Wide variation in the urban and rural proportions of not-for-profit organizations in the arts, culture, and heritage between the provinces and territories
Analysis of the number of organizations, revenues, employment levels, and rural / urban split in each province and territory
Today’s post examines provincial and territorial data on the number of not-for-profit organizations in the arts, culture, and heritage, their revenues, and their employed staff, as well as the rural / urban proportions for each indicator. This analysis follows the national statistics that I released last week.
Not-for-profit organizations in Statistics Canada’s Business Register are included in the dataset, whether or not they have charitable status. The only condition is that “they reported either revenues, number of employees, or both for 2021”. (Source: Metadata and User Guide for Rural Canada Non-Profits Database 2021.)
The dataset comprises 135,540 not-for-profit organizations, which garnered $327 billion in revenues and employed 3.5 million people in 2021. The 6,368 not-for-profit organizations in the arts, culture, and heritage generated $6.4 billion in revenues and employed 76,400 people. Arts, culture, and heritage organizations represent 5% of all not-for-profit organizations, 2% of revenues, and 2% of employment.
Organizations were classified as being in rural areas or small towns if they are located outside of Census Metropolitan Areas or Census Agglomerations (i.e., regions with core cities that have a population of at least 10,000). According to the 2021 census, 16% of the Canadian population resides outside of Census Metropolitan Areas or Census Agglomerations, i.e., in rural areas or small towns. For convenience, I occasionally shorten “rural areas and small towns” to just “rural”.
Last week, I noted that 31% of arts, culture, and heritage organizations are based in rural areas and small towns, compared with 22% of all not-for-profit organizations and 16% of the Canadian population.