Canadians’ Arts, Culture, and Heritage Participation in 2016

Hill Strategies report based on Statistics Canada’s 2016 General Social Survey (Canadians at Work and Home) finds that in 2016, virtually all Canadians (15 or older) participated in some type of arts, culture, or heritage activity (100%, or 99.5% if rounded to one decimal place). Arts attendance levels were very high, with nearly nine in ten Canadians (86%) attending an art gallery, an arts performance, an artistic or cultural or festival, or a movie theatre. Half (4.8 million) of Canadians 15 or older made or performed art in 2016.

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Trade of Culture and Sport Products, 2016

An extension of Statistics Canada’s Canadian Culture Satellite Account and the Provincial and Territorial Culture Satellite Indicators, that monetizes the exports and imports of culture in Canada and compares cultural exports between the provinces. Canadian cultural exports ($16.0 billion) represented 2.5% of all exports from Canada in 2016. Imports of culture products were $20.8 billion, or 3.1% of all imports to Canada in 2016.

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