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Table 13
Provincial and territorial government total expenditures on culture, by function and province or territory, 2007/2008

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Provincial and territorial government total expenditures on culture, by function and province or territory, 2007/2008: Part 1
  Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba
  thousands of dollars
Libraries  
National libraries 0 0 0 0 68,070 0 0
Public libraries 9,684 2,292 13,225 13,497 27,342 33,110 6,947
School libraries 5,676 2,838 2,993 5,105 13,740 115,495 15,454
University and college libraries 11,633 1,653 14,185 9,161 131,750 123,289 32,113
Total libraries 26,993 6,783 30,402 27,763 240,902 271,894 54,515
Heritage resources  
Museums 7,015 1,125 20,828 9,064 125,222 184,801 49,003
Public archives 2,710 353 2,924 2,727 10,391 18,173 4,628
Historic parks and sites 1,478 0 229 7,733 39,561 27,717 250
Nature and provincial parks 6,179 4,057 6,569 770 108 2,343 32,485
Other heritage resources 3,135 172 1,618 2,290 5,502 25,152 2,325
Total heritage resources 20,518 5,708 32,169 22,584 180,785 258,186 88,691
Arts education 272 65 6,962 2,233 31,750 25,207 1,397
Literary arts 406 84 709 601 10,587 7,233 1,016
Performing arts 7,811 410 3,326 2,833 132,937 31,873 8,724
Visual arts and crafts 2,923 65 1,076 510 28,215 6,199 1,517
Film and video 1,088 1,420 3,995 2,378 45,579 10,403 3,509
Broadcasting 5 0 112 183 117,804 62,330 0
Sound recording 0 130 129 426 2,455 867 893
Multiculturalism 448 161 23 169 8,371 7,006 319
Multidisciplinary and other activities 2,517 1,264 3,749 4,883 104,624 20,552 11,588
Total expenditures 62,980 16,090 82,652 64,561 904,008 701,749 172,169
Provincial and territorial government total expenditures on culture, by function and province or territory, 2007/2008: Part 2
  Saskat-
chewan
Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut Canada
  thousands of dollars
Libraries  
National libraries 0 0 0 0 0 0 68,070
Public libraries 9,802 31,540 18,987 1,747 1,261 999 170,433
School libraries 12,408 24,119 92,624 417 216 21 291,106
University and college libraries 15,671 52,146 49,482 520 647 185 442,434
Total libraries 37,881 107,805 161,093 2,684 2,124 1,205 972,043
Heritage resources  
Museums 9,930 27,209 82,756 2,469 6,001 1,729 527,152
Public archives 3,539 2,589 3,491 1,169 487 0 53,183
Historic parks and sites 3,217 25,675 2,988 1,929 179 0 110,955
Nature and provincial parks 24,565 0 0 3,898 0 0 80,974
Other heritage resources 3,536 28,310 3,527 475 0 0 76,043
Total heritage resources 44,788 83,782 92,761 9,939 6,667 1,729 848,307
Arts education 773 42,130 13,516 524 0 0 124,828
Literary arts 1,633 1,017 1,124 0 0 0 24,409
Performing arts 3,155 22,748 7,500 169 0 0 221,485
Visual arts and crafts 4,684 26,570 2,267 58 0 0 74,083
Film and video 22,045 19,722 5,558 629 0 0 116,327
Broadcasting 9,032 90 11,289 0 428 153 201,427
Sound recording 237 108 0 83 0 0 5,328
Multiculturalism 1,457 3,044 1,641 220 0 0 22,858
Multidisciplinary and other activities 13,417 19,212 31,845 2,774 983 2,299 219,705
Total expenditures 139,101 326,228 328,594 17,078 10,202 5,386 2,830,800
Note(s):
As a result of changes in methodology, data for 2007/2008 should not be compared with data that were released prior to the revised 2003/2004 data.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada: Survey of Provincial/Territorial Government Expenditures on Culture, Fiscal Year 2007/2008.