OAC Grant Statistics
Ontario Arts: Pocket Stats
Download a selection of statistics
demonstrating the impact of Ontario’s arts sector, including the reach of public funding of the arts through the Ontario Arts Council. This one-page bilingual PDF document is suitable for use as a handout or leave-behind.
OAC Funding Facts 2010-2011
- $52.3 million
Total OAC grants
- 3,567
Total number of grants awarded by OAC
- 7,084
Total number of grant applications submitted to OAC
- 1,057
Number of arts organizations funded by OAC
- $42.7 million
Total in OAC grants to organizations
- 1,720
Number of individual artists who received OAC grants
- $9.6 million
Total in OAC grants to individual artists
- $3.96
Amount granted to the arts for each Ontarian1
- 34,468
Total number of public arts activities offered by OAC’s 545 annually funded arts organizations*
- 16.8 million
Total public attendance at arts events offered by OAC’s 545 annually funded arts organizations*
- 56,091
Total number of arts education activities for people of all ages presented by OAC’s 545 annually funded arts organizations*
- 5 million
Total number of participants of all ages in arts education activities offered by OAC’s 545 annually funded arts organizations*
- 2.5 million
Total number of these 5 million arts education participants who are children or youth*
- 38,296
Number of artists employed by OAC’s 545 annually funded arts organizations*
- 4,027
Full-time administrative and artistic staff employed by OAC’s 545 annually funded arts organizations*
- 58,738
Total number of people who volunteered at OAC’s 545 annually funded arts organizations*
- 1.7 million
Number of hours worked by volunteers at OAC’s 545 annually funded arts organizations*
- 223
Total number of Ontario communities where resident artists and arts organizations received OAC grants
* Information reflects 2008-2009 data submitted with 2010/2011 applications to OAC.
1 Based on Ontario populaton of 13,210,700 as of September 2010 (Source : Statistics Canada)