Real gross domestic product (GDP) for the combined culture and sport sectors in Canada fell 1.3% in the third quarter. This was the first decrease in real GDP for the sectors since the second quarter of 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the decline in the third quarter of 2023 was larger than the 0.3% decrease seen for the total economy in the same quarter, the difference is driven mostly by an exceptional decline in the film and video subdomain. On a nominal basis, GDP for the combined culture and sport sectors was down 0.6% in the third quarter.
Jobs in the combined culture and sport sectors decreased 1.1% in the third quarter, falling to 812,512. This was the second consecutive quarterly decrease for the combined sectors. These two quarterly declines were the only ones since the second quarter of 2020, shortly after the start of the pandemic.
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