International trade of cultural goods and services in each province in 2022

Which provinces export the most arts and culture products? Which have a trade surplus?

After an initial post looking into recent data on revenues and expenses for the export and import of cultural goods and services in 2022, today’s follow-up examines provincial data on the same topic. Next week, I’ll look into national and provincial trends in cultural trade since 2010.

Today’s post digs into the provincial trade statistics in 2022 for various areas of culture, including an imperfect but reasonable approximation of “the arts”.

Last week, I noted that Canada exported cultural goods and services worth $24.5 billion and imported $31.9 billion of cultural products in 2022, resulting in a cultural trade deficit of $7.3 billion (after rounding). Cultural exports and imports are not distributed evenly across the country …