The Canada Council for the Arts is passionate about knowledge mobilization and the promotion of an innovative, data driven culture in support of public funding of the arts in Canada.

Our Activities

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Peer Assessment Process Research

Findings of this research reflect that while peer assessment at the Canada Council is highly regarded, there are opportunities for improvement.
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Arts Community Pulse Survey

Findings signal that the arts sector is still grappling with major challenges, including financial, operational, workforce and mental health issues.
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Arts Abroad: Circulation and Touring 2023-24 Results

Of the 651 applications assessed by 35 peer assessors, 234 were successful totalling $7.7M (35.9% success rate).
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Arts Across Canada: Circulation and Touring 2023-24 Results

Of the 522 applications assessed by 34 peer assessors, 183 were successful totalling $5.3M in funding (35.1% success rate).
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Arts Across Canada: Public Outreach 2023-24 Results

Of the 702 applications assessed by 37 peer assessors, 244 were successful totalling $10.2M in funding (34.8% success rate).
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Trade of Culture and Sport Products (TCSP)

In 2022, exports of Canadian culture products totaled $24.54 billion, up 8.6% from 2021.
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Explore and Create 2023-24 Funding Results

More than 3,600 applications were assessed by 169 peer assessors, totalling $21.7M in funding to 760 applicants (21.5% success rate).
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Provincial and Territorial Cultural Indicators, 2022

Canada's culture GDP rose 8.2% to $58.5 billion in 2022 while Culture jobs increased 7.8% to 648,825.
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Concentration of Artists in Canada

One of the top reasons why artists have left the city, or were thinking of leaving, was that the cost of living was too high.

Browse the archive of our research reports and publications. You can explore these by year, searching by subject, author or publisher.

Discover our Research Library

Impact of the Arts

Key impacts of the arts on the economy, health and wellbeing, and society

The culture sector contributes nearly $60 billion towards Canada’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

The overall health of Canadians is strongly linked to their participation in arts, culture, and heritage activities.

People who participate in arts and culture feel a stronger sense of belonging in Canada.

Explore the Impact of the Arts

Stats and Stories

Highlights of the Council's investments, including funding trends, open data tables and stories about what artists, groups and arts organizations did with their grants.

$307.4M

in grants and prizes awarded in 2023-24

746

communities where grants and prizes were awarded

See an Overview of Canada Council Funding

Featured Stories

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Where We All Live

In BC’s Comox Valley, art and community come together to shine a light on the experience of those who are often overlooked.
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Music all around

On PEI’s Meike Trail, you may just catch sight of a raptor, a warbler — and quite possibly the occasional musician.
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Theatre for Everyone

Theatre Orangeville is making theatre accessible for everyone through inclusion.
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Dancing with Debris

Explore Mocean Dance’s Sable Ocean Dance Project, merging art and activism to highlight ocean conservation.
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A DIY Story of Circus Art

Annie Dugan and the Firefly Theatre are exploring journeys through the circus arts in Edmonton, Alberta.
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Where Art and Care Meet

The unique Who Cares? project in British Columbia is leveraging the power of creativity for better health.
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CADAC

CADAC, the Canadian Arts Data / Données sur les arts au Canada, is a joint effort by arts funding agencies across Canada. CADAC is dedicated to collecting, analyzing and disseminating financial and statistical information about Canadian arts organizations. CADAC’s analytics tool provides open access to data from over 2,000 arts organizations across Canada from all artistic disciplines.

Explore CADAC Data

In 2019, Council core-funded organizations reported:

$1.5B

Spent in their communities

180,000

Artistic activities created, produced and presented

72M

Attendees and 89,000 volunteers at artistic activities

1:6

For every additional dollar the Council invested, organizations spent six dollars in their communities.

Explore CADAC Resources