The OAAG just sent around some startling numbers about money spent on art and culture in Ontario:
Ontarians spent $8.6 billion on cultural goods and services in 2001, four times more than the $2.2 billion spent on culture in Ontario by all levels of government in 1999-2000, the most recent year available. Ontario residents spent $830 million dollars on art works and events and $170 million dollars on admissions to museums and and heritage-related activities. In terms of municipal regions, the cultural spending of Ottawa residents ranks first among 13 municipal regions in Canada ($1027 per person). In Ottawa, $80 million was spent on art works and events and $55 million on art supplies and musical instruments (as compared with $41 million on movie theatre admissions). Toronto ranks ninth in per capita consumer cultural spending among the 13 municipal regions ($731 per person). In Toronto, total cultural spending by consumers was $3.4 billion in 2001, including $350 million on art works and events and $130 million on art supplies and musical instruments.
The research was done by Hill Strategies Research Inc. and pdf files of the full report are available at their website here.
So everybody is spending two dollars a day on the arts in Toronto...
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The OAAG just sent around some startling numbers about money spent on art and culture in Ontario: The research was done by Hill Strategies Research Inc. and pdf files of the full report are available at their website here.
- sally mckay 2-26-2004 4:59 pm
So everybody is spending two dollars a day on the arts in Toronto...
- Robert C (guest) 2-27-2004 5:01 pm