In case you missed it last week, Hill Strategies is re-distributing their report that highlights key facts about artists and cultural workers in each province and territory of Canada.
Artists and cultural workers in Canada’s provinces and territories
New report finds that B.C. has the most artists as a percentage of the labour force
Vol. 12 No. 3 October 22, 2014
Report funded by the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council
A previous report in the Statistical Insights on the Arts series (A Statistical Profile of Artists and Cultural Workers in Canada) showed that there are 136,600 artists in Canada who spent more time at their art than at any other occupation in May of 2011 (which is when the National Household Survey data were collected). The number of artists represents 0.78% of the overall Canadian labour force. The number of artists is slightly larger than the labour force in automotive manufacturing (133,000).
There are 671,100 people in cultural occupations, comprising 3.82% of the overall labour force. The number of cultural workers (671,100) is over two-and-a-half times larger than the labour force in real estate (254,200), about double the labour force on farms (339,400), and slightly lower than the labour force in the wholesale trade industry (733,500).
Full report also available…… on the websites of Hill Strategies Research, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council.
