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1 n o 26 / february 07 1 statistiques en bref Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec THE CULTURAL EXPENDITURES OF MUNICIPALITIES AUTHOR: SERGE BERNIER I Objective of the study The Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec (OCCQ) is proud to present its new system designed to measure the operating expenditures of cities 2 with respect to culture and reveal the fi rst results of a pilot project conducted in collaboration with 11 municipalities across Québec: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. The OCCQ would like to thank the persons in charge of culture in these 11 municipalities for the time and effort expended in bringing this project 3 to completion. The OCCQ s advisory committee on municipalities and local governments earmarked the detailed measuring of municipal cultural expenditures as a priority. It is true that Québec municipalities are required to fi le an annual fi nancial report with the ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions (MAMR) which contains accounting information on cultural expenditures. The objective of the OCCQ is to obtain further details on the nature of these expenditures while adding certain cultural expenditures not mentioned in the MAMR report, such as general expenses. Thus the OCCQ has launched a project whose fi rst objective is to devise a measuring method and test it with a few municipalities. 1. With the collaboration of Michel de la Durantaye and Marie-Ève Beaumier, from the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, of Josée Monty, OCCQ technician, and of the members of the OCCQ s advisory committee on municipalities and local governments. 2. Does not include the expenditures contained in the 3-year capital plan. 3. We would also like to mention the support of Jacques Alméras and Jean Perron who signifi cantly contributed to the start-up of the project and the development of the methodology.

2 statistiques en bref / février Highlights The 11 municipalities which took part in the pilot project represent 54% of the Québec population 4. Their cultural expenditures reached million dollars in 2003 and million in The cultural expenditures represented 7.2% of their operating budget in 2003 and Approximately 80% of their cultural endeavours are fi nanced from municipal contributions, for example, the property tax and the balance (20%) are shared somewhat equally between the grants received from the provincial and federal governments and the sale of goods and services (tariffi ng). Libraries constitute by far the most important cultural fi eld in terms of expenditures. Total expenditures per inhabitant amounted to $89.42 in 2003 and $93.35 in The libraries of these 11 municipalities purchased books, periodicals and recordings valued at 18.1 million dollars in 2003 and 18.9 million in 2004, which corresponded to 13.6% of their budget in 2003 and 13.5% in More than 50 million dollars has been paid out annually in the form of grants, artists fees and professional fees. Method, concepts and definitions Basically, the method consists in tracing the expenditures per category for each cultural fi eld. It is not accounting in the strict sense but a measuring tool that is as reliable as possible which can be applied to municipal cultural expendi tures in Québec. Where possible, the method reuses the MAMR data in order to glean more details from them. Overall, the results obtained by the OCCQ are perfectly consistent with the fi nancial data published by the MAMR regarding the 11 involved municipalities. We respected the Québec Culture and Communications Activity Classifi cation System 5 which is used by the OCCQ to produce all its statistical work. However, we had to group certain cultural fi elds based on the ability of the 11 participants to trace the information. The method is based on a practical approach which everyone can apply and on the practices of the majority of municipal cultural management professionals. 4. The population data were taken from the MAMR orders as at January 1 st, 2003 and Institut de la statistique du Québec, Système de classifi cation des activités de la culture et des communications du Québec, 2003, 141 p.

3 3 This document only takes into account the recorded expenditures, regardless of their nature. Thus, the services rendered that were not recorded and any other non-recorded expenditure have not been estimated or accounted for. The project consists in allocating the operating expenditures by category. As a result, investment expenses have not been collated in this project. The project retained the following cultural fi elds or groups of cultural fi elds: Libraries. The greater part of the data for this fi eld has been taken from the annual management report fi led by the independent public libraries with the Québec Minister of Culture and Communications. Arts and letters. This is a group of fi elds which includes visual arts, fi ne crafts, and media arts, the performing arts, literature and multimedia. Cultural festivals and events. Genuine culturalbased festivals and events are distinguished from other festivals and events which only feature a cultural component. Cultural and scientifi c recreation which includes amateur activities in the following fi elds: astronomy, visual arts, singing before an audience, choir singing, storytelling, dancing, writing, genealogy, fi ne crafts, instrumental music, photography, theatre, and video. Heritage, public art and design. This fi eld comprises the expenditures related to the operation of heritage interpretation centres, museum institutions, historical societies and other public or private institutions. Also included in this fi eld are expenditures related to the acquisition and maintenance of original art works designed expressly to be integrated into the architecture of a given building or public place (parvis, hall, park, square, etc.). Preservation of historical archives. On the one hand, this fi eld comprises the expenditures related to the preservation of legal historical archives of the municipality and other non-exploited heritage assets (i.e. preserved but not generally accessible to the public) of which the municipality has custody. On the other hand, in also includes the costs related to the grants paid to private centres engaged in preserving, restoring and exhibiting archives and other historical artefacts. The fi eld entitled non-distributed expenses comprises the expenditures of all the above-mentioned fi elds, except libraries, that the municipality was unable to detail. Irrespective of the fi eld, the expenditures are divided by category: Salaries and fringe benefi ts. This category corresponds to the total salaries paid (to regular, contractual or other staff), including the fringe benefi ts. Also includes the municipal employees on loan to a corporation if the municipality continues to pay the salaries and fringe benefi ts of said persons over the course of the loan. Grants awarded. This category corresponds to the total grants paid with no consideration on the part of the receiving person or group. When a grant is paid globally to an event featuring a cultural component, it only includes the amount corresponding to the proportion of the cultural component with respect to the overall event (cultural budget/event budget). Includes grants to NPOs, for example a tourist promotion organization working for cultural purposes (ex: the promotion of a cultural event). Artists fees and professional fees. This category corresponds to the amount paid in artists fees and professional fees for the production of a good or service. Included are the amounts appearing in the municipal accounting records for the contracts granted to NPOs acting for and in the name of the city during cultural events (concert hall management). Only the amounts appearing in the municipal accounting records are included while the total value of the NPO s activities (ticket revenues, etc.) is excluded. Purchase of goods and services. Corresponds to the expenditures related to the purchase of goods and services, excluding building maintenance. Other expenses. This category comprises venue fees, tax credits and the share paid to supramunicipal agencies. The venue fees correspond to the indirect grant that an organization receives, either by not paying the lease for the occupation of a workspace belonging to the municipality, or

4 4 by occupying said workspace for free. The tax exemption (credit) corresponds to the taxes not collected by the municipality from the organizations that have taken advantage of the provisions of the Act respecting Municipal Taxation. The municipalities contribute to the expenses of supramunicipal agencies such as MRCs and metropolitan communities through transfers (share); this only includes amounts entirely dedicated to cultural expenditures. Building maintenance and other municipal services. This category corresponds to the cultural expenditures of the other municipal services which could not be distributed by expenditure category. Two other expenditure categories are not distributed by fi eld: Financing and amortization expenses. They include the debt service (fi nancing and amortization expenses) related to all cultural activities. General expenses. This category comprises the amount of general expenses chargeable to culture; this amount is the proportion of the weight of cultural expenditures with respect to the total operating expenditures of the municipality. We wish to publish herein the results of the 11 participating municipalities for 2003 and The OCCQ previously collated the data from 2002 which served to break in and fi ne tune the gathering tool. The data of each municipality were collected in accordance with the Act respecting the Institut de la statistique du Québec (R.S.Q., c. I ), therefore, they cannot be released individually. In order to ensure the greatest coherence possible in the interpretation of concepts and defi nitions, the OCCQ provided each respondent with the services of an accountant throughout the course of this project. The selected method gave rise to many group discussions in order to obtain a uniform interpretation and standardized application.

5 5 CULTURAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES Cultural operating expenditures reached million dollars in 2004 The 11 municipalities participating in the pilot project represent approximately 54% of the Québec population 6 (Table 1). Their cultural expenditures reached million dollars in 2003 and million in The increase observed from one year to the other is 5.1%, which is slightly higher than the overall 4.6% increase in expenditures for these 11 municipalities (Table 2). Cultural expenditures rose at a quicker rate than the infl ation 7 which increased 1.9% from 2003 to 2004 in Québec. The cultural expenditures of these 11 municipalities corresponded to 7.2% of their total operating expenditures in 2003 and 2004 (Table 2). Table 1 Population of the 11 municipalities part of the pilot project and 2004 Year Québec Municipalities Proportion of overall n % Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois- Rivières. Source : Ministère des Affaires municipales et des Régions, Décret de la population (Population order), 2003 and Compilation : Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec. Table 2 Municipal cultural expenditures and /2003 Variation $ % Operating budget of the municipality Total cultural expenditures % Proportion of total cultural expenditures with respect to the municipality s operating budget Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. Source : Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec. 6. The population data were taken from the MAMR orders as at January 1 st, 2003 and Statistics Canada, consulted November 7, 2006.

6 6 The 11 municipalities met approximately 90% of their cultural expenditures Municipal culture-based expenditures have three sources of fi nancing. First, the municipal contribution taken from the property tax and the municipal taxes is assumed by all the citizens of the municipality. Then, the revenues earned from services rendered to the population through the tariffi ng of activities or the sale of goods and services are assumed by the user. Finally, the grants awarded by the provincial and federal governments are assumed by the population of Québec or Canada according to the source of the grant. The municipal contribution is by far the principal source of fi nancing as it covered 79.6% of expenditures in 2003 (Figure 1) and 81.1% in 2004 (Figure 2). Revenues from the sale of goods and services corresponded to 10.1% of expenditures in 2003 and to 9.5% in Grants from the provincial and federal governments covered 10.3% of expenditures in 2003 and 9.4% in Therefore, the cultural expenditures of the 11 participating municipalities were assumed municipally (89.7% in 2003 and 90.6% in 2004) and by the combined provincial and federal income taxes (10.3% in 2003 and 9.4% in 2004). The relative importance of each fi nancing source varies considerably according to the cultural fi eld. The municipal contribution fi nances more than 80% of services in most cultural fi elds with the exception of cultural and scientifi c recreation, heritage, public art, and design and the category known as non-distributed expenses (Tables 3 and 4). In these three cases, according to the year and fi eld, the percentage of costs assumed by the sale of goods and services varies from 20% to 31% (Tables 3 and 4). However, provincial and federal grants were particularly important and even essential to maintaining the heritage, public art, and design fi eld since they covered approximately one third of the costs of these services in 2003 and 2004 (32.8% and 32.5% respectively). Municipal contributions fi nanced slightly more than 40% of this fi eld s expenditures in 2003 and 2004 (42.4 and 41.4% respectively). Figure 1 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 by fi nancing source Sale of goods and services 10.1% 1. Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec. Figure 2 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 by fi nancing source Sale of goods and services 9.5% Grants received 10.3% Grants received 9.4% Municipal contribution 79.6% Municipal contribution 81.1% 1. Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.

7 7 Table 3 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 by expenditure category, cultural fi eld and fi nancing source and 2004 Expenditure category Municipal Sale of goods Grants received Total expenditures and cultural fi eld contribution and services (tariffi ng) $ % $ % $ % $ % 2003 Services rendered Libraries Arts and letters Cultural festivals and events Festivals and events featuring a cultural component Loisir culturel et scientifi que Heritage, public art, and design Preservation of historical archives Non-distributed (all fi elds except libraries) Financing and amortization expenses Libraries Other cultural fi elds General expenses Total expenditures Services rendered Libraries Arts and letters Cultural festivals and events Festivals and events featuring a cultural component Cultural and scientifi c recreation Heritage, public art, and design Preservation of historical archives Non-distributed (all fi elds except libraries) Financing and amortization expenses Libraries Other cultural fi elds General expenses Total expenditures Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke et Trois-Rivières. 2. Includes visual arts, fi ne crafts, and media arts, the performing arts, literature and multimedia. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.

8 8 Financing and amortization expenses and general expenses Only the services rendered by the municipality can be analyzed in detail with respect to each cultural fi eld. In fact, fi nancing and amortization expenses are only known with respect to their overall municipal cultural function, and not by fi eld, while general expenses are estimated proportionally to the weight of cultural expenditures with respect to the total operating expenditures of the municipality. The fi nancing expenses of libraries (9.6 million dollars in 2003 and 10.8 million in 2004) and of other cultural fi elds (18.1 million dollars in 2003 and 24.1 million in 2004) totalled 27.7 million in 2003 and 34.9 million in 2004 (Tables 3 and 4), respectively representing 7.8% and 9.4% of total expenditures. What is more, general expenses took up 15.8% and 15.0% of total expenditures in 2003 and 2004 respectively reaching 55.9 million and 55.6 million dollars (Figures 3 and 4). Figure 3 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 by expenditure category Financing and amortization expenses 27.7M$ 7.9% General expenses 55.9M$ 15.8% Services rendered 269.6M$ 76.3% 1. Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec. Figure 4 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 by expenditure category Financing and amortization expenses 34.9M$ 9.4% General expenses 55.6M$ 15.0% Services rendered 280.7M$ 75.6% 1. Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.

9 9 SERVICES RENDERED PER FIELD In the following pages, we shall disregard fi nancing and amortization expenses as well as general expenses. By subtracting them from the total expenditures, we obtain the cost of services rendered directly to the population. Now we will focus on the expenditures incurred in 2003 and 2004, namely million and million dollars by analyzing them by expenditure category and cultural fi eld. Libraries Main cultural expenditure of municipalities Public municipal libraries and their human resources represent the most signifi cant cultural expenditure of the 11 participating cities and, probably, of all the municipalities in the province as well. In point of fact, in terms of expenditures, libraries constitute by far the most important cultural fi eld, namely reaching million dollars in 2003 and million in 2004, or 45.9% and 46.2% of expenditures for services rendered in 2003 and 2004 evaluated at million dollars and million respectively (Figure 5). Libraries are followed by the heritage, public art, and design fi eld (66.3 million dollars in 2003 and 67.8 million in 2004). The combined fi eld of arts and letters takes third place with 48.2 million dollars in 2003 and 47.2 million in The expenditures of the other fi elds vary from 1 to 7 million dollars according to the year. Figure 5 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 for services rendered per cultural fi eld and 2004 Libraries Heritage, public art, and design Arts and letters Non-distributed (all fields except libraries) Cultural festivals and events Cultural and scientific recreation 4.4 Festivals and events featuring a cultural component Preservation of historical archives M$ Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. 2. Includes visual arts, fi ne crafts, and media arts, the performing arts, literature and multimedia. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.

10 10 Municipal human resources at the service of cultural vitality Analyzing culture-based expenditures by category provides another perspective. Salaries and fringe benefi ts came in fi rst with million dollars expended in 2003 and million in 2004 (Table 5) followed by the purchase of good and services with 51.3 million dollars in 2003 and 52 million in Third place went to the grants awarded in 2003 and 2004 respectively representing 39.2 and 41.7 million dollars. In 2003 and 2004, venue fees, tax credits and the share paid to supramunicipal agencies respectively reached 6.0 million dollars and 5.3 million. Finally, artists fees and professional fees represented 10.9 million dollars in 2003 and 11.5 million in 2004 (Figure 6). Each of these expenditures basically claimed the same share of the budget from year to year. Table 4 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 for services rendered by expenditure category and $ % $ % Salaries and fringe benefi ts Grants awarded Artists fees and professional fees Purchase of goods and services Other expenses Building maintenance and other municipal services Subtotal: cultural fi elds Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. 2. Includes venue fees, tax credits and share paid to supramunicipal agencies. 3. Expenditures which could not be distributed by category. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec. Figure 6 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 for services rendered per expenditure category and 2004 Salaries and fringe benefits Purchase of goods and services Grants awarded Building maintenance and other municipal services 2 Artists' fees and professional fees Other expenses M$ Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. 2. Expenditures which could not be distributed by category. 3. Includes venue fees, tax credits and share paid to supramunicipal agencies. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.

11 million dollars paid out to artists, cultural workers and the cultural community in 2004 The analysis by expenditure category shows that the combined proportion of grants awarded, artists fees and professional fees deserves our attention. In 2003 and 2004, 50.1 and 53.2 million dollars were respectively paid to artists, cultural agencies and cultural workers (museologists, art historians, etc.). Thus, 18.6% of the expenditures for services rendered in 2003 and 18.9% in 2004 were paid directly to the cultural community. The combined items of grants awarded and artists fees and professional fees (Figure 7) constitute the most important expenditure of the two categories of events (cultural or featuring an important cultural component). The same is true of the combined fi elds of arts and letters and of non-distributed expenses. In the fi eld of libraries, it was not surprising to observe that salaries and fringe benefi ts represented 59.1% of this fi eld s expenditures in 2003 (Table 6) and 61.2% in 2004 (Table 7). Nor was it surprising to observe that the purchase of goods of services reached 26.5% in 2003 and 25.7% in In the combined fi eld of arts and letters, if we take a look at each item individually, the salaries and fringe benefi ts also constitute the most important expense item representing 33.8% of its expenditures in 2003 and 33.0% in The awarded grants came in second representing 26.8% of its expenditures in 2003 and 27.1% in The salaries and fringe benefi ts of the heritage, public art, and design fi eld came in fi rst with 49.4% of the fi eld s total in 2003 and 49.7% in In 2003 and 2004, the awarded grants took second place respectively representing 19.2% and 19.6% of the budget. The detailed analysis of cultural expenditures by expenditure category and by cultural fi eld shows that the importance of each of these expenditure categories varies greatly according to the fi eld. Figure 7 Proportion of artists fees and awarded grants with respect to municipal cultural expenditures 1 for services rendered per fi eld and 2004 red Total Cultural festivals and events Non-distributed 2 per field Festivals and events featuring 43.4 a cultural component 65.2 Arts and letters Cultural and scientific recreation Heritage, public art, and design Preservation of historical archives Libraries % Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. 2. Expenses related to all the above-mentioned fi elds, except libraries, which the municipality was unable to detail further. 3. Includes visual arts, fi ne crafts, and media arts, the performing arts, literature and multimedia. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.

12 12 Table 5 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 for services rendered per cultural fi eld and expenditure category and 2004 Cultural fi eld Unit Salaries and Grants Artists fees Purchase of Other Maintenance 3 Total fringe awarded & professional goods and expenses 2 expenditures benefi ts fees services 2003 Libraries $ % Arts and letters 4 $ % Cultural festivals and events $ % Festivals and events featuring a cultural component $ % Cultural and scientifi c recreation $ % Heritage, public art, and design $ % Preservation of historical archives $ % Non-distributed 5 $ % Total $ % Libraries $ % Arts and letters 4 $ % Cultural festivals and events $ % Festivals and events featuring a cultural component $ % Cultural and scientifi c recreation $ % Heritage, public art, and design $ % Preservation of historical archives $ % Non-distributed 5 $ % Total $ % Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. 2. Includes venue fees, tax credits and share paid to supramunicipal agencies. 3. Expenses related to building maintenance and other municipal services which could not be distributed per category. 4. Includes visual arts, fi ne crafts, and media arts, the performing arts, literature and multimedia. 5. Expenses related to all the above-mentioned fi elds, except libraries, which the municipality was unable to detail further. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.

13 13 Libraries purchased more than 18 million dollars in books, periodicals and recordings Public libraries purchased an important number of books, periodicals and recordings in 2003 and If we set them apart from the other goods and services, they come in second in terms of expenditures, right after salaries. In 2003 and 2004, 18.1 and 18.9 million dollars were respectively spent purchasing books, periodicals and recordings over a total budget of million dollars in 2003 and million in 2004, thus representing 13.6% of the budget for libraries in 2003 and 13.5% in More than 80% of these amounts (82.9% in 2003 and 81.7% in 2004) were reserved for the purchase of books of which one dollar out of fi ve was used to purchase books published in Québec. Table 6 Books, periodicals and recordings purchased by municipal libraries and 2004 Unit Books $ Books published in Québec $ Other books $ Periodicals $ Periodicals published in Québec $ Other periodicals $ Sound, video and multimedia recordings $ Total $ Total expenditures by libraries $ Proportion of book purchases with respect to library expenditures % CULTURAL EXPENDITURES PER INHABITANT Cultural expenditures represented $93.35 per inhabitant in 2004 If we take into account all of the expenditures made with respect to culture, namely the services rendered, the fi nancing and amortization expenses and the general expenses, the 11 participating municipalities spent $89.42 per inhabitant in 2003 and $93.35 in 2004 (Table 9). Excluding fi nancing and amortization expenses as well as general expenses, the amount of expenditures in direct services to citizens (services rendered) represented $68.26 in 2003 and $70.59 in If we factor in infl a- tion, expenditures per inhabitant remain relatively stable from one year to the next. Table 7 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 per inhabitant per expenditure category and 2004 Expenditure Total Expenditures category expenditures per inhabitant $ Services rendered Financing and amortization expenses General expenses Total Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec. 1. Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.

14 14 Figure 8 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 per inhabitant and 2004 The expenditures devoted to each cultural fi eld per inhabitant constitute an interesting indicator of the overall municipal effort. $ $89.42 $93.35 $14.15 $13.99 $7.01 $8.78 $68.26 $70.59 Thus, the 11 participating municipalities paid $31.35 per inhabitant in 2003 and $32.64 in 2004 for public libraries (Figure 9). The fi eld of heritage, public art, and design came in second position and received $16.80 per inhabitant in 2003 and $17.04 in As for the combined fi eld of arts and letters, it received $12.19 per inhabitant in 2003 and $11.87 in General expenses Services rendered 2004 Financing and amortization expenses 1. Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec. Table 8 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 for services rendered per inhabitant per cultural fi eld and 2004 Cultural fi eld Total expenditures Expenditures per inhabitant $ Libraries including the purchase of books, periodicals and recordings Arts and letters Cultural festivals and events Festivals and events featuring a cultural component Cultural and scientifi c recreation Heritage, public art, and design Preservation of historical archives Non-distributed per fi eld Total Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. 2. Includes visual arts, fi ne crafts, and media arts, the performing arts, literature and multimedia. 3. Expenses related to all the above-mentioned fi elds, except libraries, which the municipality was unable to detail further. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec.

15 15 Figure 9 Municipal cultural expenditures 1 for services rendered per inhabitant per cultural fi eld and 2004 Libraries Heritage, public art and design Arts and letters Non-distributed per field Cultural festivals and events 1.29 Cultural and scientific recreation Festivals and events featuring a cultural component Preservation of historical archives $ Includes the 11 municipalities: Gatineau, Laval, Lévis, Longueuil, Montréal, Québec, Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Saguenay, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières. 2. Includes visual arts, fi ne crafts, and media arts, the performing arts, literature and multimedia. 3. Expenses related to all the above-mentioned fi elds, except libraries, which the municipality was unable to detail further. Source: Institut de la statistique du Québec, Observatoire de la culture et des communications du Québec. Project continuation For the time being, the OCCQ will continue the pilot project undertaken with the 11 participating municipalities with the compilation of data from The compilation system and its application method will then be offered to all interested municipalities via the OCCQ Web site. In the medium term, we shall strive to: Add enough municipalities to this endeavour in order to cover in detail at least 80% of total cultural municipal expenditures, which would enable to produce fair estimates per fi eld and per expenditure category for all the municipalities throughout Québec. Add municipalities of different sizes to this endeavour and publish results according to the size of the municipalities in order to enable the interested parties to make comparisons with municipalities of similar size.

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