Trends in the Canadian Performing Arts is an extensive statistical overview of the Canadian performing arts for the period 1972-1983. It reports on the performing arts at the aggregate level as well as according to discipline, size and geographic categories. Data are shown for individual disciplines (dance, music, opera and theatre), for expenditure categories (small, medium and large companies) and for individual provinces and Census Metropolitan Areas.

The tables are derived from the Canada Council Performing Arts Data Base (PAD) which has been jointly collected by the Canada Council and Statistics Canada. PAD contains individual company data as well as aggregate data for the years 1967 to 1983. In 1983, the number of reporting companies in the data base stood at 213 (including 22 dance, 41 music, 8 opera and 142 theatre). compared with only 40 companies in 1971. These represent professional companies which have received operating and, in some cases, project funding from the Canada Council.

Most of the data have been derived from Canada Council End-of-Season reports filled out by companies receiving grants, as well as from their financial statements where available. For a small number of companies, data have been collected through Statistics Canada direct mail surveys. A list of the 1983 reporting companies by province and discpline is provided in Appendix B.

All dollar figures presented in the tables are in constant 1971 dollars. Constant dollar figures give a truer picture of growth than current dollars. Thus, for example, although current dollar expenditures of Canadian performing arts companies more than quadrupled from $34,569,000 to $156,853,000 between 1972 and 1983, in actual fact much of that increase was due to inflation. Constant dollar figures reveal that in real terms expenditures did not even double, increasing only from $29,698,000 to $44,159,000.

Each table in this document contains three standard sets of information: Activities, Finances and Ratios. In addition, Activities and Finances data are shown both in terms of figures and percentage breakdown. Dollar figures and percentages are shown separately in each table.

Activities: Include the number of Reporting Companies, Performances and Spectators. Performances and spectators are broken down by category of performance (Home, Tour, Other and Children). Note that Children are already included under Home, Tour and Other figures.

Finances: Include Revenue and Expenditure items and annual deficits (in constant 1971 dollars). Review of alternative price indices suggests that the best available measure of inflation in the performing arts is the Implicit Price Index of Government Current Expenditure on Goods and Services. The IPI(GCE) accounts for cost generally associated with the operations of service sector organizations, e.g. wages, salaries, office supplies and current expenditures on plant and equipment.

Ratios: Include effectiveness and financial ratios. All ratios have been calculated using constant 1971 dollars. Effectiveness ratios include the average size of reporting company and average revenue and expenditure per performance and spectator. Financial ratios include the income gap (the difference between total expenditure and earned revenue expressed as a percentage of total expenditure); the subsidy ratio (public sector subsidies as a percentage of total expenditure); and the leverage ratio (total expenditure supported per dollar on public subsidy).

CONTENTS
Section 1. Canada total by discipline and size:

Table 1. All disciplines: 
             (a) Canada. 
             (b) Small companies.
             (c) Medium companies.
             (d) Large companies.

Table 2. Dance:        
             (a) Canada.
             (b) Small companies.
             (c) Medium companies.
             (d) Large companies.      

Table 3. Music:
             (a) Canada.
             (b) Small companies.
             (c) Medium companies.
             (d) Large companies.

Table 4. Opera:           
             (a) Canada.
             (b) Small companies.
             (c) Medium companies.
             (d) Large companies.      

Table 5. Theatre: 
             (a) Canada.
             (b) Small companies.
             (c) Medium companies.
             (d) Large companies.

Section 2. All disciplines by province and census Metropolitan area:

Table 6. All disciplines (list of provinces).

Section 3. Individual disciplines by province:

Table 7. Dance (list of provinces).
Table 8. Music (list of provinces).
Table 9. Opera (list of provinces).
Table 10. Theatre (list of provinces).

Appendix A. Implicit price index - Government current expenditure on goods and
                   services.
Appendix B. Performing arts data base - List of reporting companies, 1983.
Symbols.

Trends in the Canadian Performing Arts is an extensive statistical overview of the Canadian performing arts for the period 1972-1983. It reports on the performing arts at the aggregate level as well as according to discipline, size and geographic categories. Data are shown for individual disciplines (dance, music, opera and theatre), for expenditure categories (small, medium and large companies) and for individual provinces and Census Metropolitan Areas.