Sitemap - 2025 - Statistical insights on the arts

How much do urban and rural residents spend on the arts, culture, and heritage?

Economic impact of the French-Canadian cultural community outside Quebec in 2023

23,000 cultural workers in Canada are Jewish, including more than 7,000 artists and 2,200 arts leaders

Consumer spending on the arts, culture, and heritage by age

Incomes in the arts and culture are particularly low for Muslim workers

Representation of Muslim workers among professional artists, arts leaders, and all cultural workers in Canada

Are the arts elitist?

Changes in consumer spending on the arts, culture, and heritage between 2019 and 2023

Data => Stories? Arts, culture & heritage in Manitoba

Many parts of B.C.’s Capital Regional District have very high concentrations of artists and other cultural workers

Provincial analysis of consumer spending on the arts, culture, and heritage in 2023

Consumer spending on the arts, culture, and heritage in Canada in 2023

Saskatoon’s Indigenous and racialized artists and cultural workers: A statistical profile

Inflation remains the biggest obstacle for organizations and businesses in the arts, heritage, and entertainment in Canada

Film and video: Over $14 billion in revenues in Canada in 2024

Books and sound recording both see a declining number of jobs over the long term

Government spending on the arts, culture, and heritage in Saskatchewan

Economic performance of performing arts products in 2024

Visual arts products: Revenues, direct impact on GDP, and jobs

Nearly $40 billion in revenues for arts products (according to a minimum estimate)

Canadian cultural products generate over $130 billion in revenues

Government spending on culture in Prince Edward Island in 2023-24

Statistical Profile of Artists in Calgary in 2021

(Mostly) positive recent statistics on core cultural jobs across the country

Changes in the direct impact on GDP by province and area of culture

Growth or decline in the cultural economies of the provinces and territories

Publicly owned arts, culture, and heritage spaces in Canada’s provinces and territories in 2022

Publicly owned cultural spaces in Canada

Women (still) earn less than men in the arts, culture, and heritage

3-year update, new offerings for sponsors, and upcoming price changes

Technical workers in the arts, culture, and heritage earn less than other technical workers in most provinces

In all 10 provinces, the median wages of professionals in the arts, culture, and heritage are well below other professionals

Comparison of the GDP of culture and other sectors of the economy

Significant gaps exist between the median wages of cultural workers and those in other sectors

Government investment in culture: Comparisons with other indicators

Nearly twice as many artists in Ontario in 2021 as in 1991

Trends in government spending on culture between 2008-09 and 2023-24

Government spending on culture in each province and territory in 2023-24

Increasing number of artists in New Brunswick

Government spending on culture in Canada in 2023-24

78% more artists in Alberta in 2021 than in 1991

Provincial differences in organizations’ environmental practices

Culture: Committed to net zero?

Professional artists by region of Ontario

Environmental practices in the arts, heritage, and entertainment in 2024

35% growth in the number of professional artists in Saskatoon between 1991 and 2021

Products, industries, or both? A re-analysis of economic impact statistics

More than twice as many artists in British Columbia in 2021 as in 1991