Industry surveys and other sources

In addition to the Supply and Use Tables (SUT)s, the following information is used to construct the CSA. This includes several biennial surveys covering: amusement and recreation; book publishers, film and video distribution; film, television and video post-production; film, television and video production; motion picture theatres; newspaper publishers; performing arts; heritage institutions; and periodical publishing.¹ These surveys produce biennial estimates for selected financial variables and industry characteristics. Other annual surveys such as retail trade, wholesale trade and manufacturing, as well as available tax data were also used to build the CSA.

For education, annual enrollment (headcount) data from the Postsecondary Student Information System was used in order to distinguish culture education programs or education programs related to sport from the other programs. As this source of information is available annually, it is more up to date than the Census of Population and National Household Survey. These data were classified according to a detailed classification system: the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP). CIP allowed for the selection of enrollments for specific culture programs (or fields of study) and specific sport programs according to pre-established codes. A sub-set of pre-established education codes had been determined in the CFCS.

For government support, government expenditures from the Government Financial Statistics were used. This information was used to estimate the culture and sport portion of the CSMA government industries.²

Employment data (i.e., number of jobs) used in the CSA comes from the Canadian Productivity Accounts of the CSMA. These accounts provide information on employment following CSMA principles and using SUT industries. At the aggregate level, the number of jobs in this database is benchmarked to the Labour Force Survey (LFS). The industry distribution of these jobs, however, is primarily based on information from the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours, although other industry surveys and administrative sources are used as well.

For a complete list of survey data used in the CSA see Surveys Used in the Canadian Culture Satellite Account below.

<sup>1. The complete list of surveys used in the CSA is available in Surveys Used in the Canadian Culture Satellite Account.
2. With the 2015 comprehensive revisions to the Canadian Macroeconomic Accounts, Statistics Canada implemented the Government Finance Statistics (GFS) which uses the Classification of Functions of the Government (COFOG) to classify government expenditures.</sup>