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Professional artists in Manitoba in 2021
Over 5,000 professional artists, with the highest proportion of Indigenous artists among the provinces
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The arts and culture (overall) saw record levels of jobs and impact on GDP in the first quarter of 2023, but that was not the case in many…
Analysis of national data from 2012 to 2023 for visual arts, performing arts, film and video, book publishing, and sound recording
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More than 32,000 professional artists in Toronto
Toronto is home to one in every six Canadian artists
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Statistical Profile of Artists in Saskatoon in 2021
With 1,400 professional artists, Saskatoon has the largest number and highest concentration of artists in Saskatchewan
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Racialized workers have particularly low incomes in the arts and culture
Analysis of the incomes of artists, arts leaders, and all cultural workers, including differences by gender
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Job vacancy crisis in the arts: Is it getting better?
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Changes in the direct economic impact of the arts and culture between 2019 and the summer of 2022
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The $6 gap: Difference between the median wages of arts and culture professionals and professionals in other sectors
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The arts and culture (overall) saw record levels of jobs and impact on GDP in the first quarter of 2023, but that was not the case in many…
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Professional artists in rural Saskatchewan
Over 800 of the nearly 4,000 artists in the province reside in rural areas
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Are Black, Asian, and other racialized workers well represented among professional artists, arts leaders, and all cultural workers in…
My analysis shows that there are more than 38,000 racialized artists in Canada, including nearly 25,000 Asian artists and 6,400 Black artists
Artists in Brampton in 2021
Over 1,500 professional artists, most of whom are racialized and many of whom are young
Artists in Ontario in 2021
Over 80,000 professional artists, with high education levels but very low incomes
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Incomes by gender of artists, arts leaders, and all cultural workers
Income levels vary between cisgender men, cisgender women, transgender people, and non-binary people
Artists in Saskatchewan in 2021
Nearly 4,000 artists in the province, with incredibly low incomes in 2020
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Which provinces and territories saw growth in their cultural economies, recently and longer term?
Analysis of recently released 2021 data
First ever census data on transgender and non-binary artists and workers in the arts, culture, and heritage
Representation is very high among artists
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Arts & culture data sources: gaps, specificity to culture, and coverage of culture
Have the imperfect, more generalized statistics (e.g., "arts, heritage, and entertainment") met a need for you?
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Statistical insights on the arts
Statistical insights on the arts
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