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Number of OAC grants to arts organizations
1,043

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Elena Bird

Associate Director of Research and Analysis
ebird@arts.on.ca
416-969-7446
Toll-free in Ontario: 1-800-387-0058

Michael Choo

Research Analyst
mchoo@arts.on.ca
416-969-7445    
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Georgia Steele

Granting Programs Coordinator
gsteele@arts.on.ca
416-969-7404
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Kim Kinnear

Business Analyst
kkinnear@arts.on.ca
416-969-7463
 
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Social impacts of the arts

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Arts and Quality of Life for Ontarians
October 10, 2023
Arts and Quality of Life for Ontarians , commissioned from Nanos by OAC, surveyed Ontarians on the importance of the arts for their quality of life and mental health, as well as their opinions towards the role of the arts in relation to community, diversity and identity.
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Canadians’ Arts Participation, Health, and Well-being in 2016
February 17, 2021
This report examines the relationships between 15 arts, culture, or heritage activities and aspects of health and well-being.
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Impressions of the Impact of the Arts on Quality of Life and Well-Being in Ontario
March 31, 2017
Impressions of the Impact of the Arts on Quality of Life and Well-Being in Ontario, March 2017
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The Arts and Individual Well-Being in Canada
January 1, 2013
Statistical Insights on the Arts, Vol. 11 No. 2, January 2013
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The Arts and the Quality of Life: The attitudes of Ontarians
March 1, 2010
Prepared by Environics Research Group for the Ontario Arts Council (2010)
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Social Effects of Culture - Detailed Statistical Models
July 1, 2008
Hill Strategies Research Inc. Statistical Insights on the Arts, Vol. 7 No. 1, July 2008
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Social Effects of Culture: Exploratory Statistical Evidence
March 1, 2008
Hill Strategies Research Inc. Statistical Insights on the Arts, Vol. 6 No. 4, March 2008
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Making the Case for Arts Education
March 1, 1997
Ontario Arts Council, March 1997
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For more than 60 years, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has played a vital role in promoting and assisting the development of the arts for the enjoyment and benefit of Ontarians. The OAC reached 27.4 million people through events and arts education activities across the province in 2021-22. In 2023-24, OAC invested its grant program budget of $53.3 million in 219 communities across all 124 Ontario ridings, providing 2,149 grants to individual artists and 1,043 grants to organizations.

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