Canadian Cultural Database Catalogue

This study summarizes findings from Canadians’ Arts, Culture, and Heritage Participation in 2016, the 47th report in Hill Strategies’ Statistical Insights series. Based on the 2016 General Social Survey, it reports that 99.5% of Canadians aged 15+ engaged in cultural activity, 86% attended arts events, 70% visited heritage sites, 50% created or performed art, and 77% read at least one book—offering detailed breakdowns of participation by activity type.

This report, Who is Visiting Canada’s Museums?, is based on a national 2021 “Museums for Me” survey conducted by Reconsidering Museums (led by Alberta Museums Association and partners). It analyzes demographic participation patterns—highlighting age, income, education, geography, ethnicity, gender, and parenting status—and identifies that museum attendance is higher among younger, urban, educated, and higher-income Canadians. It also reveals lower engagement among Indigenous peoples and older adults, underscoring barriers like relevance, accessibility, and cost.

This platform offers information on FootFall, a mobile movement analytics tool from Environics Analytics. It provides weekly, permission-based, anonymized data on visits to over 100,000 geofenced locations across Canada, including demographic and PRIZM® segmentation insights. Intended for competitive benchmarking, marketing evaluation, and location-based planning, the tool supports businesses, non-profits, and government entities. Data trace back to January 2021, with dashboards updated weekly via a browser app or Tableau interface

This resource outlines the Traveller Segmentation Program by the Canadian Tourism Data Collective, supported by Destination Canada. It provides detailed audience profiles—such as Outdoor Explorers, Culture Seekers, and City Trippers—based on traveller motivations and preferences. The program includes training, quizzes, and market-level insights designed to inform targeted marketing and destination planning within the tourism industry

This database offers the City of Toronto’s Neighbourhood Profiles open dataset, detailing demographic and socio-economic statistics for 158 current neighbourhoods (plus 140 historical profiles), aligned with Statistics Canada census tracts. It includes population, income, housing, language, and diversity metrics. Designed for government planning and community research, the dataset supports longitudinal social analysis through consistent geographic boundaries.

This database presents the City of Toronto’s Find Your Neighbourhood tool within the Neighbourhood Profiles open dataset. It maps 158 current and 140 historical neighbourhoods defined by Statistics Canada census tracts. Profiles include demographic and socio‑economic data—such as population, income, ethnicity, language, and housing metrics—intended to support municipal planning, community research, and longitudinal analysis.

This study presents findings from the Arts Response Tracking Survey conducted by Nanos Research on behalf of Business/Arts and the National Arts Centre (November 2024). It reports on culture‑goers charitable donations to arts and cultural organizations.

This collection outlines the Arts Response Tracking Survey (ARTS), a quarterly initiative by Business / Arts in partnership with the National Arts Centre and Nanos Research. It provides survey insights from over 1,000 Canadian culture‑goers—tracking attendance, attitudes, fundraising trends, and program effectiveness. Launched in May 2020, ARTS supports arts, culture, and heritage organizations across Canada during the post‑pandemic period.

This report, Tendances démographiques de la participation aux arts au Canada (2016), supplied by the Société des musées du Québec, provides statistical insights into Canadians’ engagement in arts activities in 2016. It features demographic breakdowns—including age, gender, education, and region—and examines participation in performing arts, visual arts, festivals, and media arts, based on national survey data and cultural indicators.

This database provides Statistics Canada’s Table 21‑10‑0186‑01, titled “Performing arts, performances and attendance, not‑for‑profit.” Published biennially—the latest update on January 22, 2024—it covers data from 2014 to 2022, including event counts, attendance figures, and geographic breakdowns. Users can customize queries and download detailed data in CSV or SDMX formats for analysis.

This database presents the “Vitrine sur la culture et les communications” by the Institut de la statistique du Québec. It features statistical data on heritage—including museum attendance—museums, archives, interpretive centres, household cultural expenditures, public cultural spending, and cultural professions. The platform aggregates recurring metrics to support cultural sector stakeholders with evidence-based insights.

This database presents the data portal by CADAC (Canadian Arts Data at the Centre), a collaborative initiative among federal, provincial, and municipal arts funders. It features financial and statistical data from over 2,000 publicly funded Canadian arts organizations, spanning indicators like revenue, expenses, staffing, performances, and digital activity (2013–2022). The portal supports report navigation and benchmarking via an integrated dashboard system.

This database comprises the 2021 Census Thematic Maps provided by Statistics Canada. It includes spatial visualizations of demographic and socio-economic themes—such as population density, income distribution, and poverty levels—mapped across standard geographic areas like census divisions and subdivisions. The resource, accompanied by a reference guide explaining methodology and boundaries, is intended to support government planning, academic research, and public analysis through interactive and downloadable thematic maps.