How residents in Greater Vancouver feel about arts and culture

• 98% agree it is important for school children to have access to arts and cultural activities
• 93% believe that arts activities help enrich the quality of their lives
• 93% regard the film and music industry, as well as new media companies, as important to the economy
• 91% support increased acting, film, music, dance, and painting programs for children in their local schools
• 89% consider arts and cultural activities important to the quality of life in their communities, whether or not they use them regularly
• 89% regard arts and cultural events as important leisure activities in their communities
• 89% believe that people would lose something of value if their communities lost arts activities
• 86% support having a wider range of arts and cultural events in their communities
• 84% attended an arts event in the last year (defined as going to a play, performance, concert, opera or ballet; or visiting a place like an art gallery or museum):
  
        22% say they went 10 times or more
        35% report going five to 10 times
        27% recall going about five times or less
  
  
• 84% believe the arts and culture sector has a positive impact on the economy