Statistical insights on the arts

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July 2025

Nearly $40 billion in revenues for arts products (according to a minimum estimate)
Analysis of jobs, revenues, and direct impact on GDP related to arts products
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Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)
Canadian cultural products generate over $130 billion in revenues
Analysis of national data on jobs, revenues, and direct impact on GDP
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Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)
Government spending on culture in Prince Edward Island in 2023-24
Analysis of current data and historical trends, including per capita spending
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Statistical Profile of Artists in Calgary in 2021
The city’s 7,000 professional artists have very low incomes, and nearly six in every ten artists are women
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Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)

June 2025

(Mostly) positive recent statistics on core cultural jobs across the country
Recently, most Canadian provinces and territories have seen an increase in core cultural jobs. Some have seen an increase over a longer timeframe as…
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Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)
Changes in the direct impact on GDP by province and area of culture
A deep dive into recent and longer term changes
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Hill Strategies (Kelly Hill)
Growth or decline in the cultural economies of the provinces and territories
I find struggling cores of cultural economies in most provinces and territories
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Publicly owned arts, culture, and heritage spaces in Canada’s provinces and territories in 2022
Number and types of spaces, urban / rural split, and condition ratings
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May 2025

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