COMPARATIVE REPORT
Quick Guide to the Comparative Report Summaries
Comparative Report 2010-2011 – Summary by Budget Size
Comparative Report 2010-2011 – Summary by Region
Hill Strategies Study: Financial and Statistical Analysis of 50 Canadian Orchestras: 2004-05 to 2009-10
Professional and Leadership Development Research Project
Professional and Leadership Development Plan
2009/10 Canadian Orchestra Compensation Study
Small Budget Orchestras Report (May 2011)
A Measure of Success: the contribution of symphony education programs in Canada (Year two study results) (Measured Outcome, October 2011)
ArtsResearchMonitor provides synopses of qualitative and quantitative research findings in the arts and culture.
Business for the Arts – Finances of Performing Arts Organizations in Canada in 2006-07
This 2006-2007 survey from Hill Strategies Research details the situations of 216 non-profit performing arts organizations in Canada.
Canada Council for the Arts Research
The research section of the Canada Council for the Arts contains grant statistics by province and discipline, as well as external links to more arts research.
Classical Music Attendance in Canada (Kelly Hill, 2009)
Presentation from the 2009 Orchestras Canada Manager’s Meeting
Hill Strategies Research
Hill Strategies Research is a Canadian company that aims to provide insightful evidence about the arts. Their website offers findings pertaining to arts and culture management; advocacy; business, strategic and career planning; communications; policy making; and program design.
National Endowment for the Arts: Arts Participation Study
Accompanying the study is complementary work conducted by the League of American Orchestras: a memo from the League with an overview and detailed explanation of the findings, Frequently Asked Questions regarding new orchestra audience research, and an article from the League of American Orchestra’s Symphony Magazine entitled “Climate Change: New research findings are shaking up our thinking about orchestra audiences.”
Report on National Member Consultations (2007)
Performing Arts Alliance: Our Fiscal Performance
To understand the impact of the economic downturn on performing arts companies, The Performing Arts Alliance, consisting of the Canadian Dance Assembly, Opera.ca, Orchestras Canada, and the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres, undertook a survey of member organizations across the country. This report is a summary of the findings from a survey conducted in May 2009.
Taking the Pulse III
In conjunction with the above “Our Fiscal Performance” study, this survey is the third time members of these organizations have been consulted. Throughout this report, we compare overall findings from the current survey (conducted in March–April 2010, covering the period from September-December 2009) with the results from the previous surveys, focusing primarily on those from a year earlier in May 2009 (covering the period from September-December 2008).
Statistics Canada
The Culture and Leisure page of the Statistics Canada website offers information on creative artistic activities and the goods and services produced by these activities; the preservation of cultural heritage; and personal activities not required for paid work, studies, or family or social obligations.
Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study ( Environics)
For resources in French, please visit www.orchestrescanada.org
