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Table 24
Provincial and territorial government operating and capital expenditures on culture, by function, 2003/2004 to 2007/2008

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Provincial and territorial government operating and capital expenditures on culture, by function, 2003/2004 to 2007/2008
  2003/2004  2004/2005 2005/2006 2006/2007  2007/2008
  thousands of dollars
Libraries  
National libraries 20,971 32,790 42,637 60,428 r 68,070
Public libraries 19,837 20,504 21,458 22,772 r 30,205
School libraries 5,134 5,108 5,422 r 5,537 r 5,522
University and college libraries 340 462 422 540 483
Total libraries 46,282 58,864 69,938 r 89,278 r 104,279
Heritage resources  
Museums 261,303 312,629 297,560 332,483 r 343,302
Public archives 38,429 41,295 46,408 46,199 r 49,942
Historic parks and sites 55,753 56,266 61,845 60,247 r 69,592
Nature/provincial parks 59,578 58,060 60,083 75,189 r 79,630
Other heritage 29,896 31,668 33,147 40,799 r 54,235
Total heritage resources 444,960 499,918 499,043 554,917 r 596,700
Arts education 16,740 17,465 17,107 16,992 28,043
Literary arts 1,617 2,282 2,217 1,316 1,417
Performing arts 42,372 39,759 54,822 61,550 65,678
Visual arts and crafts 3,779 4,177 5,121 4,909 29,164
Film and video 16,954 17,516 18,025 16,007 15,157
Broadcasting 148,480 146,803 144,887 129,511 r 148,875
Sound recording 1,009 711 1,002 539 596
Multiculturalism 17,404 9,543 9,895 9,055 9,685
Multidisciplinary and other activities 63,173 69,492 76,806 76,793 r 91,108
Total expenditures 802,770 1 866,531 1 898,862 r 960,867 r 1,090,701
Excludes Nunavut.
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 Years 2003/2004 to 2007/2008.