Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Let's go back 10 or 15 years.

Canadian Heritage committee  We would see, for example, that access to professional dance performances in Canada has greatly increased. People have more access to more diversified dance programming in more communities and municipalities across the country. That is the case not just in the large urban centres

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we do.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we can do that. In fact, I probably have some figures right here on the investments from the Canada Arts Presentation Fund. About 12 years ago, in 2002-2003—

Canadian Heritage committee  Arts organizations, specifically in dance, also receive support, both federally and from other orders of government, in order for them to do more to diversify their sources of funding and increase their revenue from private sources. Our arts and dance sector is more entrepreneuri

Canadian Heritage committee  In part. There is also more competition. People have much more choice in the way they spend their money on culture than they did 30 years ago. The supply is greater. It takes effort. I agree that it must start with the very young. Often, it starts in the family and continues at s

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we have that data. The average income from dance for a professional dancer is a little more than $17,000 a year. With $17,000 a year, we understand that dancers often have other forms of income, other kinds of work. Professional dancers have an average income of $35,000 a ye

Canadian Heritage committee  It is not an issue that has a simple solution. There are investments from different levels of government and the private sector. That is why the average incomes are not very high for dance and other arts disciplines. However, we have to be careful. The dance ecosystem is fairly

Canadian Heritage committee  That's for the performing arts organizations altogether, not just dance. For dance organizations it's one-third, two-thirds. But for the performing arts, yes, it's three-quarters private or self-generated.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, one-third is from government, two-thirds is self-generated and private sector contribution.

Canadian Heritage committee  I could provide details later. Regarding the Canada Council for the Arts, we are talking about an investment of $18 million. That represents 12% of the amounts paid annually by the Canada Council for the Arts.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's right. At the Department of Canadian Heritage, the percentages vary from program to program. As I mentioned, in terms of training, 40% of program resources go to dance. So it varies from program to program. We could provide a detailed table.

Canadian Heritage committee  I can provide a bit of information to get all the information you might be looking for. I think people from the NAC would be better positioned than me to talk about it. Of course, the NAC often presents performances that tour nationally or internationally, so these won't be prese

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Department of Canadian Heritage appreciates this opportunity to appear before the committee in the context of its study of dance in Canada. Our objective today is to present committee members with an overview of the professional not-for-profit dance se