Municipal Cultural Investment in Five Large Canadian Cities A Study Prepared for the City of Vancouver, the City of Calgary, the City of Toronto, the City of Ottawa and the Ville de Montréal

The City of Ottawa's net cultural investment of $28 per capita in 2009 is the highest level of investment in Ottawa in the four years included in this study. [...] In the City of Toronto, the level of investment in the cultural sector increased slightly during the study period ($17 in 2006, $18 in 2007 and 2008, and $19 in 2009). [...] As shown in the chart below, grants and operating expenditures comprise the largest portions of the overall cultural investment of the five cities: • $82.6 million in operating expenditures (36% of the total) • $89.6 million in grants (39%) • $56.0 million in capital expenditures (25%) Combined breakdown of municipal cultural investments in five large Canadian cities in 2009 Capital, $56.0 million [...] In each city, the net investment in library operating support in 2009 was: • $35.1 million in Vancouver • $33.4 million in Ottawa • $35.6 million in Calgary • $69.8 million in Montréal • $172.5 million in Toronto On a per capita basis, $53 was invested in library operating support in the five cities in 2009. [...] The statistics in the chart show that, in the City of Vancouver, a net amount of $47 per person was invested in the cultural sector in 2009.