Culture Satellite Account

The Culture Satellite Account (CSA) is an accounting framework created to better measure the economic importance of culture, arts, heritage and sport in the Canadian economy.

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The most recent data publications can be found on the Statistics Canada website:

For further information on the concepts behind the CSA, please refer to the Conceptual Framework for Culture Statistics 2011, the Classification Guide for the Canadian Framework for Culture Statistics 2011 and Satellite Accounting in Canada.

The CSA is developed by Statistics Canada with the support of a diverse group of partners referred to as the Culture Statistics Strategy Consortium, which consists of:

If you have technical questions related to the concepts, methods or data quality of the CSA, please contact Statistics Canada by phone at 1-800-263-1136; or email General enquiries and comments.

For Media Relations please call 613-951-4636; or email Statistics Canada's media hotline.

If you have questions regarding the partnership behind the Culture Statistics Strategy, please contact the Department of Canadian Heritage.

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National Culture Indicators - Gross Domestic Product and Jobs - Detailed Figures for Third Quarter of 2024

Infographic National Culture Indicators - Gross Domestic Product and Jobs - Detailed Figures for Third Quarter of 2024
Description of the infographic: National Culture Indicators - Gross Domestic Product and Jobs - Detailed Figures for Third Quarter of 2024

This infographic shows National Culture Indicators - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and job numbers by domain and subdomain for the Third quarter of 2024.

Heritage and Libraries
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Archives 6,665 280
Libraries 33,977 1,224
Culture heritage 138,165 11,827
Natural heritage 63,133 5,565
Total 241,941 18,895
Audio-Visual and Interactive Media
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Film and video 936,850 61,502
Broadcasting 2,678,346 46,584
Interactive media 864,606 28,971
Total 4,479,802 137,056
Sound Recording
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Music publishing 38,906 1,806
Sound recording 86,773 3,473
Total 125,679 5,279
Live Performance
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Performing arts 727,751 69,197
Festivals and celebrations 42,250 3,869
Total 770,001 73,066
Written and Published Works
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Books 235,776 9,242
Periodicals 181,694 7,111
Newspapers 286,449 13,300
Other published works 19,661 867
Collected information 115,756 4,144
Multi sub-domain 1,083,336 50,136
Total 1,922,671 84,800
Visual and Applied Arts
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Original visual art 64,918 3,518
Art reproductions 12,473 770
Photography 296,338 14,036
Crafts 742,052 28,005
Advertising 822,943 36,776
Architecture 658,641 18,776
Design 1,029,592 52,746
Total 3,626,957 154,676
Transversal Domains
  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Education and training 1,203,968 57,908
Governance, funding and professional support 2,955,469 99,262
Multi 391,038 10,543

Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2024 Q3 estimates for National Culture Indicators, product perspective

Date: January 14, 2025

National Sport Indicators - Gross Domestic Product and Jobs Detailed Figures - Third Quarter of 2024

Infographic National Sport Indicators - Gross Domestic Product and Jobs - Detailed Figures for Third Quarter of 2024
Description of the infographic: National Sport Indicators - Gross Domestic Product and Jobs - Detailed Figures for Third Quarter of 2024

This infographic shows National Sport Indicators - Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and job numbers by domain and subdomain for the Third quarter of 2024.

Sport
  Sport Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Sport Jobs – Product Perspective
Organized Sport 458,219 41,763
Informal Sport 114,150 7,352
Education and Training 854,407 41,649
Governance, Funding and Professional development 490,549 13,332
Total 1,917,325 104,095

Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2024 Q3 estimates for National Culture Indicators, product perspective

Date: January 14, 2025

International Trade of Culture ProductsFootnote 1 for 2014-2022

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Description of the infographic: International Trade of Culture Products for 2014-2022, Canada

Image of a map of Canada with an arrow pointing in towards the map (representing culture imports) and an arrow pointing outwards from the map (representing culture exports).

Culture imports

In 2022, imports of culture products totaled $31.86 billion.Footnote 2

Total culture imports per year
Year Total culture imports (culture products)
2014 $19.45 Billion
2016 $18.98 Billion
2018 $21.61 Billion
2020 $26.28 Billion
2022 $31.86 Billion

Canada imported the most culture products from United States, China, and Mexico.

Top 5 countries – Culture imports
Country Culture imports in 2022
United States $20.77 billion
China $1.29 billion
Mexico $0.97 billion
France $0.74 billion
United Kingdom $0.72 billion

The Crafts, Broadcasting, and Multi sub-domains contributed the most to culture imports.

Top 5 subdomains – Culture imports
Subdomain Culture imports in 2022
CraftsFootnote 3 $6.17 billion
Broadcasting $3.17 billion
Multi $2.86 billion
Books $2.78 billion
Film and Video $2.34 billion

Culture exports

In 2022, exports of Canadian culture products totaled $24.54 billion.Footnote 2

Total culture exports per year
Year Total culture exports (culture products)
2014 $13.56 billion
2016 $15.08 billion
2018 $16.72 billion
2020 $19.18 billion
2022 $24.54 billion

Canada exported the most culture products to United States, United Kingdom, and France.

Top 5 countries – Culture exports
Country Culture exports in 2022
United States $16.75 billion
United Kingdom $0.86 billion
France $0.68 billion
Germany $0.66 billion
China $0.57 billion

The Crafts, Film and video, and Interactive media sub-domains contributed the most to culture exports.

Top 5 subdomains – Culture exports
Subdomain Culture exports in 2022
CraftsFootnote 3 $6.65 billion
Film and Video $5.57 billion
Interactive media $2.11 billion
Design $1.66 billion
Advertising $1.19 million

International Trade of Sport Products for 2014-2022

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Description of the infographic: Trade of Sport Products for 2014-2022, Canada

Image of a map of Canada with an arrow pointing in towards the map (representing sport imports) and an arrow pointing outwards from the map (representing sport exports).

Sport imports

In 2022, imports of sport productsFootnote 4 totaled $2.11 billion.

Total sport imports per year
Year Total sport imports (sport product)
2014 $2.85 billion
2016 $2.62 billion
2018 $2.60 billion
2020 $1.04 billion
2022 $2.11 billion

Canada imported the most sport products from the United States, Mexico and United Kingdom

Top 5 Countries – Sport Imports
Country Sport imports in 2022
United States $1,217 million
Mexico $134 million
United Kingdom $74 million
France $61 million
Italy $52 million

The Governance, funding and professional suppor sub-domain contributed the most to sport imports.

Top 3 subdomains – Sport imports
Subdomain Sport imports in 2022
Governance, funding and prof $1,091 million
Organized sport $860 million
Education and training, sport $156 million

Sport Exports

In 2022, exports of Canadian sport productsFootnote 4 $1.59 billion.

Total sport exports per year
Year Total sport exports (sport product)
2014 $1.44 billion
2016 $1.53 billion
2018 $1.68 billion
2020 $0.70 billion
2022 $1.59 billion

Canada exported the largest amount of sport products to the United States, India, and China.

Top 5 countries – Sport exports
Country Sport exports in 2022
United States $538 million
India $196 million
China $125 million
France $75 million
United Kingdom $71 million

The Education and training sport subdomain contributed the most to sport exports.

Top 3 subdomains – Sport exports
Subdomain Sport exports in 2022
Education and training, sport $593 million
Governance, funding and professional support, sport $549 million
Organized sport $451 million

Provincial/Territorial Culture Totals for 2022

Infographic Provincial/Territorial Culture Totals for 2022
Description of the infographic: Provincial/Territorial Culture Totals for 2022

Image of a map of Canada with lines connecting each province/territory to individual boxes. Boxes contain the name of the province/territory and the statistical information relating to the specific jurisdiction it points to.

Culture GDP in 2022 - In thousands of dollars – Product perspective Culture jobs in 2022 – Product perspective
Canada 58,545,715 648,825
Alberta 5,105,085 48,491
British Columbia 9,297,869 115,286
Manitoba 1,683,005 20,136
New Brunswick 609,588 7,311
Newfoundland and Labrador 499,361 4,866
Northwest Territories 83,093 642
Nova Scotia 1,062,010 13,349
Nunavut 68,566 439
Ontario 26,365,500 270,528
Prince Edward Island 135,907 1,697
Quebec 12,572,368 153,068
Saskatchewan 990,617 12,205
Yukon 72,311 803

Source: Statistics Canada, Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators, 2010 to 2021.

Date: June 3, 2024

Provincial/Territorial Sport Totals for 2022

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Description of the infographic: Provincial/Territorial Sport Totals for 2022

Image of a map of Canada with lines connecting each province/territory to individual boxes. Boxes contain the name of the province/territory and the statistical information relating to the specific jurisdiction it points to.

Sport GDP in 2022 - In thousands of dollars – Product perspective Sport jobs in 2022 – Product perspective
Canada 6,651,131 97,375
Alberta 771,117 12,062
British Columbia 1,221,789 16,098
Manitoba 266,402 3,452
New Brunswick 84,520 1,217
Newfoundland and Labrador 73,382 923
Northwest Territories 10,277 90
Nova Scotia 174,193 2,601
Nunavut 11,830 104
Ontario 2,894,590 44,075
Prince Edward Island 24,026 379
Quebec 879,124 13,362
Saskatchewan 231,899 2,922
Yukon 7,952 89

Source: Statistics Canada, Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators, 2010 to 2022.

Date: June 3, 2024

Culture Gross Domestic Product and Jobs, Detailed Figures for 2022

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This infographic shows culture Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and job numbers by domain and subdomain for 2022.

Heritage and Libraries
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Archives 22,669 272
Libraries 116,374 1,216
Culture heritage 470,118 10,830
Natural heritage 215,530 5,237
Total 824,692 17,555
Audio-Visual and Interactive Media
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Film and video 4,234,130 74,796
Broadcasting 10,532,291 49,954
Interactive media 3,317,657 29,887
Total 18,084,078 154,637
Sound Recording
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Music publishing 150,807 1,898
Sound recording 309,006 3,271
Total 459,812 5,169
Written and Published Works
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Books 925,637 9,719
Periodicals 725,898 7,738
Newspaper 1,119,748 14,828
Other published works 76,469 908
Collected information 410,955 4,081
Multi 4,124,565 52,580
Total 7,383,272 89,853
Visual and Applied Arts
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Original visual art 248,352 3,426
Art reproductions 48,951 826
Photography 1,087,159 13,663
Crafts 2,935,500 29,906
Advertising 2,918,614 35,302
Architecture 2,279,512 18,038
Design 3,756,024 54,577
Total 13,274,113 155,738
Live Performance
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Performing arts 2,583,545 64,826
Festivals and celebrations 147,569 3,690
Total 2,731,114 68,517
Other
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Education and training 4,318,961 55,851
Governance, funding and professional support 10,142,242 91,639
Multi 1,327,432 9,866

Source: Statistics Canada, Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators, 2010 to 2022

Date: June 3, 2024

Sport Gross Domestic Product and Jobs, Detailed Figures for 2022

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Description of the infographic: Sport Gross Domestic Product and Jobs, Detailed Figures for 2022

This infographic shows sport Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and job numbers by domain and subdomain for 2022.

Sport
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – In thousands of dollars – Product Perspective Jobs – Product Perspective
Organized sport 1,506,843 38,567
Informal sport 409,034 6,716
Education and training 3,042,956 39,760
Governance, funding and professional support 1,692,298 12,332
Total 6,651,131 97,375

Source: Statistics Canada, Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators, 2010 to 2022.

Date: June 3, 2024

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