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Profile of Canadian periodicals
| |
1991–92 |
1992–93 |
1993–94 |
1994–95 |
1996–97 |
| |
number |
| Number of
publishers reporting1 |
1,282 |
1,266 |
1,256 |
1,219 |
1,137 |
| Publishers of one periodical |
1,115 |
1,098 |
1,088 |
1,059 |
964 |
| Publishers of more than one periodical |
167 |
168 |
168 |
160 |
179 |
| Number of reported periodicals |
1,733 |
1,692 |
1,678 |
1,612 |
1,552 |
| Average circulation per issue |
27,310 |
26,888 |
28,152 |
28,639 |
31,282 |
| Total pages |
109,454 |
107,374 |
107,798 |
106,518 |
102,567 |
| Total advertising pages |
25,450 |
24,472 |
23,872 |
24,414 |
24,123 |
| |
millions |
| Total annual circulation |
575.1 |
561.9 |
571.5 |
548.7 |
538.6 |
| |
$ thousands |
| Revenues |
992,956 |
1,013,294 |
992,482 |
979,540 |
1,042,812 |
| Advertising |
633,458 |
629,671 |
609,769 |
591,525 |
647,029 |
| Single-copy sales |
78,608 |
77,419 |
74,839 |
79,070 |
83,562 |
| Subscriptions |
216,211 |
239,224 |
245,056 |
247,323 |
247,126 |
| Back issue sales |
2,552 |
2,892 |
2,667 |
2,831 |
2,579 |
| Other revenues2 |
62,127 |
64,089 |
60,152 |
58,792 |
62,517 |
| Expenses |
977,354 |
966,986 |
942,904 |
913,338 |
969,410 |
| Salaries, wages, fees |
214,328 |
220,658 |
224,960 |
217,142 |
240,729 |
| Non-salary costs |
763,026 |
746,327 |
717,944 |
696,196 |
728,680 |
| Profit before
taxes |
15,602 |
46,309 |
49,579 |
66,202 |
73,403 |
| |
% |
| Profit before
taxes (percentage of total revenue) |
1.6 |
4.6 |
5.0 |
6.8 |
7.0 |
| |
$ |
| Average single-copy price |
4.45 |
4.97 |
5.23 |
5.59 |
5.72 |
| Average subscription price |
23.91 |
25.89 |
27.61 |
28.77 |
30.08 |
| Cost per copy |
1.70 |
1.72 |
1.65 |
1.66 |
1.80 |
| 1.
For reasons of confidentiality, the data do not include information on periodicals
published in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. |
| 2. Other revenues
include list sales, grants, transfers, donations, membership fees, etc. |
| Source:
Statistics Canada, Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics. |
| Last modified: 2005-01-05. |
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