APPENDIX 2
Selected Statistics

Government Expenditures

1 The Daily, Statistics Canada, 24 September 1998.

2 Municipal spending is on a calendar year basis

3 These totals exclude inter-governmental transfers and thus cannot be derived by adding the three figures above.

Creation

4 An Overview of the Cultural Sector in Canada. Statistics Canada - Cat. no. 87-211-XPB, P. 17.

5 Average total income refers to the weighted mean income of individuals reporting income from all sources (including royalties, investment income, unemployment insurance etc) for 1993, net of expenses from cultural work.

6 Average cultural income refers to the weighted mean of income of individuals reporting income from cultural work in 1993, net of expenses from cultural work.

7 Focus on Culture, Summer 1998. Statistics Canada - Cat. no. 87-2004-XPB.

Training

8 The Adult Education and Training Survey, conducted in January 1994, asked a sample of individuals aged 17 years and older to identify any education and training activities taken throughout 1993.

9 Values that have been replaced by a `q' have a coefficient of variation greater then 25% and are not considered to be reliable estimates.

10 Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.

11 An Overview of the Cultural Sector in Canada. Statistics Canada - Cat. no. 87-211-XPB, P. 19.

12 `Programs' lead to high school or post-secondary certification and may include a number of courses.

13 `Courses' are taken individually and are typically of shorter duration.

Production and Distribution

14 Canada Year Book, 1999. P. 280.

15 Data for 1994-1995 are not available.

16 An Overview of the Cultural Sector in Canada. Statistics Canada - Cat. no. 87-211-XPB, P. 59.

17 Canada Year Book, 1999. P. 283.

18 From April 1 to March 31.

19 Data for 1994-1995 are not available.

20 Profit margin is defined as total revenue less total expenses (profit or loss) shown as % of total revenues.

21 Canada Year Book, 1999. P. 286.

22 1996-1997 data source, The Daily, Statistics Canada, 4 March 1999.

23 Book sales refer to the sales of all titles produced for sale through any of the print, micro format, computer software or audiovisual formats.

24 Canada Year Book, 1999. P. 287, 291.

25 From April 1 to March 31.

26 Includes firms for "other languages."

27 Canada's Culture, Heritage and Identity: A Statistical Perspective. Statistics Canada. Cat. No. 87-211-XPB. P. 88.

28 Includes English and French language publishers.

29 Includes the activities of book publishers only.

30 Canada's Culture, Heritage and Identity: A Statistical Perspective. Statistics Canada. Cat. No. 87-211-XPB. P. 90.

31 Includes the activities of book publishers only.

32 Canada's Culture, Heritage and Identity: A Statistical Perspective. Statistics Canada. Cat. No. 87-211-XPB. P. 90.

33 Includes the activities of book publishers only.

34 Does not include other related revenue.

Conservation

35 Canada Year Book, 1999. P. 293.

36 Data for 1994-1995 are not available.

37 Full-time and part-time

38 Includes operating and capital expenditures and/or revenues.

Consumption

39 The Health and Vitality of the Culture Sector in British Columbia. Statistics Canada, Culture Statistics Program, Research and Communications Section. June 1997 P. 171.

40 Although data from 1996 are available, they cannot be compared with 1992 for trend analysis due to alterations in the classification of household spending categories used by Statistics Canada. For 1996 data, see The Daily, Statistics Canada, 12 February 1998.