The most recent report in Hill Strategies’ Statistical Insights on the Arts series highlights the number and earnings of artists in Canada’s provinces, territories and Census Metropolitan Areas based on the 2001 census.
Focusing on nine arts occupations, A Statistical Profile of Artists in Canada finds a number of significant characteristics about artists, including high levels of education, a high proportion of self-employment, a predominance of women, very low earnings, and strong growth in the number of artists between 1971 and 2001.
