From the report's Acknowledgments:
"This paper outlines the Provincial and Territorial Culture Indicators (PTCI) developed by Statistics Canada. The PTCI are timely economic estimates of culture and sport in Canada and were developed as an extension to the more comprehensive Provincial and Territorial Culture Satellite Account. The PTCI cover culture (including arts and heritage) and sport across Canada in terms of output, gross domestic product and employment for the years 2010 to 2014."
From the report's Introduction:
"Culture GDP in Canada rose 2.8% in 2014 following a 4.3% gain in 2013. Culture GDP increased in all provinces and territories except Northwest Territories (-2.4%), New Brunswick (-1.6%) and Prince Edward Island (-0.6%). Growth in culture GDP was higher than the national average in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Nationally, economy-wide GDP increased 4.2% in 2014, compared to 3.9% in 2013. Audio-visual and interactive media (+4.7%) contributed more than half of the overall growth in culture GDP in Canada in 2014. Culture GDP in most domains increased, led by sound recording (+7.9%). The only decrease was in written and published works (-1.0%). Sport GDP increased in all provinces and territories except Northwest Territories (-2.6%) and New Brunswick (-0.8%), with Alberta (+4.7%) posting the largest gain. Nationally, sport GDP rose 2.8% in 2014, following a 5.4% gain in 2013.
Culture jobs in Canada decreased 0.8% in 2014 after increasing 1.1% in 2013. Culture jobs in all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island were lower, while those in the territories were higher or unchanged. Ontario (-0.6%), British Columbia (-1.7%) and Manitoba (-4.7%) contributed the most to the decline in culture jobs in Canada. Nationally, total jobs increased 0.6% in 2014, following a 1.3% gain in 2013. All domains except visual and applied arts (+1.0%), governance, funding and professional support (+1.3%) and sound recording (+0.6%) contributed negatively to job growth in Canada. Sport jobs declined 2.8% in Canada in 2014, largely due to job losses in Ontario (-3.4%) and British Columbia (-5.5%).
The difference in growth between culture and sport GDP and culture and sport jobs in 2014 may be the result of several factors, such as changes in production costs, prices of goods and services, labour productivity and hours worked per job. Furthermore, growth in nominal GDP (or contraction) may not immediately lead to increases (or decreases) in employment. That is, there may be a lag between economic output and resulting changes in the labour force."
From the Conclusion:
"These PTCI are an important step forward to measure the economic contributions of culture and sport across Canada, from both the product and industry perspectives. Anchored to the framework established in the 2010 PTCSA, the PTCI make Canada one of the few countries with current economic indicators for culture and sport.
The PTCI provide more timely estimates of GDP, jobs and output which facilitate ongoing monitoring and analysis of culture and sport and related activities in Canada and the provinces and territories for use by governments, academics, international organizations and businesses alike.
Future releases of the PTCI will incorporate updates to the PTCSA, as well as estimates at the sub-domain level for years where supply and use tables are available."
