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Artists in Small and Rural Municipalities in Canada

January 27, 2010

This report provides an analysis of artists residing in small and rural municipalities in Canada. "Small and rural" municipalities are defined as those municipalities with fewer than 50,000 residents. Artists include actors, choreographers, craftspeople, composers, conductors, dancers, directors, musicians, producers, singers, visual artists and writers. Individuals are classified in the occupation in which they worked the most hours between May 7 and 13, 2006 (the census reference week).

Un quart des 140 000 artistes au Canada habitent dans de petites municipalités et des municipalités rurales (36 500 artistes, ou 26 %). C'est presque le même nombre d'artistes que dans l'ensemble de Toronto et de Montréal (35 700).