nestingLevel, usedPipes} =
         TemplateBinder.apply(target.template, scope);
     return new R3BoundTarget(
-        target, directives, bindings, references, expressions, symbols, nestingLevel, usedPipes);
+        target, directives, bindings, references, expressions, symbols, nestingLevel,
+        templateEntities, usedPipes);
   }
 }
 
@@ -71,14 +76,18 @@ class Scope implements Visitor {
    */
   readonly childScopes = new Map<Template, Scope>();
 
-  private constructor(readonly parentScope?: Scope) {}
+  private constructor(readonly parentScope: Scope|null, readonly template: Template|null) {}
+
+  static newRootScope(): Scope {
+    return new Scope(null, null);
+  }
 
   /**
    * Process a template (either as a `Template` sub-template with variables, or a plain array of
    * template `Node`s) and construct its `Scope`.
    */
-  static apply(template: Template|Node[]): Scope {
-    const scope = new Scope();
+  static apply(template: Node[]): Scope {
+    const scope = Scope.newRootScope();
     scope.ingest(template);
     return scope;
   }
@@ -113,7 +122,7 @@ class Scope implements Visitor {
     template.references.forEach(node => this.visitReference(node));
 
     // Next, create an inner scope and process the template within it.
-    const scope = new Scope(this);
+    const scope = new Scope(this, template);
     scope.ingest(template);
     this.childScopes.set(template, scope);
   }
@@ -153,7 +162,7 @@ class Scope implements Visitor {
     if (this.namedEntities.has(name)) {
       // Found in the local scope.
       return this.namedEntities.get(name)!;
-    } else if (this.parentScope !== undefined) {
+    } else if (this.parentScope !== null) {
       // Not in the local scope, but there's a parent scope so check there.
       return this.parentScope.lookup(name);
     } else {
@@ -517,7 +526,13 @@ export class R3BoundTarget<DirectiveT extends DirectiveMeta> implements BoundTar
               {directive: DirectiveT, node: Element|Template}|Element|Template>,
       private exprTargets: Map<AST, Reference|Variable>,
       private symbols: Map<Reference|Variable, Template>,
-      private nestingLevel: Map<Template, number>, private usedPipes: Set<string>) {}
+      private nestingLevel: Map<Template, number>,
+      private templateEntities: Map<Template|null, ReadonlySet<Reference|Variable>>,
+      private usedPipes: Set<string>) {}
+
+  getEntitiesInTemplateScope(template: Template|null): ReadonlySet<Reference|Variable> {
+    return this.templateEntities.get(template) ?? new Set();
+  }
 
   getDirectivesOfNode(node: Element|Template): DirectiveT[]|null {
     return this.directives.get(node) || null;
@@ -555,3 +570,40 @@ export class R3BoundTarget<DirectiveT extends DirectiveMeta> implements BoundTar
     return Array.from(this.usedPipes);
   }
 }
+
+function extractTemplateEntities(rootScope: Scope): Map<Template|null, Set<Reference|Variable>> {
+  const entityMap = new Map<Template|null, Map<string, Reference|Variable>>();
+
+  function extractScopeEntities(scope: Scope): Map<string, Reference|Variable> {
+    if (entityMap.has(scope.template)) {
+      return entityMap.get(scope.template)!;
+    }
+
+    const currentEntities = scope.namedEntities;
+
+    let templateEntities: Map<string, Reference|Variable>;
+    if (scope.parentScope !== null) {
+      templateEntities = new Map([...extractScopeEntities(scope.parentScope), ...currentEntities]);
+    } else {
+      templateEntities = new Map(currentEntities);
+    }
+
+    entityMap.set(scope.template, templateEntities);
+    return templateEntities;
+  }
+
+  const scopesToProcess: Scope[] = [rootScope];
+  while (scopesToProcess.length > 0) {
+    const scope = scopesToProcess.pop()!;
+    for (const childScope of scope.childScopes.values()) {
+      scopesToProcess.push(childScope);
+    }
+    extractScopeEntities(scope);
+  }
+
+  const templateEntities = new Map<Template|null, Set<Reference|Variable>>();
+  for (const [template, entities] of entityMap) {
+    templateEntities.set(template, new Set(entities.values()));
+  }
+  return templateEntities;
+}