Statistics FAQs
ABOUT THE CANADA COUNCIL’S ACTIVITIES
(For fiscal year 2004-05)
1. Canada Council’s parliamentary appropriation: $152.1 million.
2. Canada Council’s share of Federal cultural spending? 4%
3. Council awarded in 2004-05 close to $121.5 million in grants: $102 million through 3,758 grants to organizations and $19.5 million through 2,089 grants to individuals.
4. Grants received by each Province/Territory:
Newfoundland & Labrador: $1,355,193
Prince Edward Island: $334,602
Nova Scotia: $3,480,234
New Brunswick: $1,889,720
Quebec: $38,758,187
Ontario: $40,163,265
Manitoba: $5,846,838
Saskatchewan: $2,898,890
Alberta: $7,599,510
British Columbia: $17,140,828
Yukon Territory: $345,915
Northwest Territories: $98,700
Nunavut Territory: $472,350
Other: $1,071,510
5. Total amount distributed through the Public Lending Right Program (PLR): $9 million to 14,441 writers.
6. PLR payments by Province/Territory:
Newfoundland & Labrador: $98,391
Prince Edward Island: $33,563
Nova Scotia: $241,363
New Brunswick: $140,006
Quebec: $3,235,678
Ontario: $2,897,381
Manitoba: $187,241
Saskatchewan: $178,936
Alberta: $404,989
British Columbia: $1,215,018
Yukon Territory: $6,202
Northwest Territories: $4,310
Nunavut Territory: $1,683
Other: $317,980
7. Grants dollars awarded in each Discipline:
Dance: $14,818,032
Interdisciplinary Art: $1,516,500
Media Arts: $12,260,200
Music: $26,802,901
Prizes and Others: $6,233,618
Theatre: $22,573,039
Visual Arts: $17,287,100
Writing and Publishing: $19,964,352
8. Council funding provided to youth-related activities: Approximately $10.6 million.
9. Council funding provided to aboriginal artists and organizations: Approximately $5.7 million in direct and indirect funding.
10. Council funding provided to culturally diverse artists and organizations: Roughly $10 million through direct and indirect funding.
11. Number of applications received by Council in a year? 16,572 received applications (10,131 from individuals and 6,441 from organizations).
12. Number of peer assessors used by Council in a year? In 2004-05, 730 assessors (722 Canadians and 8 foreign).
13. The annual cost of the Canada Council per Canadian? $4.75
14. Find out who received a grant.
15. Find out who served on peer assessment committees?
ABOUT ARTS & CULTURE IN CANADA
1. Federal Government investment in arts and culture: $3.4 billion (0.7% of total government spending)
2. The three levels of Government investment in arts and culture: $7.4 billion
3. Number of people employed in the arts and cultural sector? 598,000 (3.9% of Canada’s total labour force).
4. The cultural sector within Canada’s economy? Contributes close to $40 billion (3.8%) to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
5. Number of artists in Canada? 131,000
6. Average income of an artist? $23,500 per year
Sources: Statistics Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
Research Unit
The Canada Council for the Arts
November 2005