Government Spending on Culture in Canada, 1992–93 to 2002-03

Kelly Hill, Hill Strate­gies Research Inc.

July 2005

This report exam­ines spend­ing on cul­ture by fed­eral, provin­cial and munic­i­pal gov­ern­ments in Canada . The report’s prin­ci­pal focus is the change in gov­ern­ment spend­ing on cul­ture between 1992 –93 and 2002 — 03. A brief overview of gov­ern­ment cul­tural spend­ing in 2002-03 is also pro­vided.  Gov­ern­ment cul­tural spend­ing by cul­tural sec­tor, by level of gov­ern­ment and by province, as well as per capita spend­ing amounts, are exam­ined in this report.

Unless oth­er­wise noted, the source of the data is Sta­tis­tics Canada’s Sur­vey of Gov­ern­ment Expen­di­tures on Cul­ture.  Var­i­ous years of this sur­vey were exam­ined in order to com­pile a 10-year his­tory of gov­ern­ment spend­ing on cul­ture.  All fig­ures are for gov­ern­ment fis­cal years (e.g., April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003), except munic­i­pal fig­ures, which refer to cal­en­dar years. The gov­ern­ment spend­ing data includes oper­at­ing and cap­i­tal expen­di­tures of gov­ern­ment depart­ments and agen­cies, as well as oper­at­ing and cap­i­tal grants and con­tri­bu­tions to artists and cul­tural organizations.

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