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1997
The National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating has revealed that Canadians are highly committed to charitable giving. During the year prior to October 31, 1997, 8 out of every 10 individuals aged 15 and over made direct financial contributions to at least one charitable organization. In addition, 3 in 10 volunteered their time and skills.
During this 12-month period, Canadians gave an estimated $4.5 billion in direct financial support to charitable and non-profit organizations. This direct support included everything from responding to an organization's appeal for a donation to depositing change in coin boxes beside cash registers at store check-outs.
In addition, they also gave an additional $1.3 billion in indirect support to charitable and non-profit organizations, which included purchasing goods, buying charity-sponsored raffle or lottery tickets and participating in charity-sponsored bingos and casinos.
About 7.5 million Canadians aged 15 and over volunteered their time in one form or another during the same year. They accounted for about 31% of the total population aged 15 and over, an increase from the rate of 27% estimated by the National Survey of Voluntary Activity in 1987. The average volunteer contributed 149 hours during the year, down from 191 hours in 1987.
Although the vast majority of Canadians donate support in some form, a small core group of the population did the bulk of the donating and volunteering. One-third of all donors accounted for 86% of all donations, and one-third of all volunteers accounted for 81% of total volunteer hours.
This report is based on data from the National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (NSGVP), the most extensive such survey of its kind conducted by Statistics Canada. It was held during a three-week period in late November and early December 1997 as a supplement to the Labour Force Survey.
The survey was a collaborative effort among seven organizations: the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, Canadian Heritage, Health Canada, Human Resources Development Canada, the Kahanoff Foundation's Non-profit Sector Research Initiative, Statistics Canada and Volunteer Canada.
The NSGVP asked Canadians aged 15 years and over about the ways in which they support one another and their communities through their involvement in giving, volunteering and participating. This is the first time in the world that giving, volunteering and civic participation have been examined on such a scale.
Aside from the National Survey of Volunteer Activity in 1987 and a handful of small studies on volunteering and/or giving, there has been a scarcity of statistical information about the behaviour of individuals within the non-profit realm. This information is essential for several reasons. Without it, voluntary organizations would have difficulty making the best use of their limited volunteer and donor resources. Governments and public institutions use it to develop and manage social policies. Last, but not least, it provides Canadians with a richer understanding of their society.
To meet these goals, individuals from national voluntary sector organizations began in 1994 to promote the idea of a national survey. Subsequently, the partnership of voluntary sector organizations and federal government departments was formed to conduct the survey. The 1997 survey built on the 1987 work on volunteering and introduced questions on the giving and participating habits of Canadians. The resulting NSGVP data file contains a representative sample of 18,301 Canadians aged 15 and over.
People who provided any one type of support were also more likely to provide other types, according to the data. For example, people who did volunteer work were more likely to make charitable donations than those who did not volunteer. They were also more likely to give help directly to their neighbors, or to belong to organizations. From these results, a portrait emerges of an engaged core of citizens who are actively involved in multiple facets of their community's life.
Another major finding was the extent of volunteering among young people aged 15 to 24. In 1997, an estimated 33% of youth in that age group were volunteers, almost double the proportion of 18% a decade earlier. Almost half of these individuals saw volunteer work as a way to gain skills, work experience and employment.
Chart: Canadians engaged in supportive
actvities by of time volunteered, 1997
The survey demonstrated that it is important to consider religion when attempting to understand patterns of giving and volunteering among Canadians.
Canadians who stated that they were affiliated with a community of worship, regardless of religious affiliation, were much more likely to donate than those without such affiliation. Eight in 10 (82%) of the individuals who had a religious affiliation were donors, compared with 67% of those with no religious affiliation. Individuals with a religious affiliation, or about 73% of all Canadians, accounted for 88% of all charitable donations. On average, donors with a religious affiliation contributed $270 throughout the year, compared with $125 by donors with no religious affiliation.
One-third (33%) of people with a religious affiliation did volunteer work, a slightly higher rate than those with no religious affiliation (28%). Similarly, 46% of those who attended religious services at least once a week did volunteer work, compared with 28% of those who did not attend services weekly.
Those with strong religious ties also contributed more time to volunteering than other volunteers. Volunteers who attended church weekly gave on average, 197 hours of their time in 1997, while those who did not attend services weekly gave an average of 136 hours.
The proportion of individuals who made donations to charitable and non-profit organizations generally increased with age, while younger individuals were more likely to do volunteer work.
Nearly 60% of Canadians aged 15 to 24 were donors. This proportion increased to 78% among people aged 25 to 34, and was relatively stable at about 83% among those between the ages of 35 and 64. It dropped slightly to 80% among those aged 65 and over. Donations also increased with age, ranging from an average yearly contribution of $79 for those aged 15 to 24 to $328 for those aged 65 and over.
For most age groups, the rate of doing volunteer work was either stable, or increased slightly, during the past decade. The major exception was the noticeable increase in volunteering among young people.
The volunteer rate among individuals aged 15 to 24 almost doubled to 33% in 1997 from 18% in 1987. In 1997, this age group accounted for 18% of the volunteer pool compared with 13% in 1987. These young volunteers, however, contributed fewer hours than their counterparts 10 years ago. In 1997, their annual average was 125 hours, compared with 174 hours in 1987.
Nearly two-thirds (65%) of unemployed young volunteers aged 15 to 24 believed that their volunteer effort would increase their chances of finding a job. Their assumptions were probably correct. The survey showed that about 14% of individuals aged 15 to 64 who had taken part in volunteer activities stated that their volunteer activities helped them obtain employment. This proportion increased to 24% among volunteers aged 15 to 24.
Donors with higher incomes tended to make larger donations than those with lower incomes. However, the survey showed that they did not contribute a greater percentage of their gross household income.
About 63% of those with a gross household income of less than $20,000 were donors, and this increased to 90% for those with a gross household income of $80,000 or more. Average annual donations for those with a gross household income of $80,000 or more were at least twice as large as the average donations made by donors with incomes of less than $60,000.
Donors in lower household income categories gave a larger proportion of their gross income in financial donations than did those in higher income groups. For example, donors with household incomes below $20,000 gave an average of 1.4% of their annual pre-tax income, whereas those with incomes of $60,000 or more donated 0.4% of their income.
Chart: Household income spent on financial
donations, 1997
The likelihood of a person volunteering also increased with household income. Only 22% of people whose household income was less than $20,000 volunteered during 1997, compared with 44% of those with a household income of $80,000 or more. On the other hand, volunteers with higher household incomes generally contributed less time, which was also the case in 1987.
Acts of charitable giving result from a combination of factors such as financial capacity to give, values and attitudes to giving, and opportunities to give.
Table: Donating rate and volunteering rate by personal and economic
charateristics
1997
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Characteristic Donating rate Volunteering
rate
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%
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Age
15-24 59 33
25-34 78 28
35-44 84 37
45-54 83 35
55-64 83 30
65+ 80 23
Sex
Male 75 29
Female 81 33
Marital status
Married and common law 85 33
Single, never married 63 31
Separated, divorced 73 29
Widowed 76 20
Education
Less than high school 68 21
High school diploma 76 29
Some post-secondary 78 36
Post-secondary diploma 84 34
University degree 90 48
Labour force status
Employed 83 34
Full-time 84 32
Part-time 79 44
Unemployed 64 29
Not in the labour force 72 27
Household income
Less than 20,000 63 22
20,000-39,999 77 29
40,000-59,999 81 33
60,000-79,999 86 36
80,000 or more 90 44
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Women were slightly more likely to be donors than men, and they gave slightly less on average ($236 for women and $243 for men).
Married couples, including those in common-law unions, had a higher likelihood of being donors than those who were single, separated, divorced or widowed. As could be expected, the rate of giving and the value of donations generally increased with age, education, income and employment.
With respect to volunteering, women were also slightly more likely than men to do volunteer work. However, the gap has narrowed during the past decade. In 1987, 57% of volunteers were women and 43% men. In 1997, 54% of volunteers were women and 46% men.
Married couples, including those in common-law unions, and single people were more likely to volunteer than those who were widowed, separated or divorced. Again, the rate of volunteering and the hours donated by volunteers both increased with education, income and employment.
There were substantial variations among the provinces in financial donations to non-profit and charitable organizations in 1997. These variations reflected the diversity of Canadian's economic circumstances, social values and cultural conventions, living conditions and social milieus. They should not be interpreted as reflecting differences in the generosity of one group of individuals as opposed to another.
The four Atlantic provinces had the highest rates of financial donations in Canada, ranging from 84% of the population aged 15 and over in Newfoundland to 82% in New Brunswick. The national rate was 78%. However, donors in the Atlantic provinces tended to make smaller donations compared with those in other provinces. About 83% of Saskatchewan's population aged 15 and over were donors. In contrast, about 75% of the population aged 15 and over in both Alberta and Quebec, and 73% of those in British Columbia made financial donations. However, donors in Alberta tended to make larger donations than those in other provinces, averaging $337 a year.
As in 1987, the Prairie provinces maintained their distinction for volunteering. Over 40% of the population in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta engaged in volunteer activity, compared with the national rate of 31%. In Saskatchewan, almost half of the population (47%) aged 15 and over were volunteers. Together, the three Prairie provinces contributed more than 21% of Canada's volunteers from 16% of the country's population.
The volunteer rate in the remaining provinces, except for Quebec, ranged between 32% and 38%. About 22% of Quebec's population aged 15 and over engaged in volunteer activity.
The national increase in the rate of volunteering was evident in every province except Alberta, where it remained stable. Compared with 1987, Saskatchewan (+10 percentage points) and Newfoundland (+8 percentage points) experienced the largest increases in volunteer participation rates.
Seven out of every 10 donors supported two or more types of organizations. Only about 29% of donors restricted their giving to one sector, such as a health or religious organization.
Health organizations received 38% of all reported donations, the highest number of individual donations for any one sector. These groups were also the second largest beneficiary of charitable giving, receiving $773 million, or 17% of the total amount of donations.
Although social service organizations received the second highest number of gifts (about 21% of all donations), they received the third highest amount of donations ($504 million, or about 11% of the value of all donations).
While religious organizations received only 15% of the total number of donations, these donations totalled almost $2.4 billion, slightly more than half (51%) of the value of all donations. Donations to religious organizations averaged $270 compared with only $125 to non-religious organizations.
Table: Number and amount of donations by type of organization
1997
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Organization type Distribution Distribution
of total of total
number of amount of
donations donations
(74 million) ($4.44
billion)
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%
______________________________
Health 38 17
Social services 21 11
Religion 15 51
Education and research 7 4
Philanthropy and
volunteerism 5 6
Culture and arts 4 3
International 2 3
Environment 2 2
Other(1)
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(1) Four types of organizations are contained in this category: development
and housing; law, advocacy, and politics; business and professional
associations; and other organizations not elsewhere classified.
Volunteers were asked the number of organizations in which they had been active over the 12 months preceding the survey. More than half (57%) reported volunteering for one organization only. One-quarter volunteered for two organizations and 11% were involved with three organizations. Only 7% volunteered for four or more organizations.
Volunteers contributed their time to diverse kinds of organizations. However, five types of organizations accounted for the bulk of all volunteer events (75%) and the bulk of the total distribution of volunteer hours (77%).
Chart: Total volunteer events and hours
by type of organization, 1997
The third component of the survey asked questions about other forms of involvement in society. Respondents were asked a series of questions about membership in local associations and organizations, their attendance at meetings and voting in elections. They were also asked about how they stayed informed about news and public affairs.
Approximately 11.8 million Canadians, or about 49.5% of the population aged 15 and over, reported that they were members of, or participants in, at least one community organization (such as a community association, service club, union).
The most common organization or group in which respondents were involved were work-related, such as unions or professional associations, sports and recreation organizations. The incidence of civic participation was highest among people aged 45 to 54. Married people were markedly more involved than those who were single. The incidence of participation was strongly related to the level of education.
Results from the NSGVP have demonstrated that Canadians who are giving of their finances and time and who are active in their communities are often engaged in all three activities. Participation is either direct (through charitable foundations and voluntary organizations) or indirect (through helping neighbours and becoming involved informally in civic life).
The report Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians: Highlights from the National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating is now available. It can be accessed on the Internet (71-542-XIE, Free) or can be purchased as a paper version (71-542-XPE, $15). See How to order publications.
For further information on this release, contact Tamara Knighton (613-951-7326; fax: 613-951-0562; knigtam@statcan.gc.ca ), Special Surveys Division, or Michael Hall (416-346-3418; fax: 416-597-2294; michaelh@ccp.ca ), Director of Reseach, Canadian Centre for Philanthropy.
June 1998
In June, Canadian residents continued to load up on foreign stocks with purchases of $1.5 billion. Meanwhile, foreign investment in Canadian securities was down sharply from May, as non-residents bought Canadian bonds but reduced their holdings of short-term money market paper.
Canadian investors purchased a further $1.5 billion of foreign stocks in June, bringing their investment to $8.6 billion so far in 1998. This surpassed the 1997 total, and is on pace to match the record $16.6 billion for 1996. Investment in 1998 has been split between U.S. and overseas stocks, a shift from 1997 when acquisitions were directed mostly to overseas shares. Meanwhile, residents sold a small amount ($0.5 billion) of foreign bonds, mainly U.S. treasury bonds, for a third consecutive month.
Chart: Canadian investment in foreign
stocks
In June, foreign investors bought $3.2 billion of Canadian bonds, mainly on the strength of their purchases of $3.6 billion of new issues. Corporate bonds accounted for two-thirds of new issues sold in foreign markets, as the major portion of all new issues continued to be denominated in U.S. dollars. For the second month in a row, retirements of foreign-held Canadian bonds were well below average ($1.3 billion in June and $1.6 billion in May). Foreigners, mainly European and American investors, also bought $1.5 billion of outstanding Canadian bonds, mainly federal issues.
Foreigners reduced their holdings by $2.7 billion of Canadian short-term paper in June, similar to their reduction in May. The disinvestment in June was in both government and corporate paper, and was led by American and European investors. The differential on short-term instruments, which has continued to favour investment in the United States, was virtually unchanged in June in the 40 to 50 basis points range.
Interest rates
The differential between Canadian and U.S. short-term rates declined marginally to 45 basis points in June. The differential on long-term bond rates also recorded a small declined to 15 basis points in June, both continuing to favour investment in the United States.
Stock prices
Canadian stock prices (as measured by the TSE 300 composite index) fell 2.9% in June, the second decline in as many months. After gaining near 18% betweem December 1997 and April 1998, the index has lost almost 4.0% of its value in May and June. By contrast, U.S. stock prices (as measured by the Standard and Poors 500 index) jumped 3.9% in June following a decline in May (-1.9%).
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar closed lower for the third consecutive month, falling US0.50 cents in June and US2.30 cents since March 1998. June's close was US 68.13 cent - another record low monthly close relative to the U.S. dollar.
Chart: Foreign investment in Canadian
securities
After purchases of $6.2 billion of Canadian stocks over the previous four months, foreign investment was flat in June. Canadian stock prices, which peaked in April 1998, have lost 3.9% of their value over May and June (as measured by the TSE 300 composite index). American investors were the major buyers throughout the first half of 1998.
Available on CANSIM: matrices 2328-2330, 2378-2380 and 4195.
The June 1998 issue of Canada's international transactions in securities (67-002-XPB, $18/$176) will be available in September. See How to order publications.
For further information on this release, contact Don Granger (613-951-1864), Balance of Payments and Financial Flows Division.
Table: Canada's international transactions in securities
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March 1998 April 1998 May 1998
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$ millions
_______________________________________________
Foreign investment in
Canadian securities,
total 6,929 -3,204 3,588
Bonds (net) 3,877 -5,758 4,369
Outstanding 4,474 -5,524 418
New Issues 4,534 2,882 4,767
Retirements -4,745 -3,342 -1,633
Change in interest
payable(1) -386 227 817
Money market paper
(net) 784 1,199 -2,581
Government of Canada -225 1,239 -2,400
Other paper 1,009 -40 -180
Stocks (net) 2,268 1,355 1,800
Outstanding (net) 2,250 1,088 356
New Issues (net) 19 267 1,444
Canadian investment in
foreign securities,
total -2,765 -1,356 -1,055
Bonds (net) -658 584 203
Stocks (net) -2,108 -1,940 -1,257
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June 1998 Jan. to June Jan. to June
1997 1998
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$ millions
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Foreign investment in
Canadian securities,
total 414 4,804 8,191
Bonds (net) 3,152 6,828 5,547
Outstanding 1,529 -2,926 -2,913
New Issues 3,585 18,515 23,626
Retirements -1,251 -9,150 -15,427
Change in interest
payable(1) -712 389 261
Money market paper
(net) -2,675 -1,910 -3,495
Government of Canada -530 -3,482 -3,465
Other paper -2,146 1,571 -30
Stocks (net) -63 -113 6,139
Outstanding (net) -289 -1,623 4,107
New Issues (net) 226 1,510 2,033
Canadian investment in
foreign securities,
total -1,033 -4,476 -9,903
Bonds (net) 502 -1,223 -1,348
Stocks (net) -1,535 -3,252 -8,554
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(1) Interest accrued less interest paid.
Note: A minus sign (-) indicates an outflow of money from Canada: for
example, a withdrawal of foreign investment from Canada or an increase
in Canadian investment abroad.
1996/97
Attendance at movie theatres and drive-ins reached a 14-year high of 91.8 million in 1996/97, up 4% from the previous year, and the fifth straight yearly increase.
Increased attendance translated into bigger revenues - both at the box office and at the refreshment bar. The industry reported an increase in admission receipts of 4% to $440.8 million, while confectionery revenue was up 9% to $175.7 million. The growth in these revenues contributed significantly to the industry's profitability with a total profit of $64.7 million, a 3% increase from the previous year.
The film exhibition industry as a whole employed 1,395 full-time staff in 1996/97, a gain of 18% from 1995/96. Part-time employment fell 5% to 8,716.
Attendance at movies varied widely across the country, but the ranking of provinces and territories has remained fairly stable over the last five years. In 1996/97, residents of British Columbia and Alberta were Canada's most avid moviegoers, a place they have held each year since 1991/92. By contrast, Newfoundland had the lowest average attendance per person in four of the last five years.
Chart: Annual average attendance per
person at movie theatres and drive-ins, 1996/97
Although attendance at movie theatres has never regained the levels of the early 1950s before television was introduced to Canada, the number of visits to movie theatres has increased considerably in the last five years. The 89.4 million admissions to movie theatres in 1996/97 were 4% above the previous year. The growth in the average attendance was the same in both metropolitan areas and in small towns and rural areas.
The Motion Picture Theatres Survey is a census of all movie theatres and drive-in theatres in Canada. The 1996/97 survey included 587 movie theatres and 69 drive-ins, which provided data for the fiscal year ending any time between April 1, 1996, and March 31, 1997. Percentage comparisons made in the text between years are based on the exclusion of 13 theatres that were added to the survey frame in 1996/97 but were also known to be in operation in 1995/96. Most of these theatres were small and were scattered in various provinces. The theatres excluded from the percentage comparisons represented about 1% of total revenues in 1996/97.
The growth in attendance in 1996/97, however, was uneven across the country, with three provinces and territories reporting drops in attendance, while the rest reported growth. The largest decline occurred in the Yukon (-6%), followed by Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia, whereas attendance increased most in Manitoba (+19%).
The increase in attendance has been accompanied by a rationalization and restructuring within the industry. Although the number of seats in theatres has remained almost unchanged since 1991/92, the number of movie theatres decreased by about 7% to 587 over the same period. There are also 14% more screens. Many of the small single-screen theatres have been replaced by large multiple-screen houses.
The tendency towards multi-screen theatres has been greater in the metropolitan areas. In 1996/97, metropolitan locations had an average of 4.1 screens per movie theatre (up 3% from 1995/96), while theatres in small towns and rural areas averaged 2.5 screens per theatre (up 4%).
On a per-theatre basis, movie theatres in metropolitan areas had an average annual attendance of 241,420 compared with 93,240 for theatres in small towns and rural areas.
Labour costs for movie theatres parallelled attendance growth, increasing 4% from 1995/96. There were, however, significant changes in employment patterns. Part-time employment at movie theatres declined 4% to 7,926 while full-time staff increased 22% to 1,246.
Although regular admission prices have increased, movie theatres continue to offer reduced prices on certain days and other price incentives to attract clientele. The popularity of these specials has meant that the average admission price paid has actually declined about 12% since 1991/92. In 1996/97, the average admission price was almost unchanged from the previous year and total box office receipts increased by 4% to $427.9 million.
This increased attendance at movie theatres is a factor in the trend toward increased spending on culture. Results from the Family Expenditures Survey show that while overall average spending on culture was up 15% between 1992 and 1996, spending on movies was up 21%. Above-average increases were also noted for video tapes and discs (+30%), and live stage performances (+20%). Overall, however, the proportion of total family expenditures devoted to culture remained at about 3% between 1992 and 1996.
Movie theatres had total revenues of $606.2 million, with admission receipts accounting for 71% of this total. Most of the remaining revenues came from refreshment bar sales. Although a significant proportion of revenue came from the box office, its contribution has been declining, down four percentage points in the last five years.
Movie theatres earned total profits of $62.2 million in 1996/97, up 3% from the previous year. The increase in confectionery sales has contributed significantly to profit growth. The increase in gross profit from refreshment bar sales (refreshment bar sales minus cost of goods sold) surpassed the growth in attendance. While movie attendance increased by 4% in 1996/97, gross profit from confectionery sales rose 9%.
In contrast, the growth in gross profit from the box office (box office receipts minus film rental and royalty payments) has not kept pace with the growth in attendance. Movie theatres recorded an increase of about 3% in gross profit from the box office in 1996/97.
The average annual profit of movie theatres located in metropolitan areas was $171,100, nearly three times that of theatres in small towns and rural areas ($62,660). Movie theatres in metropolitan areas had an increase of 7% in average profit, while the profits per theatre declined by 2% in non-metropolitan areas.
The number of drive-in theatres continued to decline, with only 69 operating in Canada in 1996/97. Although the number of drive-ins was down 8% from 1995/96, the total capacity of drive-ins (number of car parking spaces) was down only 4% and the total number of screens remained basically unchanged. The average number of screens per drive-in was 1.7, up 9% from the previous year.
Drive-in theatres became popular in the early 1950s and maintained a fairly stable attendance of 11 million annually until the early 1980s. Attendance declined gradually through the 1980s, reaching about 2 million visits in 1992/93, the lowest level in 44 years. Although there was some attendance growth in the mid-1990s, the 1996/97 attendance of 2.4 million was down nearly 2% from the preceding year and was the second consecutive annual decline.
The drop in admissions was reflected in a similar decline (-2%) for both box office receipts and confectionery sales. Total revenues in 1996/97 were $21.6 million (-2%), with box office accounting for 60% of the total.
Reported operating expenditures were also down in 1996/97. Employment costs declined 1% to $4.7 million. Full-time staff was reduced by 9% to 149 and part-time staff fell by 10% to 790. Other operating expenses declined by 4% to $14.3 million.
Overall, drive-ins remained in the black, reporting a profit of $2.5 million (up 3% from 1995/96).
Table: Summary data for movie and drive-in theatres
1996/97
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Movie Drive-ins Total
theatres
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Number of theatres 587 69 656
Number of screens 1,866 120 1,986
(000's)
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Admissions 89,408 2,405 91,813
Box office receipts ($) 427,879 12,914 440,793
Total revenues ($) 606,163 21,562 627,725
Profit ($) 62,159 2,548 64,707
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Table: Number of employees
1996/97
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Movie Drive-ins Total
theatres
______________________________________________________________________________
Full-time 1,246 149 1,395
Part-time 7,926 790 8,716
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Selected details from the Motion Picture Theatres Survey are available in table format (87F0009XPE, $50). Data from this survey are also available by province and for the territories. Special tabulations are also available on request on a cost-recovery basis.
For further information on this release, contact Norman Verma (613-951-6863; fax: 613-951-9040; vermnor@statcan.gc.ca ), Culture Statistics Program, Culture, Tourism and the Centre for Education Statistics.
First quarter 1998 (preliminary)
Ports handled 67.1 million tonnes of domestic and international cargo during the first quarter of 1998, up 9.2% from the same period in 1997. This increase was propelled by a robust international sector, led by exports of iron ore, wheat and crude petroleum and imports of coal.
Available on CANSIM: matrices 145 and 146.
Preliminary statistics for January to March 1998 will be published in the Surface and marine transport: Service bulletin, Vol. 14, no. 3 (50-002-XPB, $13/$83). See How to order publications.
For further information on this release, contact Robert Larocque (613-951-2486; fax: 613-951-0009; laroque@statcan.gc.ca ), Transportation Division.
1994, 1995 and 1996 (preliminary)
Cancer incidence data for 1994 are now available at the national level. A total of 118,526 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in 1994, up just 1% from the 117,353 new cases diagnosed in 1993. Of the total cases, 63,210 were diagnosed among men and 55,316 among women, down 0.3% and up 2.5% respectively from 1993.
Preliminary cancer incidence data for 1995 and 1996 are also available. The 1995 data include information on new cases of cancer diagnosed in 1995 as reported by nine provincial and two territorial cancer registries. The 1996 data include cancer information from six provincial and two territorial cancer registries.
For further information on this release, contact Judy Lee (613-951-1775) or Client Custom Services Unit (613-951-1746), Health Statistics Division.
1997
Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians, based on the 1997 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating, is the first in-depth analysis of Canadians' involvement in philanthropy, volunteerism and civic engagement. The data on volunteering can also be compared directly with Statistics Canada's 1987 Survey of Volunteer Activity.
The report provides detailed information on the personal and economic characteristics of Canadian donors and volunteers and explores the role that religious affiliation plays in their participation in these activities. The data also indicate the types of organizations that benefit from both donors and volunteers. Perhaps most telling are the strong links among those who donate, those who volunteer and those who participate in their communities.
Caring Canadians, Involved Canadians: Highlights from the 1997 National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating (Internet: 71-542-XIE, free; paper: 71-542-XPE, $15), is now available. See How to order publications.
For further information, contact Tamara Knighton (613-951-7326) Special Surveys Division, or Michael Hall (416-346-3418), Canadian Centre for Philanthropy.
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