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Consumer Spending on Culture in 2008
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).
After adjusting for inflation, cultural spending increased by 28% between 1997 and 2008, double the growth in the Canadian population.
The 28% increase in cultural spending is lower than the 37% increase in spending on all goods and services between 1997 and 2008.
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). The five western-most provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario) have per capita levels of cultural spending that are above the Canadian average ($841).
Among the provinces, Alberta had the highest growth in consumer spending between 1997 and 2008, both on cultural goods and services (40%) and on all goods and services (69%), after adjusting for inflation.
Among 12 metropolitan areas, Calgary and Saskatoon have the highest per capita consumer spending on cultural goods and services.
The report examines the spending of Canadians on cultural goods and services, including art supplies and musical instruments, art works and events, home entertainment, movie theatre admissions, photographic equipment and services, and reading material. The data is drawn from Statistics Canada’s Survey of Household Spending, a yearly questionnaire on Canadians’ spending habits.
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