Table 1
Summary statistics for performing arts, by industry and type of establishment, 2008 and 2009

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Summary statistics for performing arts, by industry and type of establishment, 2008 and 2009
  Operating revenue Salaries, wages and benefits Operating expenses Operating profit margin
  2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009 2008
  thousands of dollars percent
Type of establishment 1 and industry 2  
All  
Theatre (except musical) companies 367,957 368,724 135,423 135,272 359,286 367,476 2.4 0.3
Musical theatre and opera companies (including dinner theatre) 192,148 250,343 62,364 74,120 188,183 238,369 2.1 4.8
Dance companies x x x x x x x x
Musical groups and artists 385,109 416,966 74,892 76,885 342,246 334,073 11.1 19.9
Other performing arts companies (including multidisciplinary) x x x x x x x x
Total 1,330,884 1,381,623 406,209 411,680 1,282,368 1,287,665 3.6 6.8
For-profit 3  
Theatre (except musical) companies 53,858  44,077  10,731 7,650 49,113 41,009 8.8 7.0
Musical theatre and opera companies (including dinner theatre) 115,109 162,645 38,597 49,455 110,346 150,388 4.1 7.5
Dance companies x x x x x x x x
Musical groups and artists 230,751 258,323 26,508 26,068 183,120 175,891 20.6 31.9
Other performing arts companies (including multidisciplinary) x x x x x x x x
Total 688,326 713,869 174,212 177,194 638,704 619,784 7.2 13.2
Not-for-profit 4  
Theatre (except musical) companies  314,099  324,647 124,692 127,622 310,173 326,467 1.2 -0.6
Musical theatre and opera companies (including dinner theatre) 77,039 87,698 23,767 24,665 77,837 87,981 -1.0 -0.3
Dance companies x x x x x x x x
Musical groups and artists 154,358 158,643 48,384 50,817 159,126 158,182 -3.1 0.3
Other performing arts companies (including multidisciplinary) x x x x x x x x
Total 642,558 667,754 231,997 234,486 643,664 667,881 -0.2 0.0
1.
An active statistical establishment is one production entity or the smallest grouping of production entities which produces as homogeneous a set of goods and/or services as possible, which does not cross provincial boundaries, and for which records provide data on the value of output together with the cost of principal intermediate inputs used and cost and quantity of labour resources used to produce the output.
2.
According to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which includes theatre (except musical) companies (711111), musical theatre and opera companies (including dinner theatres) (711112), dance companies (711120), musical groups and artists (711130) and other performing arts companies (including multidisciplinary) (711190).
3.
For-profit establishments are defined as those which operate primarily for profit-making endeavours.
4.
Not-for-profit establishments exclude those which operate primarily for profit-making endeavours.
Note(s):
Due to rounding components may not add up to total. See "Data source, definitions and methodology" at the end of tables for definition of terms. Estimates for the most recent year are preliminary. Preliminary data are subject to revision.