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Provincial and Territorial Cultural Indicators, 2022

June 3, 2024

The Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators (PTCI) are timely economic estimates of culture and sport in Canada made possible thanks to a joint initiative of Statistics Canada and a number of partners, including the Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, and others.

Research goal

The PTCI are an extension of the Culture Satellite Account (CSA), an accounting framework developed to measure the economic importance of culture (including arts and heritage), and sport to the Canadian economy.

Methods

Data are extracted from administrative files and derived from Statistics Canada surveys and other sources.

Outcomes

Key highlights from the Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators, 2022 include:

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

  • Canada's culture GDP rose 8.2% to $58.5 billion in 2022, with increases in all domains.
  • The largest contributors to this gain were the   visual and applied arts (+$1.4 billion; +12.0%) and the culture governance, funding, and professional support (+$0.8 billion; +8.6%) domains.
  • As a proportion of total economy GDP, culture accounted for 2.2% in 2022, down from 2.3% in 2021.
  • The top 5 provinces and territories with the highest culture GDP are Ontario ($26.4 billion, or a 45% share of the total culture GDP), Quebec ($12.6 billion, or a 21.5% share), British Columbia ($9.3 billion, or a 15.9% share), Alberta ($5.1 billion, or a 8.7% share) and Manitoba ($1.7 billion, or a 2.9% share).

Culture Jobs

  • Culture jobs increased 7.8% to 648,825 in 2022. Growth was led by job increases in both the visual and applied arts and the live performance domains.
  • The share of culture jobs accounted for 3.3% of all jobs in Canada.
  • Data from this release indicate that the culture jobs increased in all provinces except the Northwest Territories (-6.7%) from 2021 to 2022. Increases ranged from 1.4% (Yukon) to 9.4% (Ontario).
  • The top 5 provinces and territories with the highest number of culture jobs are Ontario (270,528 or a 41.7% share of total culture jobs), Quebec (153,068, or a 23.6% share), British Columbia (115,286, or a 17.8% share), Alberta (48,491, or an 7.5% share) and Manitoba (20 136, or a 3.1% share).
Image of a map of Canada with lines connecting each province or territory to colour coordinated areas. Each area contains the name of the province or territory and corresponding statistical information.

Provincial/Territorial Culture Totals for 2022

Culture GDP in 2022 - In thousands of dollars Culture jobs in 2022
Canada 58,545,715 648,825
Newfoundland and Labrador 499,361 4,866
Prince Edward Island 135,907 1,697
Nova Scotia 1,062,010 13,349
New Brunswick 609,588 7,311
Quebec 12,572,368 153,068
Ontario 26,365,500 270,528
Manitoba 1,683,005 20,136
Saskatchewan 990,617 12,205
Alberta 5,105,085 48,491
British Columbia 9,297,869 115,286
Yukon 72,311 803
Northwest Territories 83,093 642
Nunavut 68,566 439

Source: Statistics Canada, Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators, 2010 to 2020. Date: June 3, 2024

This infographic shows culture Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and job numbers by domain and subdomain for 2022.

Culture Gross Domestic Product and Jobs, Detailed Figures for 2022

Heritage and Libraries
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* Jobs**
Archives 22,699 272
Libraries 116,374 1,216
Culture Heritage 470,118 10,830
Natural Heritage 215,530 5,237
Total 824,692 17,555
Audio-Visual and Interactive Media
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* Jobs**
Film and Video 4,234,130 74,796
Broadcasting 10,532,291 49,954
Interactive Media 3,317,657 29,887
Total 18,084,078 154,637
Written and Published Works
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* Jobs**
Books 925,637 9,719
Periodicals 725,898 7,738
Newspaper 1,119,748 14,828
Other published works 76,469 908
Collected information 410,955 4,081
Multi 4,124,565 52,580
Total 7,383,272 89,853
Visual and Applied Arts
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* Jobs**
Original visual art 248,352 3,426
Art reproductions 48,951 826
Photography 1,087,159 13,663
Crafts 2,935,500 29,906
Advertising 2,918,614 35,302
Architecture 2,279,512 18,038
Design 3,756,024 54,577
Total 13,274,113 155,738
Sound Recording
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* Jobs**
Music Publishing 150,807 1,898
Sound Recording 309,006 3,271
Total 459,812 5,169
Live Performance
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* Jobs**
Performing Arts 2,583,545 64,826
Festivals and Celebrations 147,569 3,690
Total 2,731,114 68,517
Other
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* Jobs**
Education and training 4,318,961 55,851
Governance, funding and professional support 10,142,242 91,639
Multi 1,327,432 9,866

Notes:

*Culture GDP in thousands of dollars

**Culture Jobs

Figures may not ad up to totals due to rounding.

Source: Statistics Canada, Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators, 2010 to 2022. Date: June 3, 2024

Questions?

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