Arts Research Monitor

Focusing on nine arts occupations and 50 cultural occupations, this report highlights key aspects of the working lives of artists and cultural workers in Canada. Based on the 2016 long-form [...]

Studies of artists’ work conditions, incomes, and career paths use a variety of methods, and this “in-depth Canadian and international literature search” examines novel research methods and [...]

Billed as a “comprehensive study into how visual artists in England live and work”, this report examines incomes of visual artists, factors influencing career development, and the geographic [...]

In this issue: A focus on the situation of artists in Canada and abroad, including statistical profiles of artists in Canada and the United States, an international literature review on research [...]

Based on an analysis of six United States federal government datasets (from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of the Labor, the Arts and Cultural Satellite Account, and the [...]

In this special issue of the Arts Research Monitor: An exploration of 2017 estimates of the direct economic and employment impacts of the arts, culture, and heritage in Canada, each province, and [...]

Statistics Canada’s recent release of Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators (PTCI) provides estimates of the direct economic and employment impact of the arts, culture, and heritage. The [...]

Using the product perspective, Statistics Canada estimates that the direct economic impact of culture products was $53.1 billion in Canada in 2017, which equates to $1,454 per capita and 2.7% of [...]

British Columbia Based on Statistics Canada’s product perspective, the direct economic impact of culture products was estimated at $7.1 billion in British Columbia in 2017, which equates to [...]

Ontario Based on Statistics Canada’s product perspective, the direct economic impact of culture products was estimated at $25.0 billion in Ontario in 2017, equating to $1,775 per capita and 3.3% [...]