OAC Grant Statistics

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 PDF document is suitable for use as a handout or leave-behind.

OAC Funding Facts 2021-2022

• $56.4 million
  Total OAC grants
   
• 3,715
  Total number of grants awarded by OAC
   
• 10,222
  Total number of grant applications submitted to OAC
   
• 1,050
  Number of OAC grants to arts organizations
   
• $44.8 million
  Total in OAC grants to organizations
   
• 2,665
  Number of OAC grants to individual artists
   
• $11.6 million
  Total in OAC grants to individual artists
   
• $3.80
  Total public support to the arts through OAC per Ontarian¹
   
• 27,492
  Total number of public arts activities offered by OAC’s annually funded arts organizations*
   
• 13.8 million
  Total public attendance at arts events offered by OAC’s annually funded arts organizations*
   
• 49,529
  Total number of arts education activities for people of all ages presented by OAC’s annually funded arts organizations*
   
• 2.5 million
  Total number of participants of all ages in arts education activities offered by OAC’s annually funded arts organizations*
   
• 1.1 million
  Total number of these 2.5 million arts education participants who are children or youth*
   
• 33,943
  Number of artists employed by OAC’s annually funded arts organizations*
   
• 38,773
  Total number of people who volunteered at OAC’s annually funded arts organizations*
   
• 949,264
  Number of hours worked by volunteers at OAC’s annually funded arts organizations*
   
• 237
  Total number of Ontario communities where resident artists and arts organizations received OAC grants