On April 30, 2024, the Canadian Live Music Association (CLMA) announced the launch of Hear and Now: Understanding the Economic Power and Potential of Canada’s Live Music Industry. This offering marks the first-ever Economic Impact Assessment (EIA) of the live music...
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Today Creative BC celebrates Canada's motion picture industry growth together with the publishers of Profile 2017: The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA), in collaboration with the Association québécoise de la production médiatique (AQPM), the Department of Canadian Heritage, and Telefilm Canada.
Profile 2017 reflects the 2016/17 fiscal year and is an annual economic report on the screen-based production industry in Canada.
A key highlight is the 40% increase in job growth in BC year over year to 60,870 jobs in film, TV, animation, VFX and post-production.
Read Profile 2017 for a snapshot of Canada’s three main production segments:
- Canadian production (which includes Canadian television and theatrical production),
- Foreign Location and Service Production, and
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