Arts Research Monitor

Based on an analysis of 28 questions from Statistics Canada’s 2016 General Social Survey (GSS), this report examines the percentage of residents (15 or older) of Canadian provinces and nine large [...]

In 2017, Calgary Arts Development conducted an equity, diversity, and inclusion survey of arts organizations in order to ascertain the demographics of artists, workers, and volunteers in [...]

This presentation, conducted at the Ottawa Cultural Summit, delves into local statistics related to cultural activities, the diversity of cultural participation, cultural charities, volunteers, [...]

In this issue: A focus on local and provincial information about the arts and culture, including reports on cultural participation in Canada’s provinces and largest Census Metropolitan Areas [...]

Based on United States census data and data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Establishment Innovation Survey (REIS), this report provides “descriptive statistics about rural arts [...]

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 [...]