Archive - Statistical insights on the arts

Focus on cultural donations and sponsorships

Summer unlocked: Article #5

Aug 18

Focus on local cultural labour forces

Summer unlocked: Article #4

Aug 11

July 2026

Focus on multiple job holding

Summer unlocked: Article #3

Jul 21

Statistical profile of Indigenous and racialized artists, cultural workers, and arts leaders in British Columbia

Indigenous and racialized people are less represented among B.C.’s artists, cultural workers, and arts leaders, and they also tend to have lower incomes…

Jul 14 • Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)

Focus on accessibility

Summer unlocked: Article #2

Jul 7 • Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)

June 2026

Focus on international trade in culture

Summer unlocked: Article #1

Jun 23 • Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)

Statistical portrait of francophone arts and culture in Alberta

Highlights of existing studies

Jun 16 • Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)

What's a key economic sector?

Comparison of the GDP of culture and so-called "key" industries

Jun 9 • Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)

Artists in Canada have consistently earned much lower incomes than other Canadian workers

Analysis of changes in average personal incomes over 30 years

Jun 2 • Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)

May 2026

The City of Toronto accounts for an increasing proportion of artists in Ontario and Canada, but incomes remain low

Double the number of professional artists in the Toronto area between 1991 and 2021

May 26 • Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)

Culture in British Columbia has an economic impact of more than $24 billion in the province

Plus: Rough estimate of the impact in the Columbia Basin

May 19 • Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)

What is valued? What is valuable?

Plus: Some thoughts on arts research succession

May 12 • Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)

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