Consumer vs. government spending on arts & culture

Consumer Spending on Culture in Canada, the Provinces and 12 Metropolitan Areas in 2008, a recently-published report from Hill Strategies Research, shows that Canadian consumers spent over $27 billion on cultural goods and services in 2008 – almost three times more than the $9.2 billion spent on culture by all levels of government in 2007/08.

Some other key findings of the report include:

• Canadians’ spending on live performing arts ($1.4 billion) is more than double their spending on live sports events ($650 million).

• Between 1997 and 2008, consumer spending on art works and events grew by 59%, more than any other category of cultural spending.

• Cultural spending per capita varies significantly between the provinces and is highest in Alberta ($963) and Saskatchewan ($905).

This report analyzes spending of Canadians on cultural goods and services in 2008. The data is drawn from Statistics Canada’s Survey of Household Spending, a yearly questionnaire on Canadians’ spending habits. You can find more information, or read the entire report, on the HIlls Strategies website.

I personally will be very interested to see the 2009/2010 (post-recession) report, and see if/how the numbers change.

Thanks to Art Rubicon for the heads up on this report! You can find their post here.

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