Statistics FAQs
ABOUT THE CANADA COUNCIL’S ACTIVITIES
(For fiscal year 2009-10)
1. Canada Council’s parliamentary appropriation: $183.1 million.
2. Canada Council’s share of Federal cultural spending? 4.9% in 2007-08
3. Council awarded in 2009-10 over $146.1 million in grants: $122.9 million through 3,853 grants to organizations and $23.3 million through 2,347 grants to individuals.
4. Grants received by each Province/Territory:
Newfoundland & Labrador: $1,666,595
Prince Edward Island: $379,245
Nova Scotia: $4,304,427
New Brunswick: $2,015,550
Quebec: $46,256,455
Ontario: $47,778,321
Manitoba: $6,568,630
Saskatchewan: $3,536,871
Alberta: $10,469,130
British Columbia: $20,704,507
Yukon Territory: $524,510
Northwest Territories: $197,365
Nunavut Territory: $457,500
Other: $1,277,058
5. Total amount distributed through the Public Lending Right Program (PLR): $9,9 million to 18,157 authors.
6. PLR payments by Province/Territory:
Newfoundland & Labrador: $109,701
Prince Edward Island: $35,274
Nova Scotia: $262,600
New Brunswick: $168,895
Quebec: $3,979,908
Ontario: $2,978,061
Manitoba: $179,504
Saskatchewan: $167,631
Alberta: $448,260
British Columbia: $1,281,891
Yukon Territory: $8,719
Northwest Territories: $5,163
Nunavut Territory: $1,542
Other: $311,938
7. Grants dollars awarded in each Discipline:
Dance: $18,304,752
Interdisciplinary Art: $2,520,305
Media Arts: $14,299,240
Music: $29,473,318
Prizes and Others: $9,128,401
Theatre: $26,583,041
Visual Arts: $21,252,130
Writing and Publishing: $24,574,977
8. Council funding provided to youth-related activities: Approximately $9.0 million.
9. Council funding provided to Aboriginal artists and organizations: Approximately $7.9 million in direct and indirect funding.
10. Council funding provided to culturally diverse artists and organizations: Roughly $10.4 million through direct and indirect funding.
11. Number of applications received by Council in a year? 16,139 received applications (9,634 from individuals and 6,505 from organizations).
12. Number of peer assessors used by Council in a year? In 2009-10, 757 assessors (7472 Canadians and 10 foreign).
13. The annual cost of the Canada Council per Canadian? $5.43
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: $3.7 billion in 2007-08 (1.6% of total government spending)
2. The three levels of Government investment in arts and culture: $9.2 billion
3. Number of people employed in the arts and cultural sector in 2006? 609,000 (3.3% of Canada’s total labour force).
4. The cultural sector within Canada’s economy? Contributes close to $45.1 billion (3.7%) of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
5. Number of artists in Canada in 2006? 140,000
6. Median earnings of an artist? $12,900 per year
Sources: Statistics Canada; Canada Council for the Arts
Research and Evaluation Section
The Canada Council for the Arts
August 2010