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 2009-2010
- $51.8 million
Total OAC grants
- 3,490
Total number of grants awarded by OAC
- 6,592
Total number of grant applications submitted to OAC
- 1,013
Number of arts organizations funded by OAC
- $41.9 million
Total in OAC grants to organizations
- 1,697
Number of individual artists who received OAC grants
- $9.9 million
Total in OAC grants to individual artists
- $3.96
Amount granted to the arts for each Ontarian1
- 32,329
Total number of public arts activities offered by OAC’s 509 annually funded arts organizations*
- 16.2 million
Total public attendance at arts events offered by OAC’s 509 annually funded arts organizations*
- 47,246
Total number of arts education activities for people of all ages presented by OAC’s 509 annually funded arts organizations*
- 4.5 million
Total number of participants of all ages in arts education activities offered by OAC’s 509 annually funded arts organizations*
- 2.1 million
Total number of these 4.5 million arts education participants who are children or youth*
- 38,147
Number of artists employed by OAC’s 509 annually funded arts organizations*
- 3,849
Full-time administrative and artistic staff employed by OAC’s 509 annually funded arts organizations*
- 54,112
Total number of people who volunteered at OAC’s 509 annually funded arts organizations*
- 1.4 million
Number of hours worked by volunteers at OAC’s 509 annually funded arts organizations*
- 236
Total number of Ontario communities where resident artists and arts organizations received OAC grants
* Information reflects 2007-2008 data submitted with 2009/2010 applications to OAC.
1 Based on Ontario populaton of 13,069,182 as of July 2009 (Source : Statistics Canada)